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Action Blueprint

Makeda King-Smith

Tier 3
For Schools

Lesson Plan

Blueprint Session Plan

One-on-one session guiding a 9th grade student to create a step-by-step blueprint linking their long-term goal to daily actions. The student will draft personalized goals, set milestones, and identify daily action steps, practicing responsible decision-making and goal-action alignment to stay motivated.

This lesson empowers the student to translate ambitions into concrete plans, boosting decision-making, accountability, and motivation. By aligning goals with daily actions and reflecting on choices, the student builds lifelong planning and self-management skills for sustained success.

Audience

9th Grade Student

Time

25 minutes

Approach

Guided modeling, independent drafting, reflective journaling

Materials

  • Blueprint Visual Guide, - Blueprint Draft Sheet, and - Action Reflection Journal

Prep

Prepare Session Materials

5 minutes

  • Review the session flow and learning objectives
  • Preview Blueprint Visual Guide, Blueprint Draft Sheet, and Action Reflection Journal
  • Ensure any digital devices or printouts are ready
  • Set up a comfortable, distraction-free space

Step 1

Introduction & Goal Clarification

5 minutes

  • Welcome the student and explain the purpose of crafting a personal action blueprint
  • Ask the student to share one long-term academic or personal goal
  • Record the goal on the whiteboard or digital note

Step 2

Guided Blueprint Walkthrough

5 minutes

  • Display the Blueprint Visual Guide
  • Explain its sections: long-term goal, key milestones, and daily action steps
  • Model filling in an example goal and corresponding actions, emphasizing responsible decision-making

Step 3

Independent Blueprint Drafting

10 minutes

  • Distribute the Blueprint Draft Sheet
  • Instruct the student to enter their goal, 2–3 milestones, and 3–5 daily action steps
  • Circulate and prompt with questions to ensure actions are specific, realistic, and aligned
  • Remind the student to consider potential challenges and choices they might face

Step 4

Reflection & Action Commitment

5 minutes

  • Provide the Action Reflection Journal
  • Guide the student to reflect on one chosen action by answering prompts:
    • How does this action support your goal?
    • What challenges could arise?
    • How will you decide to stay on track?
  • Discuss next steps, accountability check-ins, or follow-up session timing
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Slide Deck

Blueprint Visual Guide

This visual guide helps you map out:

• Long-term Goal
• Key Milestones
• Daily Action Steps

Use this as a roadmap for responsible decision-making and goal-action alignment.

Welcome the student and orient them to today’s tool: the Blueprint Visual Guide. Explain that this deck shows the blueprint’s structure, an example, guiding questions, and space to draft their own.

Blueprint Structure

  1. Long-term Goal
    – Your overarching academic or personal target
  2. Key Milestones
    – Measurable checkpoints toward your goal
  3. Daily Action Steps
    – Specific tasks you’ll do every day to progress

Point to each section, defining what it means and why it matters. Emphasize that clear milestones bridge the gap between a goal and daily actions.

Example Filled Blueprint

Long-term Goal:
Improve my math grade to an A by the end of the semester

Key Milestones:
– Score 85% or higher on next math exam
– Complete weekly problem sets with 90% accuracy

Daily Action Steps:
– Spend 30 minutes reviewing class notes after school
– Attend Tuesday math help club
– Ask teacher for feedback on homework every Friday

Walk through this example to show how each part connects. Highlight how the daily actions tie back to milestones and the long-term goal.

Guiding Questions

• What is your long-term goal?
• Which 2–3 milestones will show you’re on track?
• What 3–5 daily actions will you commit to?
• How will you handle challenges or decisions that arise?

Read each guiding question aloud, then ask the student to reflect and discuss. Encourage specificity and realistic planning.

Your Blueprint Draft

Long-term Goal: _____________________________

Key Milestone 1: ____________________________
Key Milestone 2: ____________________________
Key Milestone 3 (optional): _________________

Daily Action 1: _____________________________
Daily Action 2: _____________________________
Daily Action 3: _____________________________
Daily Action 4 (optional): _________________
Daily Action 5 (optional): _________________

Invite the student to fill in their own blueprint here. You can print this slide or have them copy it into their draft sheet.

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Worksheet

Blueprint Draft Sheet

1. Long-term Goal

Write one clear, overarching goal you want to achieve by the end of the semester. Be as specific as possible.

Long-term Goal: ________________________________________________________


2. Key Milestones

Identify 2–3 measurable checkpoints that will show you’re making progress toward your goal. For each milestone, answer the prompts below.

Milestone 1: ____________________________________________________________

• Why is this important? ________________________________________________



• How will you know you’ve reached it? ____________________________________


Milestone 2: ____________________________________________________________

• Why is this important? ________________________________________________



• How will you know you’ve reached it? ____________________________________


Milestone 3 (optional): _________________________________________________

• Why is this important? ________________________________________________



• How will you know you’ve reached it? ____________________________________


3. Daily Action Steps

List 3–5 specific actions you will take EVERY DAY to move toward your milestones. Make them realistic and time-bound.

  1. ___________________________________________________________


  2. ___________________________________________________________


  3. ___________________________________________________________


  4. ___________________________________________________________


  5. ___________________________________________________________


4. Anticipating Challenges & Staying on Track

Think about what might get in your way and how you’ll respond.

• Potential Challenge #1: _______________________________________________



◦ My plan to handle it: _________________________________________________


• Potential Challenge #2: _______________________________________________



◦ My plan to handle it: _________________________________________________


5. Commitment & Reflection

Choose one daily action step from above and answer:

Which action did you pick? _____________________________________________


How does this action support your long-term goal? _________________________


What will you do if you feel unmotivated or distracted? ___________________


When will you check in on your progress? _________________________________


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Journal

Action Reflection Journal

Date: ______________________________


  1. Which daily action step did you focus on today?






  2. Describe how you felt before, during, and after completing it.








  3. What went well when you carried out this action?






  4. What challenges or obstacles did you face?






  5. How did you respond to those challenges?






  6. Did you have to make any decisions to stay on track? If so, describe them.






  7. What is one thing you will adjust or continue doing tomorrow?






  8. On a scale of 1–5, how would you rate your motivation today? Why?




  9. Any additional thoughts or reflections?








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