Personhood Curriculum
7th Grade
 
I Nevar Make Mistaks!
Lesson Plan
aphg7-6
Teaching Goals
Teacher Prep
Print out the essay "I Nevar Make Mistaks!" - - - mistakes.htm - - - mistakes.rtf
Make copies for each student plus spares.
 
Print out, make transparency of "Note Examples, Mistakes" - - - mstknote.htm - - - mstknote.rtf
Class Time

Relevance

Being too careless can result in failure or poor performance. Trying to be perfect can also result in failure or in unhappy frustration with ones self.  We need to have a balance in our view of being perfect, and of making mistakes. This applies to just about anything you do in your life, now and in the future.

Introduction

I am going to read a short essay to you. You will take notes, out-of-the-air. This is a learning/practice session. Afterwards I will ask some of you questions, to see how well you did note taking.

Presentation

Read the essay "I Nevar Make Mistaks!"

Discussion

"Never make a Mistake." Is this a good and reasonable Life-Goal? Why?

What are the three worries that some people go through while and after making a decision?

1. We worry while we are in the process of making them. Are we making a good decision?
2. We worry after we make them that something will go wrong.
3. We worry after we make that we made the wrong decision.
 

What are the 5 "better perspectives" mentioned?

1. "That's good enough to get the job done, with the time I have available."

2. "Given my present degree of knowledge and understanding, what seems like the best course of action or decision for now?"

3. "What have I learned from this, and how can I use it to make a wiser decision next time?"

4. "Life consists of a series of decisions, all of which are based on insufficient information!"

5. "It doesn't really matter much."

Project "Note Examples, Mistakes"

Here are some suggestions on how you could have taken these notes. They are suggestions only. You don't have to do it this way. Then go over them verbally.

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As of: 26 Dec 2002