Driver's Ed.
REFLECTION JOURNAL
Name: ____________________________
Module 1: Driving is Your Responsibility
Part 1
Date: _________
K-W-L Chart: Complete the K-W-L Chart. Made chart bigger to allow longer answers
K—What You Know
W—What You Want to Know
L—What You Learned
List 2 things you know about driving.
List 2 things you want to learn about driving?
Name at least two new things you learned from Module 1.
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2.
Do you already have your learner’s permit?
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2.
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2.
Module 2: The Driver
Date: _________
Aha Moments: Aha moments are times when you have been reading something and the text suddenly makes sense or becomes clear to you.
Describe three aha moments that you had as you worked through Module Two.
OR
If you did not have any ‘aha’ moments do this:
List three characteristics of ‘at risk’ drivers
List three characteristics of safe drivers
List three driver errors that could cause a collision.
1.
2.
3.
How will this information affect you as a driver now and in the future?
1.
Module 3: Natural Forces Affecting the Driver
Date: _________
Vocabulary: Write the definition in your own words.
1. Gravity-
2. Inertia-
3. Potential Energy-
4. Kinetic Energy-
5. Friction-
6. Traction-
7. Centrifugal Force-
8. Centripetal Force-
9. Deceleration-
10. Force of impact-
Module 4: Signs, Signals, and Pavement Markings
Date: _________
List at least three “I didn’t knows” - three things you learned from Module Four.
1.
2.
3.
Describe how learning this new information will help you now and in the future.
1.
Write about one traffic sign near your house that you feel no one obeys properly and explain why you think this happens.
1.
Module 5: Laws and Rules of the Road
Date: _________
Bumper Sticker: How could one main point you learned in Module Five, be stated on a bumper sticker? Describe how your bumper sticker would look.
Bumper Sticker:
1.
Write at least one paragraph (5 sentences or more) which explains why you thought this would make a great bumper sticker and how it summarizes the information in Module Five.
Summary:
1.
Module 6: Effects of Alcohol and Drugs
Date: _________
Make a Plan:
You may find yourself in a situation due to drugs, alcohol, or cold medicine that has made you drowsy, or you may have instances of extreme sleepiness.
Make a plan with three options:
What will you do if you question whether you should be driving?
1.
What will you do if the person you rode with should not be driving?
1.
What do you need to do to prepare for a situation like this? Talk to a parent or guardian. What would they want you to do.? Do you need to look up the number of a local taxi service? Please answer all 3 questions.
1.
Module 7: Collisions: Costs and Preventions
Date: _________
Student Discussion and Agreements: Talk to a parent or guardian about your responsibility in driving. What agreements have you made about your driving? If you have not yet made any agreements, think about the following:
Will I have a vehicle to drive? My own, or one I share? Who will pay for the insurance? How much will it cost? Do I have restrictions on my driving? Hours of the day I can drive, number of passengers in the car. What about using cell phones while driving? How will I pay for gasoline? Where am I allowed to drive? School, work, major highways, distance.
Your summary should be at least one full paragraph (5 or more sentences) and cover all of the questions asked above, if they do not apply to you then state why.
My Summary:
1.
Module 8: Substance Abuse
Date: _________
Reflection Quote: Alan I. Leshner, Director of the National Institute of Drug Abuse, defines drug addiction as:
“Drug addiction is uncontrollable, compulsive drug seeking and use, even in the face of negative health and social consequences.”
Merriam-Webster defines uncontrollable as being free from control by a superior authority. It also defines a compulsion as an irresistible, persistent impulse or obsession.
What does Alan I. Leshner’s definition of drug abuse mean to you both as a driver responsible for your own actions, and as a driver sharing the road with other cars, pedestrians, and cyclists?
Please explain in a full paragraph (5 or more sentences).
1.
Module 9: Critical Vehicle Systems
Date: _________
List at least three “I didn’t knows” - three things you learned from Module Nine.
1.
2.
3.
Describe how learning this new information will help you now and in the future.
1.
Module Ten: Sharing the Road with Others
Date: _________
Stops and Starts: Reflect on Module 10 and the entire course. Look back at your journal entries.
Stops: Name three things you will not do when driving because of something learned in this course.
1.
2.
3.
Explain why you will not do those things.
1.
Starts: Name three things you will start doing when driving.
1.
2.
3.
Explain why you will do these particular things.
1.
Write about at one thing you will stop doing as a passenger.
1.
Write about one thing you will start doing as a passenger.
