Adulthood Anticipation Guide and Self-Assessment | SEL | High School

About This Resource

★ Topic - Adulting | Adulthood

★ Anticipation Guide and Self-Assessment

★ 3 pages

★ Suitable for Middle and High School Students

★ Print and Digital (PDF and Google Slides)

★ SEL-related resource

This resource includes:

★ One Anticipation Guide in* two* variations (one with a "comments" section and one without - same statements).

★ One Self-Assessment Worksheet

★ Google Slides Link

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❤️ These Anticipation Guide and Self-Assessment Worksheets are identical to the ones included in the **Adulthood | Adulting Activity Worksheet **packet!

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Adulting is a critical social-emotional life skill that shapes how students manage independence, responsibility, decision-making, time, money, relationships, and personal well-being. As students move through adolescence, they begin taking on increased responsibilities—often before they feel fully prepared. Many teens assume adulthood begins at 18, yet true “adulting” develops through experience, mindset, and everyday choices.

This Adulting Anticipation Guide helps students thoughtfully explore what adulthood really means and challenges common assumptions about independence, maturity, responsibility, financial decision-making, stress management, and personal growth. Through reflective statements and structured discussion, students examine ideas such as whether turning 18 automatically prepares someone for adult life, whether struggling makes someone immature, how time management impacts well-being, and how independence and responsibility are connected.

By responding to thought-provoking statements, students are encouraged to slow down, question beliefs, and reflect on how their mindset influences their readiness for adulthood.

The Adulting Self-Assessment invites students to evaluate how consistently they practice everyday adulting skills. Students reflect on habits such as planning ahead, budgeting, managing time, handling mistakes, following through on commitments, staying organized, adjusting when plans change, communicating respectfully, balancing responsibilities with self-care, and preparing for future goals. By rating their behaviors, students identify strengths, growth areas, and patterns that impact their independence and confidence.

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Anticipation Guides are excellent tools that can be used before reading to activate students' prior knowledge and build curiosity about a new topic and/or to share ideas about key concepts. Students respond to several statements that challenge or support their preconceived ideas about key concepts as well as their peers’ ideas. The Anticipation Guides can help structure meaningful conversations that reviews what students already know and engages them in critical thinking about the topic they will be exploring. The statements in the Anticipation Guides can spark some great discussions among students!! This Anticipation Guide and Self-Assessment focuses on Adulting | Adulthood.

You can use an Anticipation Guide:

✅ Before | After introducing new material to tap into prior knowledge.

✅ Before | After watching a film clip to gauge a reaction.

✅ Before | After reading a short text to begin a discussion.

✅ Before | After discussing a topic.

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ANTICIPATION GUIDES

This resource includes ONE Adulting Anticipation Guide, provided in two different variations to fit your classroom needs.

▶️ Variation #1

**⭐ Part 1: **Students read a series of adulting-related statements and indicate whether they AGREE or DISAGREE with each one by marking the appropriate column.

**⭐ Part 2: **Students choose one statement and reflect on its importance. They may connect it to their own experiences, explain their reasoning, or describe how their perspective has changed.

▶️ Variation #2

This version includes the same set of statements along with AGREE, DISAGREE, and COMMENTS columns.

Students mark their response and then expand on their thinking by writing explanations, reflections, or personal insights for each statement.

Skills Students Will Reflect On

★ Decision-making and accountability
★ Financial responsibility and budgeting
★ Time management and productivity
★ Balancing independence with support
★ Handling stress and unexpected challenges
★ Growth mindset and maturity
★ Responsibility across different stages of life
★ Planning ahead and creating backup plans
★ Self-awareness and personal development

SELF-ASSESSMENT

This resource includes an Adulting Self-Assessment designed to help students evaluate how often they practice independence and responsibility in their daily lives.

Students score each statement using the following scale:

2 = Regularly | 1 = Occasionally | 0 = Never

The scoring guide helps students understand their current level of adulting skill development:

✔ 30–36 points: Strong Adulting Skills
✔ 20–29 points: Developing Adulting Skills
✔ 10–19 points: Adulting Skills Need Support
✔ 0–9 points: Beginning Adulting Awareness

This self-assessment serves as a powerful reflection tool for students while also giving teachers, counselors, and advisors valuable insight into students’ readiness for independence, areas of growth, and opportunities for goal setting and skill-building.

Perfect for middle school, high school, advisory periods, SEL lessons, life skills classes, transition-to-adulthood units, counseling sessions, and small group discussions.

This resource encourages meaningful reflection, honest self-evaluation, and real conversations about what adulthood truly looks like beyond just age.

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Your purchase includes one copy to be used in a single classroom. If you are looking for multiple copies, please be sure to purchase additional licenses.

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