7th Grade - Module 1: Unit 2 - Personal Identity

What does it mean to have a Growth Mindset?

What is are the two mindsets that we have talked about in this unit?

• Positive and Negative

• Fixed and Growth

• Neutral and Unstable

• Basic and Complex

What is a growth mindset and what is a fixed mindset?

Growth Mindset:

Fixed Mindset:

A student was having trouble reading a book in ELA and wanted to give up. Instead she used self talk and said, "I might be struggling right now to focus but I know I can read and remember the passage." She is having what kind of mindset?

• Indifferent mindset
• Defeatist mindset
• Growth mindset
• Fixed mindset

What does it mean to be Proactive?
How will being proactive help you in having a growth mindset?

You are asked to wash the dishes and your first thought is, "I can't do this, there are too many dishes in the sink!" You are in what kind of mindset?

• fixed mindset
• optimistic mindset
• proactive mindset
• growth mindset

Categorize each of the following statements.

Groups:

(a) Fixed Mindset

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(b) Growth Mindset

• “It’s good enough.”

• Just because I didn't complete it at first, doesn't mean that it's not possible.

• “I give up.”

• I can do it.

• “I won’t keep going.”

• “I made a mistake.”

• I want to do it.

• “It is too hard.”

• I will try to do it.

• “I am not good at it.”

• “I am not smart enough.”

• “I cannot do it.”

Write about a time where you used a growth mindset and it was beneficial to you.

Reorder the following phrases from lowest of having a fixed mindset to highest in having a growth mindset.

• I will try to do it

• I did it

• I cannot do it

• I can do it

• I want to do it

What is your biggest takeaway from the personal identity unit?