Emily Seifert – Agricultural Communications SAE Lesson Plan
A 30-minute FFA lesson plan in which students watch a video about an FFA member’s agricultural communications SAE, then complete a “Using Your Voice” worksheet and write an advocacy blog entry. The lesson teaches students to inventory resources for developing an SAE program, plan SAE opportunities, and understand the importance of advocating for agriculture. It includes student activity sheets and a grading rubric.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Create an inventory of resources and connections to develop a supervised agricultural experience (SAE) program.
- Plan opportunities for SAEs.
- Understand the importance of being an agriculture advocate in our world.
- Time required
- 30 minutes
- Materials
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- A copy of the "Using Your Voice" and "Rubric" worksheets for each student
- Internet access to play the video in real time or embed it in a PowerPoint ahead of time
- FFA.org
- Video: "Emily Seifert—SAE—Agriculture Communications," https://vimeo.com/223140883
- This Quick Lesson Plan Would Work Well As
- 1. Part of an SAE lesson/unit. 2. A lesson on career preparation.
- Student Activity Sheets
- Direct access to student activity sheets without lesson plan or answer key for easy upload to learning management systems or printing for classwork. https://ffa.box.com/s/xpjjfcotdrgysasu8czgs4s68w6adkw5 (Word); https://ffa.box.com/s/ke36ieh7na8vw8k488w1ddtcvilf270d (PDF)
- Created
- 08/2017 by the National FFA Organization
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Aligned Standards
AFNR Career Ready Practices
- CRP.04Communicate clearly, effectively, and with reason. Career-ready individuals communicate thoughts, ideas and action plans with clarity, whether using written, verbal and/or visual methods.
- CRP.10Plan education and career path aligned to personal goals. Career-ready individuals take personal ownership of their own educational and career goals, and they regularly act on a plan to attain these goals.
AFNR Performance Element
- CS.05.Describe career opportunities and means to achieve those opportunities in each of the Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources career pathways.
Common Core – Speaking and Listening
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.1Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 9-10 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.9-10.2Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.
Common Core – Writing
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.9-10.2Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
FFA Precept
- FFA-CS-M.CommunicationEffectively interact with others in personal and professional settings.
- FFA.PL-A.ActionAssume responsibility and take the necessary steps to achieve the desired results, no matter what the goal or task at hand.