1. Westport Middle School Advisory Lesson
Self-Regulation
Westport Middle School
Advisory Lesson

2. Icebreaker: Floating Arms
Students take turns standing directly in the middle of the floor between the sides of a doorway and push against the doorframe with the outside of the hands as hard as possible.
After they have done so for 45 seconds, have them step forward and relax their arms.
Both arms will float up on their own!
Discuss: Did you feel like you were in control of your arms? Why do you think this happened?

3. Learning Target and Agenda
LT: I can define and explain self-regulation.
Agenda:
Review emotional intelligence.
Define “self-regulation” and discuss why it is important to your emotional intelligence.
Short Video (link in PowerPoint)
Activity
Exit Slip

4. Emotional Intelligence
Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand, use, and manage our emotions.

5. Emotional Intelligence
Emotional intelligence consists of four basic capabilities.
These are:
Self-Awareness
Social Awareness
Self-Regulation
Relationship Management

6. the ability to focus attention, control emotions and manage behavior.
Self-Regulation
Self-Regulation-
the ability to focus attention, control emotions and manage behavior. 

7. Turn and Talk
Have you ever felt the inclination to do something you know you shouldn’t do?
What happened?
Why did it happen?

8. Self-Regulation Skills: Why They Are Fundamental
Video:
Discuss:
The video says it’s hard to listen, focus, and remember rules when emotions take over.
Do you think this is true? Why or why not?

9. Spectrum of Emotional Intensity
Self-regulation involves having balanced emotions.
Being shut down or revved up can have negative consequences.

10. Activity: Self-Regulation Comic Strip
Directions:
Read the table below titled “Spectrum of Emotional Intensity.”
Choose ONE of the emotions from the table—anxiety, anger, sadness, or happiness.
Create a comic strip that shows the entire spectrum of that emotion.
The character should face a problem and deal with it in three different ways to show the three ways he/she could react–
shut down,
revved up, or
balanced.

11. What is self-regulation? Do you think you have good self- regulation?
Exit Ticket
What is self-regulation?
Do you think you have good self- regulation?
Why or why not?