goal setting for grade 10

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Goal Setting in Grade 9-‐10 Yokohama International School

Step 1: Identifying strengths and areas for improvement

• Think about your achievement last year in school and in the first few weeks of this school year and make a list of your strengths as well as areas for improvement.

• List them in the table below. Strengths:

Example: I work well with others • I tend to work well in group discussions or group works • Last year, I realized that I was better at speeches than I thought I was. • I put a lot of effort in music last year, especially got to know jazz • I took part in several music related activities; good for training of my voice

Areas for improvement:

Example: I need to pay more attention in class • Since we have computers from this year, I will try to pay more attention to the person who’s talking, and try not to be

distracted by the computer. • I need to focus more in class, since I find it hard to when I see friends around • I want to extend my work a little more for all assessments. • I want to improve my music theory, since I need it for voice • I would like to spread my genre of vocal music, more than just jazz

Step 2: Organizing the information Looking at the table, identify the top 3 strengths and the top 3 areas for improvement.

1. Focusing more in class

2. Extend my work/knowledge in assessments

3. improve my music theory for voice

1. Took part in several music related activities

2. Got better at speeches

3. Got to know new genres of vocal music (e.g. jazz)

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Step 3: Identifying my goals

Over the next semester, I want to …. (Insert goal here)

� Aim for three achievable goals over the next semester. � Be very specific in your goals. Do not state, “I want to do better” or “I want better grades”. � Be specific about what you would like to improve. For example, “I would like to improve my

understanding of the concept of change in Humanities or “I would like to learn 100 new words in French.”

Goal #1:

Over the next semester, I want to ….

Get better structuring english essays

Goal #2:


Widen my range of voice

Goal #3:


Get better at music theory

Step 4: Developing strategies to achieve my goals and ways of measuring them to know if I have achieved them. For example:

Goal# 1: Over the next semester, I want be less distracted by my computer.

To achieve this goal I will … (these are my strategies)

1. Make eye contact with the person who is speaking 2. Close the computer down even if the teacher hasn’t told me to do so because I know that I listen

better that way 3. Never have anything open which the teacher hasn’t asked me to open

I will know I have reached my goal when…

• These are how I will measure whether I have achieved it • See Y Chart on PPT slide to help you

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Step 4: Developing strategies

Goal # 1: To achieve this goal I will…

Step 1

Read more books

Step 2

Widen my range genres in books, look at different ways of writing

Step 3

Read/search example essays

I will know that I have reached my goal when . . . It feels like… I can write without hesitating a lot or editing many times It sounds like… It looks like…. I have used more vocabulary than my previous essays.

Name: Goal # 2: To achieve this goal I will…

Step 1

Remember to practice at home

Step 2

Listen to many singers, not just from now but singers from before

Step 3

I will know that I have reached my goal when . . . It feels like… I don't need to belt that much to reach a high note It sounds like… I can get the note easily out even in a performance It looks like…. Goal # 3: To achieve this goal I will…

Step 1

Practice piano more, since it will help in music theory

Step 2

Listen/focus more in music theory class

Step 3

Go to Dr.Amato if I need help I will know that I have reached my goal when . . . It feels like… I can transpose from one key to another easily

Name: It sounds like… I can read notes without hesitation It looks like…. I have got it right when I transpose music

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