MS.46 Identifying Planning Skills
This LifeKnowledge middle school FFA lesson (MS.46, “Identifying Planning Skills”) teaches students about effective planning by using a hands-on chocolate cake baking activity as an analogy for planning in life. Students define effective planning skills, identify the three essential planning skills and three benefits of effective planning, and learn two time-planning skills, with application activities tied to the classroom, FFA, and SAE.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Define the term "effective planning skills."
- Identify three essential effective planning skills.
- List three benefits of effective planning.
- Identify two essential time planning skills.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 100 minutes.
- Grade level
- Middle School
- Materials
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- Overhead Projector
- MS.46.TM.A
- MS.46.TM.B
- MS.46.TM.C
- MS.46.TM.D
- MS.46.TM.E
- MS.46.Assess—one per student
- Recipe and Supplies to bake 20-Minute Chocolate Cake provided by the Teacher
- Napkins for all Students
- Unit
- Stage Three of Development–DO
- Problem Area
- How Do I Make Things Happen?
- Precepts
- A3: Plan effectively.
- Key Terms
- Effective planning skills
- Resources
- Covey, Stephen R., "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People," New York, NY, Simon and Schuster, 1989. Morgenstern, Julie, "Time Management from the Inside Out: The Fool Proof System for Taking Control of Your Schedule and Your Life," New York, NY, Henry Holt, 2000.
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Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NL-ENG.K12.7Evaluating Data–Students conduct research on issues and interests by generating ideas and questions, and by posing problems. They gather, evaluate, and synthesize data from a variety of sources to communicate their discoveries in ways that suit their purpose and audience.