Lesson 0 How to Make Your Year Count

P LEASE D O N OW Write a MINIMUM of three (3) lines. Excerpt from Dead Poets Society What do you think Mr. Keating is trying to teach his new students in this lesson? Lesson 0: How To Make Your Year Count What did he tell his students?

O BJECTIVE: I can explain the concept of carpe diem. Lesson 0: How To Make Your Year Count Attach the handout on Making Your Year Count. Big Idea: Carpe Diem To make your year count is to __________ ___ ______. PIT FALL #1: __________________ Make the most out of every _______________________. PIT FALL #2: __________________ We miss out because we think there is ______ __ ______. World History II Making Your Year Count ACTION STEP:

To make your year count is to _______ _____ _____! BIG IDEA: Carpe Diem SEIZE THE DAY But HOW do we seize the day? Lesson 0: How To Make Your Year Count MAKE the MOST of YOUR TIME by AVOIDING these common traps!

Make the most out of every _______________. PIT FALL #1: ______________ WE COAST OPPORTUNITY Lesson 0: How To Make Your Year Count To make your year count is to _______ _____ _____! BIG IDEA: Carpe Diem SEIZE THE DAY In other words, we just go through the motions.

PIT FALL #2: ______________ WE WAIT We miss out because we think there is _________ ___ ______. PLENTY OF TIME Lesson 0: How To Make Your Year Count To make your year count is to _______ _____ _____! BIG IDEA: Carpe Diem SEIZE THE DAY Each school day = 6 hours and 50 minutes Or, 410 minutes a day And 181 days of school = 74,210 minutes Or, 1, hours Remember, life is NOT a spectator sport, get involved.

Action Step for this year: What is one way that I can participate more (instead of being a spectator) this year? Lesson 0: How To Make Your Year Count