Group lesson



Introduction
  • Hand out student guides. Read introduction or play the audio version.
  • View video
  • Stop tape at invitation for students to do Finding your style exercise.
  • Discussion
  • After the video, review the vocabulary of the types and see how much students can remember from the video. Can they identify the styles of the characters portrayed?
  • Reading about style
  • Students find their styles and read each description.
  • Writing about style
  • After each style description in the student guide there is a question for students to respond to. Have students share their responses with the class or in small groups.
  • Whole group discussion
  • Refer students to their styles in the section, School. Using the class discussion in the video as a guide, talk with students about the strategies they could use to enhance their learning.
  • Small group discussion
  • Form interest groups around the three topic areas of school, work and relationshs, and have students describe how they can use the information and strategies.

  • Ideas for discussion: School "What are my favorite ways to learn?" "What are my least favorite?" "What are some strategies I can use when I am in a learning situation that is opposite my style?" Work "What type of job am I naturally drawn to and good at?" "How does this relate to my style preference?" Relationships "Am I drawn to a certain type of friend or partner?" "What are the ways that I get along and don't get along with other people?"





  • Back | Contents | Next