Appreciation of Beauty and Excellence - Novice High

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<h3 id="h3_Jzzj" name="h3_Jzzj">Lesson Information</h3>
<h4 id="h2_dTrh" name="h2_dTrh"><strong>Positive Psychology Learning Outcomes</strong></h4>
<p id="h4_BMVp" name="h4_BMVp">Students will...</p>
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<li id="li_MbYs" aria-level="1" name="li_MbYs">recognize, describe and experience beauty in nature and the world. </li>
<li id="li_dPyR" aria-level="1" name="li_dPyR">identify and describe the beauty within themselves and others around them.. </li>
<li id="li_rnZb" aria-level="1" name="li_rnZb">practice mindfulness meditation.   </li>
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<h4 id="h2_dTrh" name="h2_dTrh"><strong>Language Learning Outcomes</strong></h4>
<p id="h4_rdZo" name="h4_rdZo">Students will...</p>
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<li id="li_LkBD" aria-level="1" name="li_LkBD">learn to use sense verbs (see, hear, feel, smell) in simple sentences. </li>
<li id="li_DADP" aria-level="1" name="li_DADP">use formulaic language to describe nature and the strengths of others. </li>
<li id="li_zvdR" aria-level="1" name="li_zvdR">learn new vocabulary related to nature, skills, and traits. </li>
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<h4 id="h2_IeKx" name="h2_IeKx"><strong>Materials Needed</strong></h4>
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<li id="li_kpwp" aria-level="1" name="li_kpwp">PowerPoint: <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JVTs0OGjDnOaYLaBjYSAK53Lngi9lqSHkEWPGRBOv6Q/edit#slide=id.ge02d8c2084_0_35" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-shortened-url="https://edtechbooks.org/-Vvm" data-unshortened-url="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JVTs0OGjDnOaYLaBjYSAK53Lngi9lqSHkEWPGRBOv6Q/edit#slide=id.ge02d8c2084_0_35">Appreciation of Beauty - Foundations</a></li>
<li id="li_UDET" aria-level="1" name="li_UDET">Worksheet: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sG17_4M0tQRB9h7-CVLW7jg-mhRJWQEw/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=113634371093861221815&rtpof=true&sd=true" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-shortened-url="https://edtechbooks.org/-kqHI" data-unshortened-url="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sG17_4M0tQRB9h7-CVLW7jg-mhRJWQEw/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=113634371093861221815&rtpof=true&sd=true">FL Beauty - Handout #1 (1).docx</a></li>
<li id="li_awhn" aria-level="1" name="li_awhn">Video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUASVHlfXeI" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-shortened-url="https://edtechbooks.org/-AuWp" data-unshortened-url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUASVHlfXeI">Short 5 Minute Guided Meditation for Mindfulness - YouTube</a></li>
<li id="li_ests" aria-level="1" name="li_ests">Worksheet: <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1__AIA-VKswWk7TX0o5kYnhjARqwU13u6/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=113634371093861221815&rtpof=true&sd=true" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-shortened-url="https://edtechbooks.org/-uygU" data-unshortened-url="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1__AIA-VKswWk7TX0o5kYnhjARqwU13u6/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=113634371093861221815&rtpof=true&sd=true">FL Beauty - Handout #2 (1).docx</a></li>
<li id="li_Jabb" aria-level="1" name="li_Jabb">Video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2DH-B0ADjk" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-shortened-url="https://edtechbooks.org/-nyNP" data-unshortened-url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2DH-B0ADjk">A Drone Tour Of La Sagrada Familia | TIME - YouTube</a></li>
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<h3 id="h3_iutq" name="h3_iutq">Overview </h3>
<p id="p_wexF" name="p_wexF">Explain to students that today they will be learning about something very different from their normal class time. This class will focus on appreciating--being thankful for--beauty and excellence. </p>
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<h3 id="h3_hwnn" name="h3_hwnn">Activate Background Knowledge</h3>
<p id="p_prbA" name="p_prbA">Have students find a picture of something they think is beautiful. </p>
<ul id="ul_jGfu" name="ul_jGfu">
