Encourage Effort High School
D.R.E.A.M. Process – Third Step
E – Encourage effort
Goal
To increase student achievement through meaningful instruction that includes review, relatedness, integration, and strong connections to student’s real world
Cultural Components
- Expectation #4– We will cheer each other to success. Includes: Literature, Music, Videos, Vocabulary, Writing Prompts, and Activities at three levels: Elementary - Middle School - High School
- Life Principle: Esprit de Corps - Includes activities, quote posters, literature/poetry, and other resources at three levels: Elementary - Middle School - High School
- Quote: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” --Margaret Mead
Vocabulary
- inspire or select word from theVision/Dream Glossary
- Lexicon
Music
- Everything is Awesome 2:44 min. song video – Elementary
- "Hero" - Mariah Carey with Lyrics
4:19 min. - When You Believe with Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston with Lyrics
4:55 min. - When You Believe with Lyrics 5:05 min. (clips from “Prince of Egypt” movie)
Media
Technology Activity:Using their smart phones have students open their browser and search for ‘Top 10 Inspirational quote slide show’. It will take them to a slide show of these quotes.
For use with Smart Board, click on this address, Top Ten Inspirational Quotes
Ask them to pick their favorite quote or two and enter in their journal or save in NOTES on their phone for future use.
Option: Top 10 Winston Churchill Quotes
Suggested Activities
Materials:
Encouragement Mind Map – Have copies for each student or do whole group with projection of the mind map on the board.
Poster paper
Directions:
- Have learners pair share what the word ‘encouragement means to them.
- Encouragement - use this link to Webster’s dictionary to do a lexicon
- View the ‘Video Do You Really Want It? 30 sec. – soccer player being encouraged.
- Have learners pair share
- what encouragement looked like in the video.
- what the results of the encouragement were
- Use an Encouragement mind map to brainstorm the characteristics of an Encourager
Option: Blank Mind Map
Use the cooperative activity below to have the learners brainstorm and create a poster of words, “What Encouragement Sounds Like!” that may be displayed and potentially referenced proactively in management situations.
(See instructions below)
Optional Cooperative Activity:
Goal: For learners to create posters of what encouragement looks like in the different areas of their lives.
Materials:
Poster size pieces of paper
One different colored marker for each group
Directions:
- Label individual poster size sheets: (# can vary according to size of groups)
- What Encouragement Looks like in sports.
- What Encouragement Looks like in class.
- What Encouragement Looks like in the hallway
- What Encouragement Looks like (whatever areas are appropriate)
- Place the poster size sheets around the room
- Divide learners into same # of groups as # of posters
- Each group should assign one member to be a recorder and one to be a reporter
- Give each group a different colored marker.
- Have each group stand by a poster
- On teacher’s signal, the members are to brainstorm words/phrases to be recorded on the poster by the recorder.
- After about 3 -4 minutes at a signal from the teacher, the groups are to rotate clockwise to the next poster and follow the same procedure.
- After each group has rotated to all of the posters, have the reporter from each group share what is on their final poster.
Journal Reflections: (Select one)
Have learners draw or write 3-5 minutes about:
I like to be encouraged…
A time someone has encouraged me was….
I can encourage someone by…