SELF MANAGEMENT SKILLS
Life Skills - PSW Grade 6
Term 2: Self-management skills
Activity Plan
One way of managing tour time is to develop an activity plan of how you will
manage to do all your responsibilities in time.
V – Activity Plan – a schedule of what you must do at what time.
For your activity plan to work you need to self-monitor, self-evaluate and self-
reinforce.
V – Self-monitoring – when you observe your behaviour and the progress of what
you are doing.
V – Self-evaluation – when you set goals and compare where you are with where
you want to be.
V – Self-reinforcement – when you make the activity plan and stick to it.
Look at the example of the activity plan below.
Mr Mash’s Activity Plan
Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
05:00 – Wake up
Wake up Wake up Wake up Wake up
06:30 Bath
Bath Bath Bath Bath
Leave for
Leave for work Leave for work Leave for work Leave for work
work
07:00 –
School School School School School
14:00
14:00 –
Going home Extra lessons Soccer practice Soccer practice Going home
15:00
15:00 – Lunch
Lunch
16:30 Lunch Lunch Lunch Doing dishes
Doing dishes
Doing dishes Doing dishes Doing dishes Washing
Washing socks
socks
16:30 – Studying / Studying / Studying / Studying / Studying /
18:00 Homework Homework Homework Homework Homework
Maths & NS SS History/Geo English Afrikaans Life Skills
18:00 –
Bath Bath Bath Bath Bath
18:30
18:30 – Supper
Supper Supper Supper Supper
19:30 Watch 7de laan
19:30 – Doing the
Doing the Doing the
20:00 Chilling Chilling dishes/
dishes dishes
Family time
20:00 –
TV Reading a book Reading a book Reading a book Family time
21:00
21:00 – Family Time
05:00 Sleep Sleep Sleep Sleep Playtime
Sleep
Life Skills - PSW Grade 6
Term 2: Self-management skills
Activity 3
(Do this activity on your Exam pads, you will paste later in the book)
Look at your life and all the responsibilities that you have at home and at
school, then using the example above:
Make your own Activity Plan for a normal school week.
MONDAY – FRIDAY
This will help you to manage your time much better and get to see the time
that you are wasting in your week.
Reading Skills
(Do this activity on your Exam pads, you will paste later in the book)
Read the case study below and answer the questions that follow.
Case Study – Ruth’s Diary
Life Skills - PSW Grade 6
Term 2: Self-management skills
1. Why did Ruth forget to make the sandwiches for the trip to the
sea? (1)
2. How could a diary have helped ruth organise the sandwiches for
the trip to the sea? (2)
3. How did Ruth make sure she didn’t forget to make the sandwiches
for the old people’s tea? (2)
4. Write down 3 things that you keep forgetting to do or bring. (3)
5. How would you use a diary to help you remember all the things
that you mentioned in Question 4? (2)
Total:
10