At the end of this activity, students should be better able to (select as many as apply):
work hard towards a goal
Divide the class into groups of 5 to 6.
Give the class a set of questions, an assignment, or a project that will take a significant period of time to complete. Then give them a very strict time limit to complete it.
Create a milestone map on the board with 5 milestone markers. (This number is arbitrary and can be adjusted based on specifics of the lesson.)
So if there are 20 questions, milestone 1 is answering 4 questions, milestone 2 is answering the next 4 questions, etc. If it is an essay question, milestone 1 is completing the plan, milestone 2 is completing paragraph 1, etc.
Reaching milestone 1 is worth 5 points, milestone 2 is worth 10 points, milestone 3 is worth 20 points, milestone 4 is worth 40 points, and so on.
Now get the groups to pick a realistic goal of which marker they can milestone marker they can reach in the given time limit. If they reach that marker or go further, they get the points associated with the marker they picked plus a bonus 5 points for every subsequent marker. They get no points at all if they do not reach their assigned marker.
Everytime groups hit a marker, they should mark on the board that they have reached that marker. Depending on the kind of work assigned, you could check the work they have done and decide if they need to try again before claiming that milestone marker. This is to prevent groups from doing shoddy work just to claim their have reached a specific marker
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Dividing work up into smaller segments and rewarding achieving each segment helps students see that difficult tasks are not impossible if we approach them one step at a time. This encourages students not to give up and rather to celebrate all progress made as a way to reaching the final goal. This allows students to practice the skill of working hard towards a goal
Divide the class into groups of 5 to 6.
Give the class a set of questions, an assignment, or a project that will take a significant period of time to complete. Then give them a very strict time limit to complete it.
Create a milestone map on the board with 5 milestone markers. (This number is arbitrary and can be adjusted based on specifics of the lesson.)
So if there are 20 questions, milestone 1 is answering 4 questions, milestone 2 is answering the next 4 questions, etc. If it is an essay question, milestone 1 is completing the plan, milestone 2 is completing paragraph 1, etc.
Reaching milestone 1 is worth 5 points, milestone 2 is worth 10 points, milestone 3 is worth 20 points, milestone 4 is worth 40 points, and so on.
Now get the groups to pick a realistic goal of which marker they can milestone marker they can reach in the given time limit. If they reach that marker or go further, they get the points associated with the marker they picked plus a bonus 5 points for every subsequent marker. They get no points at all if they do not reach their assigned marker.
Everytime groups hit a marker, they should mark on the board that they have reached that marker. Depending on the kind of work assigned, you could check the work they have done and decide if they need to try again before claiming that milestone marker. This is to prevent groups from doing shoddy work just to claim their have reached a specific marker
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Dividing work up into smaller segments and rewarding achieving each segment helps students see that difficult tasks are not impossible if we approach them one step at a time. This encourages students not to give up and rather to celebrate all progress made as a way to reaching the final goal. This allows students to practice the skill of working hard towards a goal
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