This set of activities focuses on the differences between expectations in 8th and 9th grade. It includes a free-association activity where students write words that come to mind when thinking about each grade-level. There are visualization and drawing exercises focusing on each of the two grade-levels. The set also includes a group discussion activity.
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This activity involves identifying profane words in music provided by the group. The profane words are discussed in terms of who they are geared towards, what they promote, their purpose, etc. Students are encouraged to think critically about the stereotypes that these words perpetuate.
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This activity allows students to assess and prepare for potentially dangerous issues or situations. Students are asked to collectively come up with issues or situations of concern. They then search through a phone book or the internet to find potential resources to call to assist if that situation ever occurs.
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In this activity, students are asked to pair up with someone they don’t know well. They are then asked to converse to identify as many things that they have in common as possible. They circle the three most unusual things that they came up with and small prizes are given for the most creative or unique. Finally, the group as a whole tries to come up with three things that they all have in common.
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This activity is designed to promote a sense of belonging in the group. The students are asked to go around the room and give each other compliments paying particular attention to how it feels to give and be given a compliment.
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Students become familiar with the different learning styles in this activity. By completing an inventory of personal questions, students discover their personal learning styles. The group discusses different ways to improve learning by focusing on individual styles. Use the Learning Styles Kit activity as a follow up to this activity.
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The Brain Game gives students a brief overview of how their brains work. This activity is designed to help students start thinking about the best ways to use their brains and improve learning/study skills. The game is in a trivia format and includes fun facts about brains.
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Students identify the people in their lives who are in their “circles of trust” which include inner and outer circles. The group discusses reasons that people move in and out of different circles, and how trust is built and broken.
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To help students understand the importance of confidentiality, they are given a scenario about a young woman who confides in her friend that she is pregnant. The friend breaks confidentiality which causes serious problems for the young woman. This activity is designed to help students understand the concept of confidentiality and when it is appropriate to maintain or break it.
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Dream Drawing is an activity designed to help students visualize their ideal mentoring relationship. Students visualize the best possible and worst possible mentoring relationships they can imagine and then draw the scenarios. The group then discusses ways to avoid the “nightmare” scenarios and how to make the “dreams” a reality.
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