Object: A grade card.

Good morning, boys and girls. Have you ever wanted something so much that you would do almost anything to get it? (Let them answer.) What would you like right now that you do not have? (Let them answer.) We want a lot of things, don't we? I suppose that it is good that we can't have everything that we want or otherwise we would stop trying.

Some things are more important than other things for all of us. For instance, you would all like to have good grades in school. Good grades do not come easy, do they? (Let them answer.) Let's suppose that you worked very hard in school and did all your homework. If you did all of this, you would have a grade card that looked like this grade card looks. (Sho…