MS.47 Using Planning Skills
This is a LifeKnowledge middle school lesson (MS.47, “Using Planning Skills”) from the National FFA Organization that teaches students about ineffective planning, its consequences, and strategies for improving personal planning skills. Through a personal assessment, drawing activities (“Picasso Moments”), and an activity-ordering exercise, students define ineffective planning, identify its consequences, and create a personal strategy for planning more effectively.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Define ineffective planning.
- List two consequences of ineffective planning.
- Create a strategy for improving personal planning skills.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 100 minutes.
- Grade level
- Middle School
- Materials
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- Overhead projector
- Index cards
- MS.47.TM.A
- MS.47.TM.B
- MS.47.TM.C
- MS.47.TM.D
- MS.47.AS.A—one per student
- MS.47.Assess—one per student
- Unit
- Stage Three of Development—DO
- Problem Area
- How Do I Make Things Happen?
- Precepts
- A3: Plan effectively.
- Key Terms
- Effective planning; Ineffective planning
- 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.K12.8Students use a variety of technological and information resources to gather and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge.