Ask students what family members they admire. The family member is admired because of specific traits. Students write about a family member they admire. Ask students to think of the family member they most admire. Have them look at the transparency to identify several traits they admire in this family member and then complete the student page.
Groups identify admired traits.
Divide class into small groups. Ask groups to plan a presentation based on individual's work on the student page. Tell groups to identify the three traits they most admired in their relatives and record them on the board or on poster paper as they report to the class. After groups report, discuss the listed traits. Permission is granted to reproduce for educational non-commercial uses if this message is shown.