BEN FRANKLIN DAY Bettering Myself

Open your textbooks To page 166

On a piece of paper do the following different tasks :

Values Write down five values you have: –See list Now circle the three that you value most. Now, of those three, star the most important value on the list.

Life Wheel

#1 Write down 2 goals you want to accomplish by the end of your junior year. They can be personal, academic, social, work-related, familial, etc. After each write 2 things you will need to implement in your life - or begin doing in order to meet each one of your particular goals. Afterward, write down what might hinder you from accomplishing these goals.

#3 Make a 24 hour schedule from midnight until midnight and state what you would do in your ideal, perfect schedule. You must keep 4 hours of education in your schedule, but can determine during what hours you learn. What would you do in your day to be the most productive and to be the best person you can be?

#4 Read Franklin's aphorisms on page 172 in the text book under your chair. Select which one you think is the most true and explain why. After reading them, create three of your own true, short sayings about the following three things: a) School B) Parents C) High School Relationships. KEEP IT PG-13

#5 Read Ben Franklin’s epitaph (see attached) Write your own extended simile about yourself. You should compare yourself to something that reflects a characteristic or trait that you enjoy. Example – Ben Franklin was a printer and compared himself to a book. If you are a dancer, you could compare yourself to a ballet slipper or something like that. Follow his model almost exactly. My example is on the next page.

The Body of J. Young, Photographer (Like the photo album of an adventure taken, Its pictures vibrant and exciting, Telling a story of passion and intensity,) Lies here, to disintegrate with time. But the journey shall not be only memories: For it will, as she believed, have more documentation, With a new digital photo album The pages and pictures limitless and endless By the master photographer. She was born Dec. 4, (feel free to write this down) Died 20__