How will I choose goals?

Look through your data, answer the guiding questions and then choose three goals for the semester (one for speaking, one for writing, and one of your choice from the other categories).

Additional Ideas for Clarifying Areas for Growth

21st Century Report Card - a list of possible goal #3 skills with descriptors of how you know you have improved.

Habits of a Scholar - a collection of habits to build to strengthen the power of your learning

• Increasing eye contact (75% or better)

• Improving stance

• Modifying volume

• Incorporating enthusiasm through vocal and facial expression

• Practicing more effectively

• Using props or gestures effectively

• Developing clearer enunciation

• Developing stronger fluency

• Gaining the audience’s attention

• Ending effectively

• Speaking extemporaneously

• Modifying pacing

• Using specific and descriptive vocabulary

• Developing stronger sentence structure

• Developing stronger organization/clarity

• Developing stronger description

• Developing stronger argument and support

• Strengthening character development

• Developing better strategies for idea generation

• Strengthening overall development

• Incorporating voice

I will demonstrate improvement in executive function skills through:

• Managing my tasks and time

• Increasing focus

• Increasing initiative

• Learning to work effectively without a group

• Improving class participation

• Learning to use a new technology tool

• Increasing understanding and skill in using familiar tools

I will demonstrate improvement in class discussion through:

• Contributing on a regular basis

• Listening to others’ ideas and building upon them

• Encouraging and clarifying others’ responses

• Summarizing ideas

I will demonstrate improvement in scholarship skills through:

• Finding information efficiently

• Reading and understanding information more clearly

• Improving summarization

• Improving synthesis of information

I will demonstrate improvement in leadership skills through:

• Incorporating personal initiative

• Working with others

• Organizing groups or activities

• Serving as a positive model or example to effect change

• Developing a network of peers and adults

• Organizing the group

• Helping the group stay on task

• Contributing effectively to the group

• Working with people who are not my friends

• Learning to accept others’ ideas and input

• Motivating the group