Eighth graders learn to recognize their character strengths — perseverance, kindness, creativity, responsibility, curiosity — building the self-awareness and confidence to use them.
Students will be able to…
Everyone has strengths — things they’re good at and qualities that make them THEM. Knowing yours builds confidence. What are character strengths?
Project this and match each strength to what it looks like — tap a strength, then tap the action.
Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.
Everyone has strengths that make them THEM — what are they?
Students learn.
Students practice.
Students apply.
Students close.
Aligned to the CASEL 5 Social & Emotional Learning Competencies.
Identify personal strengths.
Build a sense of self-confidence.
Recognize strengths in actions.
Use strengths to make choices.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Have students name one strength and one way they’ll use it this week. A printable strengths sheet is in the SEL library.
Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.
A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.
A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.