Name: Elizabeth Butts Date: January 26, 2011

Topic: Anger Management Age Level: Jr. High or High School

Student Objectives & NHES:

·  Students will describe anger and its effects on them. NHES 1

·  Students will identify options with which they can cope with their anger. NHES 4

·  Students will discuss G.R.E.A.T. Anger Management Tips. NHES 1 & 4

·  Students will participate in an anger management technique. NHES 7

Assessment Strategy:

·  Participation in the anger round robin activity

·  Written quiz over the G.R.E.A.T. Anger Management Tips

·  Participation in the deep breathing activity.

Instructional Outline:

Lesson Progression / Teaching Reminders
Set Induction:
1. Teacher briefly modeling/acting out anger with the class.
2. Ask the students how they felt and ask them to think about the last time they felt really angry.
3. Explain that the class lesson will focus on what happens when people get angry as well as positive ways to deal with anger.
Lesson:
Part One: Group Brainstorming
1.Explain that they will be asked to brainstorm about the following headings that are on the chart sheets around the room:
ü  Synonyms for anger
ü  Things that trigger your anger
ü  How your body feels when you are angry
ü  How people cope with anger – positive & negative ways
ü  How it feels when someone is angry with you
2. Divide the class into six groups. Giving each group a marker have them go to a different part of the room where the chart sheets will be either on a wall or a desk.
3. Explain that each group will have 1-2 minutes at a sheet station before they will be given the signal to rotate.
4. After the final rotation, have students return to their seats.
5. Lead students in class discussions following the teacher questions/prompts related to each sheet heading.
Part Two: G.R.E.A.T. Anger Management Tips
1. Review with students the GREAT Anger Management tips. Have them orally repeat the tips and write them down using a foldable technique.
2. Have students write the tips for memory as a written quiz/review.
Closure:
Part One: Discussion
Part Two: Anger Management Technique
Students will follow teacher directions with relaxing music and dim lights. / 1. Enter the class just a few minutes late so that students will be talking. Proceed with slamming a book down and “acting” angry with the class. Use non-verbal and verbal communication skills to role play the emotion.
1. Have sheet headings already written on the sheets and sheets positioned around the room.
2. Use discretion in dividing groups managing both time and students wisely.
3. Possibly play soft music in the background and have students rotate when the music stops.
4. Move around between groups monitoring to be sure students remain on task.
5. Facilitate discussions with the following:
a. Why are there so many words that relate to anger? Explain the difference in intensity or perceived meaning of the different words?
b. After discussing the responses to anger, ask “How can you analyze someone else’s body language, tone of voice, and gestures to determine whether they are angry?”
c. Review responses to how they felt when another person was angry with them. “ What did they do in reaction to the other person’s anger?”
d. Ask if there is one correct way to handle anger and why?
e. Review and discuss the both negative and positive examples of ways to deal with anger making suggestions that students may not have thought of.
1. Be sure to have the LCD projector and document ready with the tips.
2. Have blank paper for students to fold so that the first letters G R E A T show and when opened the tips show inside the folded paper.
3. If time doesn’t allow for the written quiz, have designated partners, orally decide and recall one tip at a time.
1. “Why is it important to identify things that trigger your anger?”
2. Why is it important to identify the physical signs and feelings that indicate anger?
3. Think about the consequences of anger and the benefit of controlling anger. Can you picture how these will make you think before you allow yourself to react to anger in the future?
1. “Sit up straight in your chair, keeping your spine straight and chest open.”
2. “Rolling shoulders back, keep your arms long and relaxed.”
3. “Close your eyes.”
4. “Breathe in slowly through your nose filling your lungs from the abdomen up through the lower ribs into the upper chest. Count slowly to self 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5.
5. “Breath out slowly through your nose deflating your lungs from upper to lower abdomen. Count slowly to self 5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1.
6. Repeat several times.
Ask students if they feel more relaxed and if they could see using the technique to help control and reduce the buildup of anger.

Differential Learner Modifications: When grouping provide peer support for students who may need assistance. Within groups allow for volunteers to write on the chart sheet. Also, make sure the chart sheets and groups are positioned with adequate spacing for students with mobility limitations.

Materials: Six sheets of chart paper or poster paper, six markers, tape, LCD or overhead projector

Resources/Websites:

For students from Kids Health

http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/emotions/deal_with_anger.html#cat20124

For teachers or parents from The American Psychological Association

http://www.apa.org/topics/anger/index.aspx

References:

Shannon Whalen, D. S. (2007). Tools for Teaching Health. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Agenda Outline:

1. Teacher acting out anger

2. Group brainstorming round robin activity

3. Follow-up discussions

4. G.R.E.A.T. Anger Management Tips review/foldables/quiz

5. Anger Management Technique