Lesson Plan

Breaking the Task Avoidance Cycle Plan

Help a 6th-grade student understand his task avoidance behaviors and develop practical strategies to overcome them during a single 30-minute session.

This lesson is essential to build self-awareness and skills necessary for managing tasks, increasing the student's confidence and academic engagement.

Audience

Time

Approach

Materials

Prep

Review and Customize Materials

5 minutes

Step 1

Warm Up

5 minutes

Step 2

Slide Deck Presentation

10 minutes

Step 3

Discussion

8 minutes

Step 4

Cool Down

2 minutes

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Slide Deck

Breaking the Task Avoidance Cycle / Rompiendo el Ciclo de Evitar Tareas

Introduce the session by stating the objective and setting a welcoming tone. Emphasize that the lesson will be presented in both English and Spanish.

What is Task Avoidance? / ¿Qué es Evitar Tareas?

Explain what task avoidance is in simple terms. Use interactive questions to engage the student.

Why Avoid Tasks? / ¿Por qué se evitan las tareas?

Discuss some common reasons why someone might avoid tasks. Encourage the student to share his thoughts.

Strategies to Overcome Task Avoidance / Estrategias para Vencer la Evitación de Tareas

Introduce practical strategies to overcome task avoidance. Ask the student to think about which strategy might work best for him.

Your Strategy / Tu Estrategia

Encourage the student to reflect on the lesson and choose one strategy he is willing to try. Use this as a starting point for discussion.

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Discussion

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Worksheet

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Cool Down

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Breaking the Task Avoidance Cycle

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Molly Mulhern

Tier 3
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