Lesson plan

Subject: Guidance
Topic: Self-esteem
Grade: 41
Duration: 60 mins.
Date: March 17, 2014.
General Objective: Students should be able to recognize the importance of having a healthy
self-esteem.
Specific Objective: By the end of the lesson students should be able to:

Share their understanding of the term self-esteem.

List 5 things that they are good at.

Role play the attitudes/characteristics of someone with a high/low self esteem.

Share the benefits of maintaining a high self-esteem.

Prior Knowledge: Students already know some things that they like about themselves.
Instructional Material: Strips of paper, song, mirror and chart.
Content:

Definition of Self-esteem.

Benefits of maintaining high/positive self-esteem.

Methodology:

Chart.
Brainstorming.
Guided discussion.
Song.
Group activity.
Individual activity.

Development
Introductory Activity

Counsellors Activity
Students Response
The counsellor will commence Expected response:
class with the use of a song
Being determined.
title Roar by Katty Perry
Being confident.
after which the counsellor will
Be yourself and be
facilitate a brief discussion to
bold.
check their understanding and
She was saying shes a
bring their focus to the lesson
champion.
at hand.
Felt great.
Guided question:
Nice.
What stood out most
Happy.
for you from the song
Exited.
that you just heard?
How did you feel
while you listened the
song?

Step 1

Counsellor will facilitate a

Expected Response:
brief discussion to get students
When you love
understanding of what is self
yourself.
esteem after which a chart will
When you feel
be mounted to clarify or
confident.
reinforce the definition.
Guided question:
When you hear the
term self-esteem what
comes to mind?

Step 2

Counsellor will ask students to Expected response:

create a list of five things that
Cooking.
they are good at. After which
Singing.
students will be selected
Dancing.
randomly to share 1 from their
Language arts.
list.
Maths.
Guided question:
Based on the list that
you have; tell me one
thing youre good at?

Step 3

Counsellor will place students

in four groups and each group
will be given a scenario which
requires them to react to it like
a person with low self esteem
or high self esteem would.
Students will be given 5

Students will follow

instructions and participate in
activity.

minutes prepare then present.

Step 4

Counsellor will facilitate the

Expected response:
students in a discussion to
So that we wont come
share their thoughts on the
down to hard on
benefits of maintaining a high
ourselves.
self-esteem.
So that we can be
Guided questions:
confident.
Why is it good for us to have a
When we have a high
high self esteem?
self esteem we believe
in ourselves.

Culminating activity: Using I-Messages/Statements and a mirror, students will be asked to

volunteer and stand at the front of the class looking themselves in the eyes and state one positive
thing about themselves.
Summarization: 2-3 students will be asked to stand and share what they learnt from the lesson.
Evaluation:
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Lesson plan
Subject: Guidance
Topic: Self-esteem
Grade: 43
Duration: 60 mins.
Date: March 17, 2014.
General Objective: Students should be able to recognize the importance of having a healthy
self-esteem.
Specific Objective: By the end of the lesson students should be able to:

Share their understanding of the term self-esteem.

List 5 things that they are good at.

Role play the attitudes/characteristics of someone with a high/low self esteem.

Share the benefits of maintaining a high self-esteem.

Prior Knowledge: Students already know some things that they like about themselves.
Instructional Material: Strips of paper, Video, mirror and chart.
Content:

Definition of Self-esteem.

Benefits of maintaining high/positive self-esteem.

Methodology:

Chart.
Brainstorming.
Video.
Guided discussion.
Group activity.
Individual activity.

Development
Introductory Activity

Counsellors Activity
Students Response
The counsellor will commence Expected response:
class with the use of a video
Be yourself.
titled My Day after which
Being confident.
the counsellor will facilitate a
Dont try to please
brief discussion to check their
people.
understanding and bring their
focus to the lesson at hand.
Guided question:
What stood out most
for you from the video
that you just watched?

Step 1

Counsellor will facilitate a

Expected Response:
brief discussion to get students
When you love
understanding of what is self
yourself.
esteem after which a chart will
When you feel
be mounted to clarify or
confident.
reinforce the definition.
Guided question:
When you hear the
term self-esteem what
comes to mind?

Step 2

Counsellor will ask students to Expected response:

create a list of five things that
Cooking.
they are good at. After which
Singing.
students will be selected
Dancing.
randomly to share 1 from their
Language arts.
list.
Maths.
Guided question:
Based on the list that
you have; tell me one
thing youre good at?

Step 3

Counsellor will place students

in four groups and each group
will be given a scenario which
requires them to react to it like
a person with low self esteem
or high self esteem would.
Students will be given 5
minutes prepare then present.

Step 4

Counsellor will facilitate the

Students will follow

instructions and participate in
activity.

Expected response:

students in a discussion to
share their thoughts on the
benefits of maintaining a high
self-esteem students will have
their responses written on the
board using semantic
mapping.
Guided questions:
Why is it good for us to have a
high self esteem?

So that we wont come

down to hard on
ourselves.
So that we can be
confident.
When we have a high
self esteem we believe
in ourselves.

Culminating activity: Students will be asked to find a positive adjective with the same letter
that begins their first name to describe themselves.
Summarization: 2-3 students will be asked to stand and share what they learnt from the lesson.
Evaluation:
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