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Wonderful Life Presentations - Setting Personal and Financial Goals! If you and your students have been working on my "Wonderful Life" assignment right about now you are probably putting the finishing touches on the assignment. A few things I like to do before presentations include... I ask my students to edit and practice their presentations so they go smoothly. I give them the option of self-editing or editing with a friend. Right before presentations I talk about how hard it can be to get up in front of a class and present - just because we don't do it a lot. I remind them to support each other, and we talk about how they can do that. I ask students to print 2 copies of presentation handouts - 4 slides on a page. As each student goes before the class to present they give me a copy of their handouts and keep a copy for themselves. I use my copy for grading purposes, and they use their handouts as they give their presentation. I also mention how important it is to speak...

  A Lesson Designed to get Students Thinking about Personal and Financial Goals! I like to start the first week of school with a lesson I designed to get students thinking about their personal and financial goals – “Wonderful Life” .   This fun, interactive project gives students a chance to get to know each other while creating a presentation that reveals their goals regarding career, wages, and lifestyle.   It also sharpens their communication and presentation skills. As a culminating activity, each student presents their project to the class. It is a great first lesson. Over 600 teachers have download this FREE lesson from Teachers Pay Teachers since January 1, 2013.   If you have not already grabbed it, here is the link... “Wonderful Life” . Teaching “ Wonderful Life ” Now that so many teachers are using this lesson, I thought I would offer a few tips on how I teach “Wonderful Life.” I like starting the class off with this assignment because it eases the stude...