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Lesson Plan

Value Quest Lesson Plan

Students will identify personal values in school tasks, boost confidence by reflecting on past successes, and build frustration tolerance through goal–value–strategy mapping.

Connecting real-life goals to classroom work enhances motivation, self-efficacy, and perseverance—key skills for academic and personal success.

Audience

8th Grade Students

Time

30 minutes

Approach

Guided reflections and collaborative mapping activities

Materials

Prep

Teacher Preparation

10 minutes

Step 1

Introduction

5 minutes

  • Welcome students and share the lesson goal: finding school value, building confidence, and tolerating frustration.
  • Ask: “What challenging task did you face recently in school?”
  • Facilitate a brief whole-group discussion of responses.

Step 2

Value Mapping Activity

10 minutes

  • Distribute Value Mapping Worksheet.
  • Students choose one challenging subject or task and list personal interests, goals, or long-term plans.
  • On the worksheet, have them draw arrows linking each goal to why the school task matters.
  • Circulate and ask probing questions: “How does this skill connect to your goal?”.

Step 3

Goal Connection Poster

5 minutes

  • Display the chart for the Goal Connection Poster.
  • As a group, fill in one example: write the challenge, the student’s value, and a strategy on sticky notes.
  • Invite volunteers to place notes under each column and explain their thinking.

Step 4

Confidence Reflection

5 minutes

  • Hand out the Confidence Reflection Journal.
  • Prompt students to write one recent success in school and describe how it made them feel.
  • Then write one strategy they’ll use next time they feel stuck.

Step 5

Wrap-Up and Reflection

5 minutes

  • Ask 2–3 volunteers to share their journal reflections or poster contributions.
  • Summarize: identify value, note small wins, plan strategies, and tolerate frustration.
  • Encourage students to use these tools this week and track their progress.
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Slide Deck

Value Quest

Finding School Value, Building Confidence & Tolerance for Frustration

Welcome everyone! Introduce today’s lesson: Value Quest. Explain that over the next 30 minutes, students will explore how to find personal value in school tasks, build confidence, and learn to tolerate frustration when they face challenges.

Lesson Objectives

• Identify personal value in school tasks
• Boost confidence by reflecting on past successes
• Develop strategies to tolerate frustration

Read through the objectives aloud. Emphasize that these goals will help improve motivation and perseverance both in class and beyond.

Introduction: Share a Challenge

  1. Think of a recent challenging task you faced in school.
  2. Write it down on a sticky note or tell a partner.
  3. Be ready to share one example with the class.

Explain this first activity. Ask students to think quietly for 1 minute, then share with a partner or the group.

Value Mapping Activity

• Use the Value Mapping Worksheet.
• Choose one challenging subject or task.
• List personal interests, goals, or long-term plans.
• Draw arrows linking each goal to why the task matters.

Distribute the Value Mapping Worksheet. Circulate and ask probing questions: “How does this skill connect to your goals?”

Goal Connection Poster

• Refer to the Goal Connection Poster.
• As a group, pick one example challenge.
• Write the challenge, value, and strategy on sticky notes.
• Place notes in each column and discuss.

Display the chart labeled Challenge, Value, Strategy. Invite volunteers to fill in stickies and explain their thinking.

Confidence Reflection

• Write one recent success in school and how it made you feel.
• Identify one strategy you’ll use next time you feel stuck.

Hand out the Confidence Reflection Journal. Encourage honest reflection and remind students this is private unless they choose to share.

Wrap-Up & Reflection

• What new connections did you make today?
• Which strategy will you try this week?
• Track your progress and celebrate small wins!

Invite a few volunteers to share their reflections or poster contributions. Reinforce that identifying value and small wins helps when tasks get tough.

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Worksheet

Value Mapping Worksheet

1. Identify a Challenging Task

Think of one subject or school task that you find challenging. Write it below:

Task: _______________________________________________



2. List Your Personal Goals

List three interests, goals, or long-term plans that matter to you:




2. _______________________________________________



3. _______________________________________________


3. Explain the Value

For each goal above, write one sentence explaining why the challenging task can help you achieve that goal.

  • Goal 1: _______________________________________________



  • Goal 2: _______________________________________________



  • Goal 3: _______________________________________________



4. Create Your Value Map

Use the space below to draw a diagram: write your challenging task in the center, list your goals around it, and draw arrows linking each goal to the task.












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Journal

Confidence Reflection Journal

1. Recent Success

Write about one recent success you experienced in school. Describe:

  • What you accomplished
  • How you felt in that moment
  • Why this success mattered to you












2. Strategy for Next Time

Think of a time you felt stuck or frustrated on a task. What strategy will you use next time to overcome that feeling? Explain step by step how you will apply this strategy:












3. Confidence and Goals

Reflect on how celebrating your successes and using effective strategies builds your confidence. How will this growing confidence help you reach your personal goals and face future challenges?












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