Journal

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Journal
Self-Concept

• List 5 things you like about yourself.
• List 5 things you do not like about yourself.

Text

• Read pages 12-13, Do Review 1, pg. 32
• Read pages 51-57, Do Review 1-6, pg. 67

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• How did you feel when you came in the room and
  received a sticker?
• Did you feel bad if you received a dot instead of
  a star?

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You Are Special

• By Max Lucado

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Youre special just because. No qualifications
necessary.

• How can this relate to your thoughts and words
  about others?
• The world tells kids, You are special if you
  have the brains, the looks, the talent.

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Personal History Assignment
This is a five page paper about YOU! You need to
include at least one page about your preschool
years, grade school years, junior and senior high
school years, your family, and your goals and
dreams. The final draft must be typed, double
spaced, with the font no larger than 12.
Including pictures is wonderful, but cannot take
up more than ¼ of each page.

• Outline due _______
• Rough draft due ______
• Final due ______

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Self - Concept Circle

• The person I think I am.
• The person others think I am.
• The person others think I think I am.

As I See Myself
Others Reactions To Me
My Actions
As Others See Me
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Positive Self-Concept
I have definite strengths and abilities.
I can do anything I really want to do.
I am an okay person.
I see myself as being as good as my friends.
There are many ways to solve a problem.
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Characteristic of Negative Self-Concept
I am not nearly as good as my friends.
Why try? I could never do it anyway.
I am a jerk.
I cannot do anything right.
I knew my plans would not work.
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Building Self Esteem

• Associate with people who build.
• Build others, sincere compliments.
• Set and achieve goals.
• Eat correctly, look your best.
• Observe self-confident people.
• Ask for help.
• Improve yourself, learn something new.
• Do not say negative things about yourself. Think
  positively.

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Rest in Peace The I Cant Funeral

• List your I cant characteristics on a sheet of
  paper.
• Add things your parents say you do wrong.
• Add things others say you do wrong.
• How do you feel?
• Shred your paper (RIP)
• Treat yourself in honor of the occasion. (Im
  glad Im me!)

The decision you make to love yourself is the
most important decision you will ever make.