Assignment #2 - Setting Goals

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"The Principal is worried about next year’s Grade 6 students. He wants some students to share tips and advice about how to be successful in Middle School.

Your class has been chosen to advise these students about goal setting."

Can you help?

Information

What: Pamphlet

Audience: Next year’s Grade 6 students

Purpose: To help them understand goals

How: Paper or publisher

When: Due Thursday 8^th March

Minimum information needed:

• What a goal is
• Why we set goals
• Different kinds of goals
• SMART
• What to do to achieve your goals

Extra ideas:

• Strategies you can use to be successful with your goals
• How effective time management can help you achieve your goals
• Flexibility of goals
• Prioritizing your life

Steps:    

1. Choose how you would like to present your information (paper, Publisher or Word)
2. Plan what your pamphlet will look like (structure) {title, logo, subtitles, pictures, author…}
3. Plan the information your pamphlet will give students
4. Start to make your pamphlet

Key Vocabulary: (click here for definitions)

• Short-term goal
• Mid-term goal
• Long-term goal
• SMART
• Set
• Achieve