School Corporation: Franklin Township

School Name: FTMS-West

Contact: Danielle Etter and Maggie Power
Indiana Student Standards for Guidance Addressed
Standard(s) addressed: Indicator(s) addressed:
I. Instructional Development
Grade Level(s): 6
th

Title: Goal Setting and Indiana Diploma Type
Summary:
Students learn the importance of setting goals and the importance of
reaching for the most challenging diploma type, and sign a graduation
pledge.
Time Frame: 20 minutes
Lesson:
5-10 minutes.
Introduce yourself. Joining the class today to talk about
setting goals. Tape a dollar bill to the wall at an easily
reachable height. Ask a student to come up and pull the
dollar bill off. With student out of room tape the dollar
bill in a hidden location. Ask the student to return and
use those resources (classmates) available to find the
location of the hidden money. Explain that when
deciding which high school diploma to choose, they
should think of it like they did the dollar bill. They
should reach for the toughest diploma type they can
reach, keeping in mind that they have many resources to
help them reach their goal (parents, friends, teachers,
study groups, library, counselors, etc.)
5 minutes
Display on elmo/board pre-test to students to test prior knowledge of
diploma types. Have students write their responses on piece of paper
(name is not needed on paper). Collect.
10 minutes
Ask students what they know about diploma types. Call
on students who volunteer and facilitate short
discussion. Review Graduation Plans. Ask for 2
volunteers to pass out plans. While passing plans out,
write on board the 4 different diplomas in Franklin
Township: Core 40, Core 40 with Tech Honors, Core 40
with Academic Honors, Franklin Central Honors
1. Ask students to find page with Core 40 and
Technical honors at the top under graduation goals.
Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior year
represents the four different years of H.S.
2. Ask questions: How many years of English are
required? (4) What social studies classes do you see?
(Geography, U.S. History, Government, Econ) What
science class is required Freshman year? (Biology)
3. Ask students to flip to Academic Honors/FC
Honors. What is different about this diploma plan?
(World Language, Speech) What do they think the blank
boxes represent? (Elective classes, choose from art,
family/consumer sciences, technology, business- this is
where they get to customize their diploma).
10 minutes
Put up post-test on elmo/board and have students write POST on the
top of their sheet of paper, and answer the questions again. Collect.
Review graduation promise. Ask students to talk about
high school graduation with parents. Read promise to
them and tell them to sign the signature sheet saying
that they agree. Invite them to sign the Graduation
Promise poster in the hallway.

II. Evaluation
How will mastery of the guidance
indicator(s) be evaluated?
Pre-Post Test
Learning Resources
Resources needed:
e.g., technology resources, media
resources, books, web sites
- Copies of graduation plan with Cheat Sheet on the Back
-Pre/Post Test for Display
-Graduation promise poster
-Class roster signature pages
-Dollar bill
-Candy (optional)







Per. Monday Sept
22
Tues
Sept 23
Wed Sept
24
Thurs
Sept
25
Friday Sept 26
1 6 Prifogle-
Power
6 Heston-Etter


8 Bodie 514- Etter

2 6 Prifogle-
Power
6 Heston-Etter

8 Rowland 516 A-
Power
8 Bodie 514-Etter
8 Metzler- 516 B
Intern
3 6 Prifogle-
Power
6 Heston-Etter
8 Bodie 514- Etter
8 Rowland 516-
Power


4 6 Prifogle-
Power
6 Balas-Etter
8-Rowland 516
Power
8-Bodie 514-Etter
8 Metzler- 516 B
Intern
5 6-Heston-Etter


8-Rowland 516-
Power
8-Bodie 514-Etter