1. Journal 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 Self-Concept

2. 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?

3. You Are Special By: Max Lucado

4. “You’re 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.”

5. Personal History Assignment Outline due: _______ Rough draft due: ______ Final due: ______ 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.

6. Self - Concept Circle The person I think I am. The person others think I am. The person others think I think I am. My Actions Other’s Reactions To Me As Others See Me As I See Myself

7. Positive Self-Concept I am an okay person. I have definite strengths and abilities. I can do anything I really want to do. I see myself as being as good as my friends. There are many ways to solve a problem.

8. Characteristic of Negative Self-Concept I am a jerk. Why try? I could never do it anyway. I cannot do anything right. I am not nearly as good as my friends. I knew my plans would not work.

9. 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.

10. “Rest in Peace: The I Can’t Funeral” List your “I can’t” 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. (I’m glad I’m me!) “The decision you make to love yourself is the most important decision you will ever make.”