Advisory: GRADE 8

Optional Topics and Resources

High School Placement

• Learning Styles Inventory: www.edutopia.org
• Additional Optional High School Placement Activities

Motivation

• John Wooden’s Pyramid of Success
• Websites/Videos:
• John Wooden: Success:
• Dan Pink: The Puzzle of Motivation: 
• To This Day Project – Shane Koyczan:

Personal identity and setting goals

• Who am I?
• This is Your Life!
• Pre-Conference Reflection
• Building Strengths
• I Do My Best in School When…
• How I Want to Be When I Grow Up
• My School Project Is Me
• Steps to Success
• My Idols
• Understanding Cause and Effect
• Organizing for Action: A Job Chart
• Problem Solving Steps
• Daily Dilemmas
• Things That Make a Good:
• Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

• Community (Quarter 1): The first quarter is dedicated to help create an environment where students feel a fellowship with others as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.
• Resilience (Quarter 2): The second quarter focuses on helping students learn the skills needed to recover from difficulties.
• Motivation Quarter 3): The third quarter theme explores the general desires or willingness of students to do something.
• Independence (Quarter 4): The theme of independence is intended to help students develop the skills to become self-reliant.
• Second Step Resources for 8th Grade: View the entire library of teacher and student materials.