Decision Making - Grade 6

Directions:

1.  Read the following paragraph out loud so all members of the group can hear the scenario.

2.  Together, go through the A-B-C-D-E decision-making process.

3.  Design and act out a skit for the rest of the class that illustrates the scenario, the A-B-C-D-E decision making process, and a “healthy” outcome.

Scenario #1

You are walking home from cross-country practice after school and you meet up with a small group of classmates who are smoking cigarettes. They see you and encourage you to join them. You haven’t met a lot of new friends at school yet and recognize that these kids are part of the popular crowd at school.

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Decision Making - Grade 6

Directions:

1.  Read the following paragraph out loud so all members of the group can hear the scenario.

2. Together, go through the A-B-C-D-E decision-making process.

3. Design and act out a skit for the rest of the class that illustrates the scenario, the A-

B-C-D-E decision making process, and a “healthy” outcome.

Scenario #2

Your parents have given you some money to purchase new school clothes. You go to the mall with a new friend who just moved into your neighborhood. While at the mall, your friend suggests going into a music store because she has a great technique to shoplift CD’s without getting caught.

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Decision Making - Grade 6

Directions:

1.  Read the following paragraph out loud so all members of the group can hear the scenario.

2. Together, go through the A-B-C-D-E decision-making process.

3. Design and act out a skit for the rest of the class that illustrates the scenario, the A-

B-C-D-E decision making process, and a “healthy” outcome.

Scenario # 3

You are invited to attend a birthday sleepover at a friend’s house. Several other kids will also be attending. You find out that the parents in the household will not be present and there are plans to have beer at the party.

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Decision Making - Grade 6

Directions:

1.  Read the following paragraph out loud so all members of the group can hear the scenario.

2.  Together, go through the A-B-C-D-E decision-making process.

3. Design and act out a skit for the rest of the class that illustrates the scenario, the A-

B-C-D-E decision making process, and a “healthy” outcome.

Scenario # 4

You are spending time with friends when someone in the group shows off a new homemade tattoo he gave himself on his shoulder. He explains how he did it (needles, ink, etc…) and volunteers to design one for you as well. It seems like the other kids in the gathering are intrigued by all this and want to see you go through with it.

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Decision Making - Grade 6

Directions:

1.  Read the following paragraph out loud so all members of the group can hear the scenario.

2.  Together, go through the A-B-C-D-E decision-making process.

3. Design and act out a skit for the rest of the class that illustrates the scenario, the A-B-C-D-E decision making process, and a “healthy” outcome.

Scenario # 5

You have been invited to a house party after a football game. You know the person you have wanted to “go out with” from school will be at that party. You assume the parents will be present at the party, but when you get there you realize there is no adult supervision present. At the party, the kids start pairing up in couples to spend some time alone.

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Decision Making - Grade 6

Directions:

1.  Read the following paragraph out loud so all members of the group can hear the scenario.

2.  Together, go through the A-B-C-D-E decision-making process.

3.  Design and act out a skit for the rest of the class that illustrates the scenario, the A-B-C-D-E decision making process, and a “healthy” outcome.

Scenario #6

You come to school on Friday without studying for the Social Studies test you’ll take period 8. During lunch some friends tell you they found the teacher answer key and are willing to share the correct answers with you.

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Decision Making - Grade 6

Directions:

1.  Read the following paragraph out loud so all members of the group can hear the scenario.

2.  Together, go through the A-B-C-D-E decision-making process.

3.  Design and act out a skit for the rest of the class that illustrates the scenario, the A-B-C-D-E decision making process, and a “healthy” outcome.

Scenario #7

In the P.E. locker room you see some popular kids take a pair of blue jeans belonging to Ted, a student who doesn’t have many friends at school. They begin to play “keep away” with them even though Ted pleads with them to return his jeans. The jeans get thrown to you.

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Decision Making - Grade 6

Directions:

4.  Read the following paragraph out loud so all members of the group can hear the scenario.

5.  Together, go through the A-B-C-D-E decision-making process.

6.  Design and act out a skit for the rest of the class that illustrates the scenario, the A-B-C-D-E decision making process, and a “healthy” outcome.

Scenario #8

You are walking down the hall alone between classes when you see two students near the fire alarm. They pull the alarm and run out of sight. The school is unnecessarily evacuated and later the principal publicly asks for information from anyone who might know who pulled the prank.

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