WISE MIND Lesson Plan (Mindfulness)

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MINDFULNESS Lesson Plan

Title of Lesson: WISE MIND (MINDFULNESS)

Prepared By: Wade Gauthier

Subject: Social Skills

Grade: 7-12

Description or Outcome Statement: Communication EALRs

The student uses listening and observation skills to gain understanding.

1.1 focus attention

3.1 use language to interact effectively and responsibly with others

Objectives: TSWBAT

1. Identify and fill in the WISE MIND vin diagram.

2. Explain the meaning of Rational Mind, Emotional Mind, and Wise Mind

Materials / Resources:

· Overhead Projector or

· White Board

· A piece of large blank paper (one per student)

· Markers, Colored Pencils, or Crayons

· Candy or some kind of reward

Motivation or Anticipatory Set: What if I told you that I could teach you a way to Put yourself in a frame of mind to make the best decision for the situation.

Statement of Purpose: To help the students learn a more socially acceptable method of paying attention to their state of mind. It also teaches the students to respect their own boundaries and the boundaries of others.

Teacher Modeling / Demonstration: On the white board or overhead draw a VIN diagram that is labeled with Rational Mind, Emotional Mind, and Wise Mind. Refer to the circles as the mental world we live in.

· Rational: decisions and situations that we have no emotional attachment to. Viewing things in a completely logical manner. (STAR TRECK'S Spock)

· Emotional: Viewing thins in a completely subjective and judgmental way. Deciding what car will best suit your family based on the color.

· Wise Mind: uses both Rational and Emotional Mind to come to a decision. This is while respecting the strengths and limitations of both sides.

Guided Practice or Activity: Have the students share their opinion about the mind that they spend most of their time.

Check for Understanding: Listen to the students as they share and clarify when necessary.

Independent Practice Activity: Have the students make a small poster with the diagram on it and tell how to read it and what it is used for.

Discussion: Why do you think it would be important to use this skill.

Closure: Have the students identify one reoccurring situation that they have in their lives where they are going to try to use this skill.

Assessment: During skills group the next day have the students pull out a blank piece of paper and draw and label the diagram and tell what it is illustrating.

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