Defining Your Dreams

6th GradeSmart Goals #1

On Your Own…

• Read the quotes on the next slide.

• Choose one quote to reflect on -

– What does it mean? What message do you think the speaker of the quote was trying to get across? How does the quote apply to you?

Quotes

• Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.

– Gloria Steinem

• Nothing happens unless first we dream. – Carl Sandburg

• I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

– Henry David Thoreau

• There is nothing like a dream to create the future.– Victor Hugo

Think-Pair-Share

• Pair up• Share the quote

you selected and what you believe it means.

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Objective

• Today’s lesson is about defining your own dreams and considering what it is you’re working toward in your life.

• Setting goals starts with discovering your dreams. Reach for Your Dreams!

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Activity

• Complete a timeline of your past, present, and future life events.

• Fill in past and present events that impacted your life to the left of the age when they occurred.

• Fill in future events to the right of the age when they might occur. Microsoft, 2011

Lifeline ExampleBorn

Learned to TalkLearned to Walk

Learned my ABCs and 123s 5

10

15

20

25

30+

Started SchoolSister Born

Grandma passed awayFirst ten-speed

Car accidentMiddle School

Won the Geography Bee High School, Driver’s Permit

Driver’s License, First jobGraduated from high school, Started college

Won a scholarship, declared an English majorGrandpa passed away

Graduated from college, Obtained a teaching jobNiece born

Got MarriedBought a house

Start a familyGo to EuropeBecome a principalRetire

Share

• What are some of your most valued past experiences or those your feel impacted you the most?

• What are some of the most important present experiences to you?

Lifeline ExampleBorn

Learned to TalkLearned to Walk

Learned my ABCs and 123s 5

10

15

20

25

30+

Started SchoolSister Born

Grandma passed awayFirst ten-speed

Car accidentMiddle School

Won the Geography Bee High School, Driver’s Permit

Driver’s License, First jobGraduated from high school, Started college

Won a scholarship, declared an English majorGrandpa passed away

Graduated from college, Obtained a teaching jobNiece born

Got MarriedBought a house

Start a familyGo to EuropeBecome a principalRetire

Future Events

• What do you enjoy doing? What don’t you enjoy doing?

• What do you like to read about?• What gives your life meaning and purpose?• What are your talents and skills?• What do you daydream about most often?• Describe three people you admire. What do they do

that you think is great? What makes them special?• What matters to you more than anything else?• If you could be anything, what would it be? Why?

Next Step

• Circle three future events that are most important to you now. – Which 3 events do

you most want to occur?

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Share

• Share your lifeline with a classmate.

• Point out the most important events in your past and present and the three events you circled in the future.

– Explain why you circled those 3 events.

Reflect

1. Log in to Naviance

2. Click the “My Planner” tab

3. Click the “Tasks Assigned to Me” tab

4. Complete the “Lifeline Reflection” survey

Reminders

1. Bring your lifeline to class next time to help you with setting long-term and short-term goals.

2. We will explore colleges and careers in the future and your dreams for the future will be a good starting place.– Eventually, we’ll add your goals for the future to

your Postsecondary Plan

References

• Microsoft Office Images. (2011). Retrieved from http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/