<li id="li_SArj" aria-level="1" name="li_SArj">Give them a minute or two to search for a picture.</li>
<li id="li_Bvss" aria-level="1" name="li_Bvss">Share their pictures in a group and have them try to think of two or three sentences to describe to each other what they think is beautiful in each picture.</li>
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<h3 id="h3_PLIn" name="h3_PLIn">Activity 1: Vocabulary</h3>
<p id="p_fVDH" name="p_fVDH">Introduce the four sense verbs that will be used for the next activity: see, hear, feel, and smell. Use <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JVTs0OGjDnOaYLaBjYSAK53Lngi9lqSHkEWPGRBOv6Q/edit#slide=id.ge02d8c2084_0_35" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-shortened-url="https://edtechbooks.org/-Vvm" data-unshortened-url="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JVTs0OGjDnOaYLaBjYSAK53Lngi9lqSHkEWPGRBOv6Q/edit#slide=id.ge02d8c2084_0_35">Appreciation of Beauty - Foundations</a>.</p>
<ul id="ul_IvGR" name="ul_IvGR">
<li id="li_mdmb" aria-level="1" name="li_mdmb">Briefly give examples of sentences using each verb.  </li>
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<h3 id="h3_bCjj" name="h3_bCjj">Activity 2: Vocabulary</h3>
<p id="p_TkCm" name="p_TkCm">Distribute <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sG17_4M0tQRB9h7-CVLW7jg-mhRJWQEw/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=113634371093861221815&rtpof=true&sd=true" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-shortened-url="https://edtechbooks.org/-kqHI" data-unshortened-url="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sG17_4M0tQRB9h7-CVLW7jg-mhRJWQEw/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=113634371093861221815&rtpof=true&sd=true">FL Beauty - Handout #1 (1).docx</a> to the students. </p>
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<li id="li_gRfL" aria-level="1" name="li_gRfL">Instruct the students to take a couple minutes to look up words that they do not know using a dictionary. </li>
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<h3 id="h3_YjjJ" name="h3_YjjJ">Activity 3: Speaking</h3>
<p id="p_xsZu" name="p_xsZu">Each of the 11 links in the powerpoint <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JVTs0OGjDnOaYLaBjYSAK53Lngi9lqSHkEWPGRBOv6Q/edit#slide=id.ge02d8c2084_0_35" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-shortened-url="https://edtechbooks.org/-Vvm" data-unshortened-url="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1JVTs0OGjDnOaYLaBjYSAK53Lngi9lqSHkEWPGRBOv6Q/edit#slide=id.ge02d8c2084_0_35">Appreciation of Beauty - Foundations</a> (slide 9) contains a video of a nature scene with natural sounds. You can open and spend as much time as needed on each scene. </p>
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<li id="li_ruDE" aria-level="1" name="li_ruDE">Instruct students to look at each column and create a sentence that describes the scene they are looking at. </li>
<li id="li_WYhA" aria-level="1" name="li_WYhA">Encourage students to share as a class what they see, hear, and to imagine what they could touch and smell from the scene they are viewing. </li>
<li id="li_wVin" aria-level="1" name="li_wVin">After 15 min, ask students to share which scenes they like the most and which they would want to visit using the fluency line examples (slide 10).</li>
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<h3 id="h3_rdzX" name="h3_rdzX">Activity 4: Listening </h3>
<p id="p_iTix" name="p_iTix">Play <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUASVHlfXeI" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-shortened-url="https://edtechbooks.org/-AuWp" data-unshortened-url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUASVHlfXeI">Short 5 Minute Guided Meditation for Mindfulness - YouTube</a> (also found in the PowerPoint). Students should try to pay attention to the instructions in the video.</p>
<p id="p_DKHX" name="p_DKHX"><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WUASVHlfXeI" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" data-mce-fragment="1"></iframe></p>
<p id="p_nqvA" name="p_nqvA"><a href="https://youtu.be/WUASVHlfXeI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://youtu.be/WUASVHlfXeI</a> </p>
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<li id="li_Pgeu" aria-level="1" name="li_Pgeu">Ask students how they feel afterwards or for a thumbs up or down to see how many enjoyed the mindfulness meditation exercise. 
