Laws – Building a Relationship with a Mentor-Coach
This is a National FFA Organization LifeKnowledge lesson (HS.49, “Building a Relationship with a Mentor”) that teaches high school students how to develop a productive mentor/protégé relationship. Students identify the qualities of such relationships, establish the parameters for them, and create a signed action plan with goals to guide their mentoring experience. The lesson includes interest approaches, activity sheets, transparency masters, a written test, and an authentic assessment rubric.
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