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Lesson Plan 10: Successful Study Techniques
Core www.cfnc.org Area:
High School Academic Planning
Total Time:
50 minutes.
Target Grades:
Appropriate for 9-12, Recommended for all
grades
Suggested Timeline:
Grades 8-12 prior to scheduling classes
ASCA Correlation
(Which of the ASCA Standards does this lesson address?)
A-A A-B A-C C-A C-B C-C PS-A PS-B PS-C
X X X
Lesson Objectives
(What will students know and be able to do when the lesson is complete?)
By the end of the lesson, students will
• Be able to describe successful study techniques
• Develop a time and task management plan in order to improve their study techniques
Materials Needed
(What materials are needed to deliver this lesson?)
Reserve computer lab or computer cart
Print the Successful Study Techniques Worksheet
Advance Preparation
(What does the instructor need to do in advance in order to be prepared to deliver this lesson?
How much time is required for advance prep?)
Print the Successful Study Techniques Worksheet
Activator (Typically 5-10 minutes)
(How will you tap into the learners’ background knowledge and help them view the lesson as
relevant?)
Demonstrate the importance of developing study skills by discussing the following points:
• Effective study techniques will lead to:
o Successful learning
o Academic success at every level
www.cfnc.org will:
• Provide students with information about successful study techniques with the article
Successful Study Techniques
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Core Learning Strategies/Lesson Activities (Typically 30-40 minutes)
(How will you facilitate the learning of knowledge/skills using adult learning strategies? How will
you provide for skill practice? How will you differentiate learning, as appropriate, for different
roles, skill levels, and experience?)
Session # Step # Responsibility Action Steps
1 1 School
counselor
• Focus on today’s work:
1. Asks students to log into their www.cfnc.org
account
2. Asks students to click on the High School
Planning tab and then on the High School
Planning Timeline
3. Asks students to click on their grade level
4. Asks students to click on the article (listed
on the right side of the page) Successful
Study Techniques
2 Student • Reads the article Successful Study
Techniques
• Completes the Successful Study Techniques
Worksheet
3 Counselor • Assists students with answering the questions
and filling out all information
4 Student • Completes reflection question in the Your
Journal section of Your Portfolio tab of
www.cfnc.org “Does the career plan that you
have just created accurately show what you
want your life to look like now and in the
future? What steps are you taking now to
achieve the goals laid out in this plan?”
(chart from RI School Counselor Association’s Toolkits, found at www.rischoolcounselor.org)
Summarizer/Informal Assessment (Typically 5-10 minutes)
(How will you engage learners in processing and summarizing what they learned? How will you
know that the objective has been achieved?)
• Ask students to discuss what steps they can take now to begin putting their plan into
action
• Ask students to discuss how the development of a course plan that connects to
career goals is important to their overall plan
Follow-Up
(What additional learning could occur during the year? When?)
• Student can review their Career Plan before creating/confirming their schedule for the
upcoming school year.
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Successful Study Techniques
Read the article Successful Study Techniques and complete the information to answer the
questions and complete the activities below.
Part 1: Getting Started
1. Log into your www.cfnc.org Account
2. Click on the High School Planning Tab at the top of the page, then click High School
Planning Timeline
3. Select your grade level and click on the article Successful Study Techniques. (Note –
this article does not appear in grade 12)
4. Read the article and answer the questions below
Part 2: Successful Study Techniques
1. List the four main techniques that you can use to ensure that you know what you need to
study
a. )
b. )
c. )
d. )
2. What 3 things does the ability to concentrate depend on?
3. How often should you review you class notes and readings?
4. Why should you create a study schedule?
5. Describe 2 methods of developing a study schedule
6. What is the best study environment?
7. List five ways that you can study actively
a. )
b. )
c. )
d. )
e. )
8. Create an mnemonic device (a rhyme, sentence, word or phrase – review the article for
examples) that will remind you of the five active study techniques that you just listed.
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Create a Study Schedule
In the article, Successful Study Techniques, you learned that developing a study
schedule will help you to break up your studying into manageable chunks and will help
you to better manage your time. Fill out the following schedule below by filling in all of
your required activities (school, work, practices, rehearsals, etc.) and then scheduling a
specific time to study for each of your classes. You can schedule social events in the
time that you have left.
6:00 am
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
7:00 am
8:00 am
9:00 am
10:00
am
11:00
am
Noon
1:00 pm
2:00 pm
3:00 pm
4:00 pm
5:00 pm
6:00 pm
7:00 pm
8:00 pm
9:00 pm
10:00
pm
11:00
pm
Midnight
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