HS.49 Building a Relationship with a Mentor
This LifeKnowledge lesson (HS.49) teaches high school students how to build and sustain an effective relationship with a mentor. Students identify qualities of the mentor/protégé relationship, establish the parameters or guidelines that govern it, and create a personal action plan—including goals and meeting plans—to guide their relationship with a chosen mentor.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Identify qualities of the mentor/protege relationship.
- Establish the parameters of the mentor/protege relationship.
- Create an action plan for the mentor/protégé relationship.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 50 minutes.
- Grade level
- High School
- Materials
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- Writing Surface
- Transparencies and projector
- Copies of Activity Sheets—one per student
- Test and assessment—one per student
- Movie/TV clip representing a mentor/protege relationship
- TV/VCR
- Index cards
- Unit
- Stage One of Development—Me
- Problem Area
- How Do I Begin to Grow?
- Precepts
- F2: Seek mentoring from others.
- Key Terms
- Mentor/Protege Relationship
- Connection to other lessons
- High School Lesson 48, "The role of mentors."
Downloads & Links
Lesson plan
Presentation
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NL-ENG.K-12.12Applying Language Skills