Character Strong Unit 3: Lesson 2 ACTIVE LISTENING – PART 1 ALL BELONGINGS ON BACK 2 TABLE GROUPS Character Strong Unit 3: Lesson 2 ACTIVE LISTENING – PART 1 ON DESK ONLY: Leadership Notebook Character Dare Packet & Active Listening Worksheet Pencil or Pen

We now know that…Leadership is all about relationships We now know that The… Definition of leadership is influence We now know that … INFLUENCE CAN BE POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE We now know that … A POSITIVE LEADER SHOWS TRAITS OF A STRONG CHARACTER We now know that … CHARACTER IS WHO YOU ARE BASED ON THE THOUSANDS OF CHOICES YOU MAKE EVERYDAY

Essential Trait = Respect Read = X (if you read the whole dare) TRACK YOUR WORK Essential Trait = Respect Read = X (if you read the whole dare) Complete = X (if you did) Incomplete = X (if you did not) Comment = How did it go or why didn’t you do it?

Didn’t Do The Dare Completed The Dare Yesterday’s Yesterday’s

TODAY YOU WILL… Reflect on your own character and identify ways you could improve it. Understand all aspects of the SOFTEN listening model and be able to demonstrate them. Understand the four parts of Active Listening and be able to demonstrate the skill of paraphrasing. Identify areas of listening you could improve upon.

ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE WHAT ARE YOUR GRATEFUL FOR TODAY AND WHY? WRITE AT LEAST THREE IN YOUR NOTEBOOK!!!

ACTIVE LISTENING REVIEW TURN OVER YOUR ACTIVE LISTENING WORKSHEET

SOFTEN allows us to be APPROACHABLE but we also need to be ACTIVELY listening

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