ELAObjective: You will compare theories in Psychologylearn how to apply Emotional Intelligence principles to your own life. Activator: What is a Sutra? Siddhartha’s Meditation

TITLE: What Drives Us? 12/18/2015

Student Engagement Overview

Compare and Contrasttheories of selfactualization

Economy of Discourse:WHAT DOES SELF ACTUALIZATIONMEAN TO YOU?

Theme

Activator:Research on Meditation

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Harvard Unveils MRI Study Proving Meditation Literally Rebuilds The Brain’s Gray Matter In 8 Weeks

Objective: You will read “Siddhartha” and complete Literature Circles for comprehension.

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Student Engagement

ActivatorWrap Up

English

Meditation articleCollect Lit Circles

Intro to Emotional IntelligenceSiddhartha’s Idea of Self ActualizationHierarchy of Needs vs. EQ

Read & Listen to book to pg 30Write: answer questions Lit CircleTalk: Lit CircleShare: Whole Group discourse Self Actualization slides

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Directions: Write the assigned page numbers and your name on the answer sheet. When your answer sheet is complete, have your parnterscore how many points you received. Points accumulate into a grade.

NOTES FROM SECTION 1:

Meditation as the way: he wants to be without desiredefines tranquilty by “emptiness”his goal is to overcome the selfall desire and urge silent, then the ultimate part of himself had to wake: the innermost being which was no longer myself, which he says is the ultimate secret

BREATHING (minute 25)he learned to reduce the beats of his heart

SELF DENIALHe overcome hunger, the went the way of imagining the mind to be void of all conceptions

What is meditation? What is holding one’s breath? It is the fleeing from one’s self (min 29)Is the shortest way to escape the agony of being one’s self“It is the short numbing of the pointlessness of life” - SIDDHARTHA

Summary of Siddhartha Section ONEMEDITATION HUNGERDESIRE MINDFULNESS

EMPTINESS THE WAYAWARENESS OF SELF

Theory to Self Connection:

Hierarchy of NeedsHarmon

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Do you agree with this theory?

HarmonELA Emotional

IQWhat is it?• SELF AWARENESS• SELF MANAGEMENT• EMPATHY• SKILLED RELATIONSHIP

WHAT ISEMOTIONAL

INTELLIGENCE?

Indicators of emotions out of control:

•violence• low self esteem• inability to focus in school•self harm•self defeating beliefs•____________________•____________________•____________________ RESEARCH

HarmonELA Apply Explore the path to Self

Actualizationcompare the way of self

actualization in Siddharthato the Hierarchy of Needs and then create your own

definition Siddhartha Hierarchy of Needs Your Own Def.

HumanELA

InvisibleForces

that Shape UsWhat motivates you?

What’s your WHY?

Altruism Human Needs Your Own Def.

Text to Self Connection:

Clueberry Emotional Literacy

Is it possible to intentionally create self actualization and develop emotional intelligence?