The Alchemist

       I.            Connect the Dots

    II.            The lesson I will be doing is a reflective activity. I will start off with what the students did or did not like about the book. Then I will ask questions of how this book relates to the secret, other readings from the semester, cultural leadership, what parts of the book they could relate to, and what they can take away from the book. At the end I would have everyone draw a picture expressing their personal legend and have them share what their picture/personal legend is and have they or haven’t they been able to reach their personal legend. Basically be able to connect the book to the semester as a whole and their personal life

 III.            The learning purpose of this activity is to reflect and be able to relate/connect the book to things we have learned during this semester and their personal life. One of the main things is relating things we have learned this semester to the book. I want to see if anyone can pick out particular phrases or parts of the book to support their answers.  Throughout the book the phrase “When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream” came up repeatedly and it made me think of the secret because when you give off that positive energy and do right, things will fall into place they way you want them to. Yes, there will be bumps in the road, but if we continue to strive things will work out for the better.

 IV.            I feel we all have certain personal legends we want to pursue but we all have things we feel hold us back. I also believe that we all may have more than one personal legend. My number one personal legend is to finish college and do what I love which is to work with children. Another one of my personal goals is to study abroad/travel the world. I feel that I let my doubts about money and time get in the way of what I really want to do in life. I always tell myself when I finish this or that I will make plans to do it, but somehow I always find a way to put it off longer. In the book the shepherd was told by his family he needed to become a priest, but knew that wasn’t the life for him. The shepherd shows us how to be a leader in the aspect to stick by what you believe in and he shows us we can survive no matter what condition we may be in. That there are people out there to help you and support you.