Directed Studies-master Assignments

Please be sure to answer with AT LEAST 6 COMPLETE sentences in your reflection

Reflect on your sentence completions from last class, and summarize your choices. Did you make any changes? How did these sentences change your thinking this week?

Daniel Branden - "The essence of the sentence completion procedure is to start with an incomplete sentence, and to keep adding different endings until they are grammatically complete" -
Please be sure to complete each sentence with an entire, grammatically correct thought! 3 POINTS each
1) If I bring more awareness to my life today, I
2) If I take more responsibility for my choices and actions today, I
3) If I pay more attention to how I deal with people today, I
4) If I boost my energy level by 5 percent today, I

Please be sure to answer EACH question with at LEAST 2 sentences!
Think back to a time you helped someone. Try to re-experience the emotions you felt.
1) Think about how giving and receiving kindness work together.
2) Are you open to giving kindness? How?
3) Are you open to receiving kindness? When?

Please be sure to answer EACH question with AT LEAST 3 sentences!
What have you tried to change in your life, but did not succeed?
What new behaviors or resolutions did you try to adopt and did not?
What can you do next time, for a better outcome?

Please answer each question with at least 2 sentences!
What things are you grateful for?
What do you appreciate in your life?
Describe something you are thankful for today.

Please watch the video and answer the questions with the class

Use the information on the poster to answer these questions IN COMPLETE SENTENCES!
What does a person with a growth mindset:
1) do when faced with a challenge?
2) do when presented with an obstacle?
3) think about effort?
4) handle criticism?
5) view the success of others?

Please read the document provided, and answer each question in THREE (3) COMPLETE Sentences!
1) What is a growth mindset? - top of the page
2) What are three examples of a fixed mindset?
3) How is a fixed mindset harmful to progress?
4) What are three examples of a growth mindset?
5) How is a growth mindset helpful to progress?

Complete the survey to review your goals and success as we start the last two months of the first semester!

WHAT IS GROWTH MINDSET? - According to Carol Dweck: Growth Mindset: “In a growth mindset, people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work—brains and talent are just the starting point. This view creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment.” ( Dweck, 2015)

- Take the Survey provided in class, and tally your score, to determine your growth mindset.

Please be sure to answer each question in a complete sentence to earn full credit for this activity. The answers to these questions can be found in our GOOGLE CLASSROOM at the top of the Classwork page
1) Where can you go on campus if you need help with your school work, and want to meet with a TEACHER:
MATH: LOTE: ENGLISH: SCIENCE: HISTORY:
2) Where can you go on campus if you need help with your school work, and you want to meet with a STUDENT TUTOR
3) Where can you go on campus if you have questions about your classes or schedule?
4) How many days to you have to turn in an absence note for it to be excused?
5) Where can you go on campus if you need some help with balancing your mental state?
6) Name one adult on campus whom you trust, and whom you can talk to if you need anything.

Mindfullness Wheel Drawing - From Dr. Dan Siegel 
On the paper provided, please: - Create your own drawing of your mindfullness wheel, following the example posted here. Fill in each section with activities, people, exercises, or ideas that help you to stay in a positive mental state.


- Write a sentence a sentence or two to describe each section and your examples.

Please review the attached coping strategies, and answer the questions for today's classwork grade. Be sure to answer EACH question with TWO COMPLETE SENTENCES! Each question is worth 5 points.
1) Which 5 strategies would work the best for you? Why?
2) Which 2 strategies would not work? why?
3) How can these strategies help you with your mindfullness practice?

Please watch the video, and answer the comprehension questions about mindfullness

Please watch the Edpuzzle, and answer the questions to review important information about staying focused when you study

Please review the reminders about test-taking strategies here, and answer these questions for today's classwork grade. Please be sure to answer in complete sentences to earn full credit. 5 points per question
1) Which three strategies make the most sense to you? Why?
2) Which two strategies would you like to try? Why?
3) For which class would these strategies be the most helpful? Why?

Please review the acronym RELAX, and answer the following with 2 complete sentences for EACH QUESTION:
1) How can this acronym help you to be successful on tests?
2) How can this acronym help you overcome test anxiety?
3) Which aspect of this strategy do you find to be the most helpful? Why?


Note: We will be going to CC1 on Feb. 17th to continue with programming activities. Please bring all of your study materials!

Please watch the video on Edpuzzle, and answer the questions.

Please complete the Google Sheet to review your time management strategies

Please use Edpuzzle to watch the video, and to answer the questions, with the class!

Please complete the survey to analyze how you spend your time in school day.

Please complete the Survey for today's classwork grade

Please write, IN COMPLETE SENTENCES, the 5 most important things you learned in Directed Studies this semester:
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Please write  a thank you note, on the card provided,  to a person on campus who has helped you. You note should: 
be at least 5 sentences 
include what they did
include specifically WHY their action helped
Be sure to say thank you! 
Show me the note when you are finished  - I don't need to read the note, but I do want you to show me for the classwork credit. I will collect the notes, and deliver them to staff members. 

Write about at least 5 things you found interesting, or that learned from today's presentation.
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