1. MAKE YOUR RESOLUTION FOR

2. A Resolution What is a resolution? A resolution is a promise or a commitment to making yourself better!

3. Exercise: do more join a gym take up a sport

4. Health: lose some weight go on a diet eat less chocolate give up junk food

5. Hobbies: start a new hobby join a club learn a new skill ( how to cook, paint, play an instrument)

6. Friends: make new friends write to friends more be kinder to friends spend more or less time with friends

7. Studies: study more do more homework listen more in class get books from the library read more

8. Money: do odd jobs to make money save more money spend less be careful with pocket money

9. Stress: worry less work less relax more at weekends go to bed earlier

10. New Year’s Resolutions Personal Improvement Family and Friends School Goals must be REALISTIC, Goals must be MEASUREABLE.

11. New Year’s Resolutions Personal Improvement 1. Make healthy eating choices 2. Run 5 miles a week Family and Friends School Goals must be________________, Goals must be ______________.

12. New Year’s Resolutions Personal Improvement 1. Make healthy eating choices 2. Run 5 miles a week Family and Friends 1.Encourage family to have game night 2.Write to my Grandmother each month School Goals must be _____________, Goals must be ___________________.

13. New Year’s Resolutions Personal Improvement 1. Make healthy eating choices 2. Run 5 miles a week Family and Friends 1.Encourage family to have game night 2.Write to my Grandmother each month School 1.Read one book a month 2.Help students be successful Goals must be ________________, Goals must be _______________.

14. New Year’s Resolutions Personal Improvement 1. Make healthy eating choices 2. Run 5 miles a week Family and Friends 1.Encourage family to have game night 2.Write to my Grandmother each month School 1.Read one book a month 2.Help students be successful Goals must be REALISTIC, Goals must be MEASUREABLE.

15. Choose one from each category! Personal Improvement 1. Make healthy eating choices 2. Run 5 miles a week Family and Friends 1.Encourage family to have game night 2.Write to my Grandmother each month School 1.Read one book a month 2.Help students be successful ASK: ARE THESE goals REALISTIC, are these goals MEASUREABLE???

16. BULLET point to PARAGRAPH Use writing strategies I know to help me develop a convincing, UNBORING, memorable paragraph to help my reader understand my goals. WHAT writing strategies do we know that will help us be effective in communicating ideas?

17. Bullet to Paragraph RACE (explain) Schaffer (discuss) “Hamburger” (retell) TS, Details, CS (remember) Sentence variety (Examples?)

18. Watch and learn What strategy will you use to show your thinking? See the modeled example….

19. Hit the Target: Running RACE One of my personal improvement goals is to run five miles a week. We all know that exercise is important for our physical health. Running improves the cardio vascular system, helps eliminate stress, and burns calories. That is why I would like to make running a personal priority. Running five miles

20. Hit the Target: Running RACE One of my personal improvement goals is to run five miles a week. We all know that exercise is important for our physical health. Running improves the cardio vascular system, helps eliminate stress, and burns calories. That is why I would like to make running a personal priority. Running five miles

21. Hit the Target: Running RACE One of my personal improvement goals is to run five miles a week. We all know that exercise is important for our physical health. Running improves the cardio vascular system, helps eliminate stress, and burns calories. Another reason making this a priority is because I would like to improve my overall fitness. Because heart disease is in my family, I would like to do everything I can to make improve my overall health – especially my heart health! That is why I would like to make running a personal priority. Running five miles

22. Hit the Target: Running Schaffer One of my personal improvement goals is to run five miles a week. We all know that exercise is important for our physical health. Running improves the cardio vascular system, helps eliminate stress, and burns calories. Just by exercising three times a week, you can potentially increase your life span! This is an easy way to improve your overall health. Another reason making this a priority is because I would like to improve my overall fitness. Even though I am physically active, jogging for 5 miles sounds very impressive! Adding additional miles to my fitness regime is sure to make my fellow gym warriors green with envy. As you can see, these are all great reasons to make running a personal priority. Running five miles

23. Making Improvements Let’s revise Does it follow the pattern? Label, label, label. Underline the first two words of each sentence. Make sure all sentences do not start the same. Include a compound sentence Include a complex sentence Include variety of WORDS (running, running, running) Work in a group to improve and edit Running

24. Hit the Target: Running Schaffer One of my personal improvement goals is to run five miles a week. We all know that exercise is important for our physical health. Running improves the cardio vascular system, helps eliminate stress, and burns calories. Just by exercising three times a week, you can potentially increase your life span! This is an easy way to improve your overall health. Another reason making this a priority is because I would like to improve my overall fitness. Even though I am physically active, jogging for 5 miles sounds very impressive! Adding additional miles to my fitness regime is sure to make my fellow gym warriors green with envy. As you can see, these are all great reasons to make running a personal priority. IMPROVEMENTS!