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Life Planning

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Unit 1: Video And Photograph
Video
1. In the video why was it important for the couples to "tie" their finances together?
2. What other financial advise was given for new couples?
3. How do you manage your own finances?

Photograph
1. Describe what you see in the photograph?
2. Do you keep a journal or blog about your life?
3. How do you organize your day?

Unit 2: Reading Comprehension
Idiom
Read and discuss the meaning and example given for the idiom to "the blind leading the blind". Ask your students to give 1 - 2 sentences using this idiom.

Discuss the article, vocabulary and questions with your student.

Unit 3: Question and Response
1. What are the most important things that you try to prioritize in your life? Why?
2. Do like to use paper planners to org anise your day?
3. Have you used electronic organizers?
4. Who has influenced your life the most - for good or for bad? How?
5. What have been the defining moments that have shaped your life?
6. How do the people that you know describe your life?
7. When you die, how would you like people who know you to describe your life?
8. What is one improvement you would like to make in your own professional life?
9. What is one improvement you would like to make in your own personal life?
10. What contributions do you want to make within your life time?