Unit: The Ultimate Gift

TEKS: (A)  develop premiere leadership skills and collaborate with others to accomplish organizational goals and objectives through the demonstration of characteristics such as empowerment, risk, communication, focusing on results, decision making, problem solving, investment in individuals, resource use and access, service, listening, coaching, developing others, team development, understanding and appreciating others, enthusiasm, creativity, conviction, mission, courage, focus, principles, change, integrity, values, ethics, humility, perseverance, self-discipline, responsibility, community, diversity, global awareness and knowledge, innovation, intuition, adaptation, lifelong learning, and coachability;

(B)  develop personal growth skills and collaborate with others to accomplish organizational goals and objectives through the demonstration of characteristics such as attitude, exercise, goal setting, planning, self-discipline, sense of balance, persistence, respect, friendship, integrity, morals, values, etiquette, citizenship, cross-cultural awareness, acceptance of change, respect for differences, decision making, principles, dependability, loyalty, trustworthiness, communication, learning, critical thinking, reasoning, creative thinking, problem solving, self-discovery, coping, friendship, self-reliance, sense of balance, empathy, compassion, ethics, coping, courage, and self-image or worth;

(C)  identify opportunities for leadership development and personal growth;

(D)  demonstrate democratic principles in conducting effective meetings;

(E)  describe team dynamics; and

(F)  describe the development of organizational vision, mission, and goals through strategic planning processes.

Unit:  College and Career Readiness

TEKS:  (1)  The student learns the employability characteristics of a successful employee. The student is expected to:

(A)  identify career development and entrepreneurship opportunities in the field of agriculture, food, and natural resources, including how to search for and obtain employment, what qualifications are required for varying career fields, and how to advance in a position;

(B)  identify careers in agriculture, food, and natural resources with required aptitudes in science, mathematics, language arts, and social studies;

(C)  apply competencies related to resources, information, interpersonal skills, problem solving, critical thinking, and systems of operation in agriculture, food, and natural resources;

(D)  demonstrate knowledge of personal and occupational safety, health, and first-aid policy in the workplace;

(E)  develop response plans to emergency situations; and

(F)  identify employers’ expectations, including appropriate work habits, ethical conduct, legal responsibilities, and good citizenship skills.

(2)  The student develops a supervised agriculture experience program as it relates to agriculture, food, and natural resources. The student is expected to:

(A)  plan, propose, conduct, and evaluate entrepreneurship; placement; exploratory; research, either experimental or analytical; improvement; supplementary; laboratory-based; or other identified, supervised agricultural experience as an experiential learning activity;

(B)  apply proper record-keeping skills as they relate to the supervised agricultural experience;

(C)  design and use a customized record-keeping system for the individual supervised agricultural experience;

(D)  participate in youth leadership opportunities to create a well-rounded-experience program in agriculture; and

(E)  produce a challenging approach for a local program of activities in agriculture, food, and natural resources.

Unit: Supervised Agriculture Experience

Warm Up-

Worksheet #1 for SAE Types
Friday-  Quiz 2

Unit: Breeds of Pigs

TEKS: (12)  The student develops technical knowledge and skills related to animal systems. The student is expected to:

(C)  identify breeds and classes of livestock; and

Monday- Motivation Monday

Tuesday-  TED TALK

Wednesday-  Review

Thursday-  Bonus Questions

Friday-  Name one breed of cattle that you know about

Monday-  We will review all of the pigs we have gone over up to this point.  Key words that need to be reviewed are

Maternal

Terminal

Prolific

Tuesday-  Review for test

Wednesday-  Test

Thursday-  We will discuss bonus questions if necessary and then introduce breeds of cattle starting with vocabulary.

Friday-  Breeds of cattle

Monday-  Using a sheet of computer paper draw an example of a crossbred pig.  Draw what it would look like and then write a ½ page essay explaining the characteristics of that pig.  Students may need the internet to look up further information than what is in their notes.

Tuesday-  Kahoot review game

Wednesday-  Test

Thursday-  KWL chart

Friday-  Breeds of cattle notes sheets

Unit: Swine

Monday- Sub

Tuesday-  Write down 3 characteristics of a landrace.

Wednesday-  Write one paragraph explaining the importance of knowing breeds of swine in the livestock industry.

Thursday- Sub

Friday- Motivation

Monday-  Sub

Tuesday-  Powerpoint Landrace- Hampshire

Wednesday-  Powerpoint Hamp-  End of slide

Thursday-  Sub

Friday-  Review for breeds of swine test

Monday-  New Horizons worksheet

Tuesday-  Worksheet

Wednesday-  Matching google forms

Thursday-  New Horizons worksheets

Friday-  Review game

Week: 8

Unit: Parliamentary Procedure

1. Main
2. Amend
3. Refer
4. Point of Order
5. Lay on Table
6. Take from Table
7. Previous Question
8. Parliamentary Inquiry  

Week: 7

Unit: Parliamentary Procedure

TEKS:  

1. What are the pertinent facts of an amendment
2. What is terminology when stating a main motion.
3. What are the 3 magic words

Week:   6

Unit:  Parliamentary Procedure

TEKS:  

1. What does one tap of the gavel mean?

Wednesday-  What is the purpose of a main motion?
Thursday-  Write down terminology for a

1. Main Motion
2. Amendment
3. Refer

Friday-  What is the purpose of an amendment.

• Purpose
• Tap of Gavel
• Types of Votes

Tuesday-  We will work on order of business, types of motion, and order of precedence.
Wednesday-  We will learn

• Main Motion
• Amendments

Thursday-  We will work on

• Amendments
• Refer

Friday-

We will solve a problem as a class with main motions, amendments, and refer

• Students will need to take notes
• We will practice each of these motions as we learn them everyday.  

Wednesday- Quiz

Friday-  Quiz

1. Do you believe in less dependence on begging and more power and bargaining.  Why?
2. What do you think the future of agriculture will look like?
3. Would E.M. Tiffany the creator of the FFA creed be proud of the industry agriculture has become.  Why?

Thursday-  Fill in the blank.  I believe in _____ from ourselves and respect from others.
Friday-  Explain a time when you have seen an argument get out of hand for a stupid reason.  Explain why it escalated so quickly