UNIT 1 • LEARNING CONTENT 1

🌟 Discovering Yourself

Interactive Student Workbook • Middle School (6th-8th Grade)

Welcome!

🎯 Learning Goal

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

  • Reflect on your identity by describing your influences
  • Write a personal promise
  • Identify key values
  • Recognize personal strengths

🔥 Warm-Up: Quick Check-In

📱 Emoji Check-In: Pick an emoji that matches your mood today: 🙂 😐 😴 😎

OR

🔀 This-or-That: Circle your preferences:

  • Work alone / Work with a team
  • Quiet / Talkative
  • Planner / Go with the flow
  • Listener / Leader

💡 What Does "Discovering Yourself" Mean?

During middle school, you start learning a lot more about who you are. This includes:

Finish this sentence:

🎯 Why Is This Important?

Knowing yourself can help you:

✅ Four Steps to Discovering Yourself

  1. Your background and influences
  2. Your "Personal Promise" (who you want to be)
  3. Your personal values
  4. Your talents and strengths

🏠 Step 1: Your Background and Influences

You are shaped by the people and places around you.

Your background might include:

  • your family
  • your culture
  • your community
  • your traditions
  • your favorite foods
  • the way you celebrate special days
  • stories people tell in your home

Write 4-6 things about your background:

What's something your family/community does that makes you feel proud?

📜 Step 2: Your Personal Promise

A Personal Promise is a short statement about the kind of person you want to be.

It helps guide your choices when things get hard or confusing.

💬 Examples:

Example 1: "I will try to be kind, honest, and respectful even when I'm having a bad day."

Example 2: "I will work hard, ask for help when I need it, and keep improving."

Example 3: "I want to be someone who includes others and stands up for what is right."

Example 4: "I will learn from my mistakes instead of giving up."

Sentence starters you can use:

  • "I want to be someone who..."
  • "Even when it's hard, I will..."
  • "This year, I will try to..."
  • "I will treat people by..."

💎 Step 3: Your Personal Values

Your values are the things that feel MOST IMPORTANT to you.

They help guide your decisions and behavior.

📋 Select Your Top 5 Values

Click on 5 values that are most important to you:

Respect
Honesty
Responsibility
Kindness
Loyalty
Fairness
Courage
Teamwork
Effort
Patience

Choose one value from your Top 5 and complete: "A person who shows [VALUE] would..."

⭐ Step 4: Your Talents and Strengths

A talent or strength is something you are good at that makes you unique.

Talents are not only "sports" or "performing."

🎯 You might be talented at things like:

📋 Your Summary

🌟 What You Discovered:

Your Promise:

Your Values:

Your Strengths:

✓ Saved!