[LIT] (no subject) [personal mission statement]

[ljackson]

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" <bivey at sbschool.org> wrote:

> "A list for improving literacy with focus on middle grades."
> <lit at literacyworkshop.org> 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
> 
> 
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