» Anger Management

LESSONS

• 7 IT'S OK TO BE ANGRY Students explore the positive aspects of anger. They devise a list of their anger rights and create contrasting scenes to demonstrate negative and positive anger.
• 9 FEELING ANGRY This page enables students to identify how their bodies change when they become angry. They interpret a diagram and write an explanation.
• 11 FEELING CALM Students describe and imitate an illustration to learn how their bodies feel when they are relaxed.
• 13 TALKING ABOUT FEELINGS Students increase their ability to describe their feelings through an activity based on vocabulary and mime.
• 15 SIGNPOSTS OF ANGER Students identify facial expressions of anger and write diary entries to explore the feelings behind these expressions.
• 17 TYPES OF BEHAVIOUR This page focuses on aggressive, passive and assertive behaviour. Students match characteristics and behaviour types.
• 19 I'M OK! Students focus on a positive self-image through devising affirmative statements about themselves and others.
• 21 AM I ASSERTIVE? Students complete a list of statements to find their level of assertiveness and describe situations in which they would like to behave differently.
• 23 'I' MESSAGES Students practise assertive techniques through making statements about their feelings.
• 25 ANGER TRIGGERS Students identify people and situations that trigger an angry response.
• 27 TURN ON YOUR TAP Students learn how to avoid trigger situations through applying the Trigger Avoidance Plan.
• 29 PLAN TO STAY COOL This page introduces students to a four-stage plan for anger management. They make suggestions for each stage of the process.
• 31 STAY COOL 1 Students learn how to re-frame their thoughts about their anger triggers by creating alternative sets of thoughts for such situations.
• 33 STAY COOL 2 Students learn how to reduce the likelihood of becoming angry by planning alternative strategies.
• 35 WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF... This page enables students to consider the consequences of losing control when they feel angry. They respond to illustrated examples and apply what they learn to their own situation.
• 37 THINK AGAIN
• Students learn how to re-frame their responses to their anger triggers by creating defusing scenarios.
• 39 I'M REALLY ANGRY WITH YOU! Students learn how to talk to someone who has made them angry. They learn two key points and apply them to different situations.
• 41 TALKING ABOUT IT Students learn how to talk about feelings of anger through a phone-in activity.
• 43 POSITIVE FEELINGS Students identify strategies which help them to recover in situations in which they have felt angry.
• 45 FEELING GOOD Students develop a personal plan of activities to enable them to feel good about themselves and others. They approach the plan through a sorting activity.
• 47 MY ANGER DIARY Students focus on recording their experiences with anger management. They design a diary page and draw up a format for a whole journal.
• 49 CHILL OUT A relaxation exercise enabling students to develop personal relaxation techniques and an understanding of how relaxation can work to help them.
• 51 CALM VISIONS Students practise visualisation as a way of staying calm and thinking positively.
• 53 DON'T KICK THE CAT! Students respond to a case study about the consequences of taking anger out on the wrong person.
• 55 WHY ARE YOU ANGRY WITH ME? Students discuss strategies for responding to others' anger and apply them to their own situations.
• 57 DEALING WITH CRITICISM Students develop strategies for dealing with criticism through a roleplay exercise.
• 59 PUTTING IT RIGHT A problem-page activity in which students identify ways of repairing relationships damaged through anger.
• 61 MOVING ON Students consolidate their learning about anger management and complete anger profiles for a partner and for themselves.
• 62 APPENDIX 1: Feelings Words cards for use with Talking About Feelings and My Anger Diary
• 63 APPENDIX 2: Types of behaviour for use with Types Of Behaviour
• 64 APPENDIX 3: Feel Good cards for use with Feeling Good
• 65 APPENDIX 4: Alternative activities