Personal SWOT Analysis After a Unit

At the end of a unit, each student fills out a SWOT grid about their own performance, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, and checks it with a partner. Students practice in-depth self-assessment and setting realistic goals.

How to play

1. Hand out a worksheet with a four-box grid: strengths and weaknesses, which depend on you, and opportunities and threats, which come from outside (1 minute).
2. Give a quick example: strength, "good endurance"; threat, "soccer practice on the same days"; opportunity, "rec center near home" (1 minute).
3. In silence, each student writes at least two ideas per box about their performance in the unit (4 minutes).
4. In pairs, each student reads their SWOT and the partner adds one strength the other missed (2 minutes).
5. Each student writes one goal at the bottom that uses a strength to fix a weakness, then turns in the worksheet (2 minutes).

Rules

• Write in silence and focus on yourself.
• Partners only add strengths, never weaknesses.
• Ideas must be specific and about this unit.
• The worksheet stays private between the student, their partner, and the teacher.

Variations

Adaptations

• Limited mobility: no movement is needed; make sure the student has a desk or clipboard.
• Writing difficulties: the student can use keywords or drawings, or dictate their ideas.
• Students with low self-esteem: start with the strengths box and have the teacher review the worksheet privately.

Learning goals

• Analyze their own performance in a unit in a balanced way.
• Separate personal factors from outside factors that affect their practice.
• Set an improvement goal built on their own strengths.

Equipment for a class of 25

• worksheets: 25
• pens: 25

Teacher tip

Mention that businesses and pro teams use SWOT analysis: it gives the task weight and students take it more seriously. Keep the worksheets to compare at the end of the year.

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