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<li id="li_qiYB" aria-level="2" name="li_qiYB">How does this meditation connect to appreciation?</li>
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<h3 id="h3_bcKQ" name="h3_bcKQ">Activity 5: Speaking</h3>
<p id="p_HVdF" name="p_HVdF">Provide students with <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1__AIA-VKswWk7TX0o5kYnhjARqwU13u6/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=113634371093861221815&rtpof=true&sd=true" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-shortened-url="https://edtechbooks.org/-uygU" data-unshortened-url="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1__AIA-VKswWk7TX0o5kYnhjARqwU13u6/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=113634371093861221815&rtpof=true&sd=true">FL Beauty - Handout #2 (1).docx</a>. </p>
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<li id="li_sZJx" aria-level="1" name="li_sZJx">Explain to students how they will know which column of words to use for each type of sentence, i.e. skills vs traits found in Slide 12 of the Powerpoint. .  Students may need time to look up unfamiliar words in a dictionary. </li>
<li id="li_HKjL" aria-level="1" name="li_HKjL">Direct students to use the fluency lines given in Slide 13 to form simple sentences about the strengths (skills and traits) of someone they know and for their own strengths. </li>
<li id="li_DSwn" aria-level="1" name="li_DSwn">Allow students time to share with a partner or the class the sentences they formed about the strengths (and beauty) of others. </li>
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<h3 id="h3_CbxS" name="h3_CbxS">Activity 6: Speaking</h3>
<p id="p_rtWY" name="p_rtWY">Discuss the many places where beauty can be found (Slide 15). </p>
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<li id="li_nnaf" name="li_nnaf">The following are a few examples:
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<li id="li_yvoV" aria-level="2" name="li_yvoV">a beautiful building</li>
<li id="li_XjQR" aria-level="2" name="li_XjQR">a song</li>
<li id="li_aIfA" aria-level="2" name="li_aIfA">a sculpture</li>
<li id="li_TBPG" aria-level="2" name="li_TBPG">writing/poetry</li>
<li id="li_aApr" aria-level="2" name="li_aApr">A painting</li>
<li id="li_noAa" aria-level="2" name="li_noAa">Food / cooking or baking</li>
<li id="li_xCJV" aria-level="2" name="li_xCJV">A type of dance </li>
<li id="li_UeSM" aria-level="2" name="li_UeSM">Inspiring people</li>
<li id="li_wuPC" aria-level="2" name="li_wuPC">Beautiful experiences (walking in the rain, laughter of a child, hugging someone you haven’t seen in a while)</li>
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<li id="li_ENTS" aria-level="1" name="li_ENTS">Show the video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2DH-B0ADjk" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-shortened-url="https://edtechbooks.org/-nyNP" data-unshortened-url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2DH-B0ADjk">A Drone Tour Of La Sagrada Familia | TIME - YouTube</a></li>
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<p id="p_xSkC" name="p_xSkC"><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Z2DH-B0ADjk" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" data-mce-fragment="1"></iframe></p>
<p id="p_Ebui" name="p_Ebui"><a href="https://youtu.be/Z2DH-B0ADjk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://youtu.be/Z2DH-B0ADjk</a> </p>
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<li id="li_IcKz" aria-level="1" name="li_IcKz">Instruct students to use their phones to find an example of something that they find beautiful besides a picture--could be poetry or book, painting, sculpture, etc.--and have them share in small groups of three or four. </li>
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<h3 id="h3_ZAra" name="h3_ZAra">Homework</h3>
<p id="p_kLdE" name="p_kLdE">Challenge students to find a new example of beauty in the natural world around them. Tell them to prepare to share what they find in the following class period. </p>
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<h3 id="h3_edzn" name="h3_edzn">Follow-Up</h3>
<p id="p_wTKz" name="p_wTKz"><strong>Tuesday:</strong></p>
<p id="p_fKfM" name="p_fKfM"> Have students share an example of beauty that they found from their homework assignment.  </p>
<p id="p_rowi" name="p_rowi"><strong>Wednesday: </strong></p>
<p id="p_CNgH" name="p_CNgH">Watch a 1-min mindfulness <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEqZthCaMpo" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-shortened-url="https://edtechbooks.org/-BII" data-unshortened-url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEqZthCaMpo">meditation</a>. How does meditation make them feel? What do they think of?</p>
<p id="p_aTmm" name="p_aTmm"><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cEqZthCaMpo" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" data-mce-fragment="1"></iframe></p>
<p id="p_pdzR" name="p_pdzR"><a href="https://youtu.be/cEqZthCaMpo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://youtu.be/cEqZthCaMpo</a> </p>
<p id="p_htYA" name="p_htYA"><strong>Thursday: </strong></p>
<p id="p_QvHI" name="p_QvHI">Have students share with the class about an example of beauty that they saw in others. </p>
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