1.
Name: ____________________________
Module 1: Driving is Your Responsibility
Part 1
Date: _________
K-W-L Chart: Complete the K-W-L Chart. Made chart bigger to allow longer answers
K—What You Know
W—What You Want to Know
L—What You Learned
List 2 things you know about driving.
List 2 things you want to learn about driving?
Name at least two new things you learned from Module 1.
1.
2.
Do you already have your learner’s permit?
1.
1.
2.
1.
2.
Module 2: The Driver
Date: _________
Aha Moments: Aha moments are times when you have been reading something and the text suddenly makes sense or becomes clear to you.
Describe three aha moments that you had as you worked through Module Two.
OR
If you did not have any ‘aha’ moments do this:
List three characteristics of ‘at risk’ drivers
List three characteristics of safe drivers
List three driver errors that could cause a collision.
1.
2.
3.
How will this information affect you as a driver now and in the future?
1.
Module 3: Natural Forces Affecting the Driver
Date: _________
Vocabulary: Write the definition in your own words.
1. Gravity-
2. Inertia-
3. Potential Energy-
4. Kinetic Energy-
5. Friction-
6. Traction-
7. Centrifugal Force-
8. Centripetal Force-
9. Deceleration-
10. Force of impact-
Module 4: Signs, Signals, and Pavement Markings
Date: _________
List at least three “I didn’t knows” - three things you learned from Module Four.
1.
2.
3.
Describe how learning this new information will help you now and in the future.
1.
Write about one traffic sign near your house that you feel no one obeys properly and explain why you think this happens.
1.
Module 5: Laws and Rules of the Road
Date: _________
Bumper Sticker: How could one main point you learned in Module Five, be stated on a bumper sticker? Describe how your bumper sticker would look.
Bumper Sticker:
1.
Write at least one paragraph (5 sentences or more) which explains why you thought this would make a great bumper sticker and how it summarizes the information in Module Five.
Summary:
1.
Module 6: Effects of Alcohol and Drugs
Date: _________
Make a Plan:
You may find yourself in a situation due to drugs, alcohol, or cold medicine that has made you drowsy, or you may have instances of extreme sleepiness.
Make a plan with three options:
What will you do if you question whether you should be driving?
1.
What will you do if the person you rode with should not be driving?
1.
What do you need to do to prepare for a situation like this? Talk to a parent or guardian. What would they want you to do.? Do you need to look up the number of a local taxi service? Please answer all 3 questions.
1.
Module 7: Collisions: Costs and Preventions
Date: _________
Student Discussion and Agreements: Talk to a parent or guardian about your responsibility in driving. What agreements have you made about your driving? If you have not yet made any agreements, think about the following:
Will I have a vehicle to drive? My own, or one I share? Who will pay for the insurance? How much will it cost? Do I have restrictions on my driving? Hours of the day I can drive, number of passengers in the car. What about using cell phones while driving? How will I pay for gasoline? Where am I allowed to drive? School, work, major highways, distance.
Your summary should be at least one full paragraph (5 or more sentences) and cover all of the questions asked above, if they do not apply to you then state why.
My Summary:
1.
Module 8: Substance Abuse
Date: _________
Reflection Quote: Alan I. Leshner, Director of the National Institute of Drug Abuse, defines drug addiction as:
“Drug addiction is uncontrollable, compulsive drug seeking and use, even in the face of negative health and social consequences.”
Merriam-Webster defines uncontrollable as being free from control by a superior authority. It also defines a compulsion as an irresistible, persistent impulse or obsession.
What does Alan I. Leshner’s definition of drug abuse mean to you both as a driver responsible for your own actions, and as a driver sharing the road with other cars, pedestrians, and cyclists?
Please explain in a full paragraph (5 or more sentences).
1.
Module 9: Critical Vehicle Systems
Date: _________
List at least three “I didn’t knows” - three things you learned from Module Nine.
1.
2.
3.
Describe how learning this new information will help you now and in the future.
1.
Module Ten: Sharing the Road with Others
Date: _________
Stops and Starts: Reflect on Module 10 and the entire course. Look back at your journal entries.
Stops: Name three things you will not do when driving because of something learned in this course.
1.
2.
3.
Explain why you will not do those things.
1.
Starts: Name three things you will start doing when driving.
1.
2.
3.
Explain why you will do these particular things.
1.
Write about at one thing you will stop doing as a passenger.
1.
Write about one thing you will start doing as a passenger.
1.
