I am bit unsure what a personal mission statement is or might look like, but would it help at all to consider the This I Believe series from NPR? More personal essay, but surely it could morph into what I sort of pictuirng as a personal mission statement.
Lori On 1/15/08 5:39 AM, "Bill IVEY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades." > <[email protected]> on Monday, January 14, 2008 at 11:18 PM -0500 > wrote: >> I would like help in developing a lesson plan for 8th grade students to >> write a personal mission statement. Has anyone done this? Any ideas? I >> appreciate any help. > > Hi! > > The "Thinking about Tomorrow Today" curriculum we use as a resource in > advisory does something like this. I don't remember how exactly it works > and what parts were my adaptation, but basically. > 1. students hypothesize as to what a "mission statement" might be > 2. students look at example mission statements and discuss what they > mean, what their purpose are, do a little comp/cont (we did only school > mission statements) > 3. in my group, the kids then collaboratively wrote a mission statement > for our school and compared it to our real mission statement (they did an > outstanding job, by the way) > 4. I think the next step in the TaTT model is to make a list of elements > of a personal mission statement and then turn them into a paragraph, with > whatever conferencing and revision steps you want to build in. > > I hope this helps! > > Take care, > Bill Ivey > Stoneleigh-Burnham School > > > _______________________________________________ > The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute July 17-20. 2008 Tucson, Arizona _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
