Reflecting on a quote or a personal experience, students will share their thinking on responsibility defined as following through on a committment or task.

The student will:

• respond in writing or drawing to a quote or a personal experience.

Anticipatory Set:

Have the students get out their character education journals so they can write a reflection about responsibility. In this unit, they have defined responsibility as following tasks to completion and keeping promises or commitments (dependability).

• Teacher: You may write or draw in your journal in response to one of the following quotes or the reflection prompt. If you choose to draw, please add descriptors or captions to make sure that you are effectively communicating your thoughts. 

1. Quote One: "Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility in the final analysis . . . the one quality that all successful people have is the ability to take responsibility."  -- Michael Korda, Editor-in-Chief, Simon and Schuster Publishers
2. Quote Two: "It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it."  -- John Wooden, winningest basketbal coach from UCLA
3. Reflection Prompt: Reflect on a time when you followed through on a commitment with a positive outcome. Or, reflect on a time when you didn't honor a committment and its results. Create a short essay or a drawing with captions depicting your actions and outcomes. Communicate the emotions that you felt in either situation.