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Subject: SEL (Social-Emotional Learning)
Lesson Length: 30 - 45 mins
Topic: Procrastination
Brief Description: Students will learn to combat procrastination with this activity.
Know Before You Start: Students should be able to define procrastination.
Hook:
- Explain how sometimes creating a visual of a bad habit, like procrastination, helps us be more aware.
- Read and discuss the sample comic.
- If procrastination was a person, what would they look like?
- What if they were a villain in a comic book, what kind of evil superpowers would they have?
Activity:
- Using the sample comic as a guide, have students create a two-panel comic with the following parts:
- Panel 1: Design a Procrastination Villain. The character must include an evil super power that causes the student to procrastinate, e.g.,“hypnotize them with video games instead of finishing homework” or “trap them in a time vortex so they always forget due dates.”
- Panel 2: Show your avatar defeating the Procrastination Villian using dialogue that shows a helpful anti-procrastination strategy, e.g.,“I ask for help when I feel overwhelmed" or “I set a timer to stay committed to my homework.”
Closure:
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Have students share their comics with a partner and discuss how they are working to overcome their own time-management issues.
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Remind students to think of this villain the next time they want to put off a project, homework assignment, or chore.
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What would they say to their Procrastination Villain when they feel like procrastinating?
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Differentiation:
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Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
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Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
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Provide examples of procrastination students can choose from.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
Resources:
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Comic to print or display: Comic.
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Suggested Readings:
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Even Superheroes Have Bad Days by Shelly Becker. (Grades 4-5)
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Over-Scheduled Andrew by Ashley Spires. (Grades 4-5)
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Suggested Content Packs:
Superheroes
