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 work well in teams or a partner.- Pay attention in class.- Helping others if they are stuggling. |
| Areas for improvement: Example: I need to pay more attention in class- A given time to write an essay- Reading and comprehension- Test Taking |
Step 2: Organizing the information
Looking at the table, identify the top 3 strengths and the top 3 areas for improvement.
1. I work well in team or a partner.
2. Helping others.
3. Pay attention in class.
Over the next semester, I want to …. (Insert goal here)Step 3: Identifying my goals
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 ….
Be able to read and write kanji.
Goal #2:
Over the next semester, I want to ….
I want to improve a higher mark for my grades.
Goal #3:
Over the next semester, I want to ….
I want to be better at comprehending an essay.
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)
- Make eye contact with the person who is speaking
- Close the computer down even if the teacher hasn’t told me to do so because I know that I listen better that way
- 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
Step 4: Developing strategies
Goal # 1: To achieve this goal I will…
Step 1
Read more Japanese book.
Step 2
Do more kanji work sheets.
Step 3
Review the kanji more than once.
I will know that I have reached my goal when . . .
It feels like…
I am more confident on my kanji and my Japanese skills are improving.
It sounds like…
My mom is proud of me for studying kanji and understanding what it means.
It looks like….
I am in my room reading Japanese books for about 30 minutes and also study for kanji. It looks like I’m being more independent.
Goal # 2: To achieve this goal I will…
Step 1
Ask the teachers for questions.
Step 2
Study for 3-4 hours without going online.
Step 3
Focus in class and understand the concept.
I will know that I have reached my goal when . . .
It feels like…
I am more independent and asking a teacher than my classmates.
It sounds like…
A slience in my room with no music, just me focusing.
It looks like….
After school I‘m asking teachers for help when I don’t understand the task. When I get home I know what to do A’s my task.
Goal # 3: To achieve this goal I will…
Step 1
Reading different style of writing and understanding the concept.
Step 2
Reading different passage. Such as short and long. Finding the skills to answer the question easier.
Step 3
To identify a question in the passage and getting a better concept of the passage.
I will know that I have reached my goal when . . .
It feels like…
I am improving my skill on understanding a passage.
It sounds like…
I understand the concept and being independent.
It looks like….
I get a better concept on the long and short passage of a test for reading comprehension.
