Peer Pressure Gr.6

What is peer pressure?

• The admiration that some people have for a star athlete or popular students at school.

• The fear of getting up in front of a large group of people to sing, dance, or act.

• The feeling that you need to do something because people similar to you are doing it.

What is the passage trying to persuade readers to do?

• The passage is trying to persuade readers to sing karaoke and go camping.

• The passage is trying to persuade readers to resist negative peer pressure.

• The passage is trying to persuade readers to get into arguments with their friends.

Peer pressure can be a good thing. What evidence from the passage supports this statement?

• Schuyler did not want to go camping, but his friends convinced him to, and he had a great time.

• People’s peers often influence their decisions and can push them to make bad choices, even dangerous ones.

• Some young people decide to go with the flow regardless of what they know is right and lose their sense of self.

Why might someone give in to peer pressure from friends?

• Someone might give in to peer pressure from friends because he or she is a star athlete and does not care what others think.

• Someone might give in to peer pressure from friends because he or she is worried about losing those friends by saying no.

• Someone might give in to peer pressure from friends because he or she is very confident and has a strong sense of self.

What is this passage mostly about?

• Peer pressure and how to handle it.

• The fear of singing in front of people.

• Ways that your parents can “bail you out”.

What is one tip in the passage, for dealing with peer pressure?

• Never go out with your friends.

• Always follow what your friends are suggesting.

• Find real friends, who accept the real you.

What thing do you need to consider when facing negative peer pressure?

• Saying 'No' is a bad thing.

• One destructive decision could change your life.

• Your friends might not love you anymore.