1. Journal What determines how smart you are? Do you think you are smart? What are you smart at and what are you not so smart at?

2. GOOD NEWS:)

3. Lesson 13 Emotional Intelligence pg. 32 Objectives: –Understand the difference between I.Q. (intelligence quotient) and E.Q. (emotional intelligence) –Develop an understanding of Emotional intelligence and the skills it measures

4. Emotional Intelligence Today, I would like to teach you how to make money, get a job, impress adults, help people to like you, and get the attention you would like that will help you be successful in life. If I could teach you that would you be interested? –Do you know what your I.Q. is? –Have you heard any discussion about how smart someone is? –Do you think you are very smart? –How can you tell if someone is very smart? –What would you base your opinion on and how would you know if you’re right?

5. Emotional Intelligence That’s a lot of questions! This is what we have found. You will be surprised but at the same time you will agree that you knew it all along… and you did. I.Q.? E.Q.?

6. Emotional Intelligence Most people in education have been taught that “intelligence” is combined of math and verbal abilities. The way that we measure this is by giving you a test and then scoring it. The result is what we would call your I.Q. or intelligence quotient.

7. Group Discussion What kinds of skills would you guess make up the emotional scales? Here’s a hint: You have to have these skills to do well in society. You have to have these skills to do well with people. These are the personal skills and “people skills” –that make things happen.

8. I POSSESSpg. 33 I – Interpersonal skills P – Persistence O – Optimism S- Self-Awareness S- Self-Control E- Empathy S- Social Skills S- Self-Motivation

9. Interpersonal skills This scale combines empathy and social skills

10. Persistence The ability to stick with something

11. Optimism The ability to be positive in the face of adversity or struggle

12. Self-Awareness The ability to understand who you really are

13. Self-Control The ability to control your impulses or urges to do something

14. Empathy The ability to feel what others feel

15. Social Skills The ability to interact with others in a positive, successful way

16. Self-Motivation The ability to tell yourself what to do, rather than having to have someone else tell you what to do

17. Activity: Demonstration of Acronym Get into groups of 3-4. Develop a cheer or song with motions to act out the acronym: I Possess.

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