Grade 6 PSW term 1

To feel good about yourself, you need to have...

• be the most popular learner in class

• a good self image

• to be perfect

• a lot of friends

Which of the following are not guidelines to help you feel good about yourself?

• Remind yourself of all the things you are like about yourself.

• Like people for their personalities and not their looks.

• Eat whatever food you like.

• Wash your body, brush your teeth, comb your hair.

What are your abilities?

• Activities you struggle with.

• Everything I do daily.

• My daily routine.

• The things that I can do.

True or False: If I struggle with drawing pictures, I should rather leave it and focus on something that I am good at, like playing soccer.

• True

• False

What is the meaning of the word 'potential'?

• Room to grow or develop or improve.

• It refers to the activities I can do really well.

• Potential is my self-image.

• It means the same as talents.

What is the meaning of peer pressure?

• When you have to study for a test and you are pressured to get 80% for it.

• influence from members of your family.

• influence from members of one's peer group.

If your friends reject you for not participating in something, they are......

• exactly the type of friends you should spend time with

• just trying to show you they are your real friends

• not true friends

• sad that you do not want to be their friend

If you are being pushed into doing something you don't want to, what can you do?

• Take a second to pause and think of the consequences.

• Just do it so that no one gets angry.

• Be a good friend and do it anyways

• If it sounds exciting, go for it!

What does this rhetorical question mean in the context of negative peer pressure?

“If all of your friends jumped off a cliff, would you jump too?”

• It is always a good idea to follow your peer's example.

• If you are a good friend, you would do anything they would do.

• Would you do the same as your friends – knowing it’s dangerous?

• You should advise your friends not to do bad things, but if they still decide to it, join them.

What is the rule you should apply to everything in life?

• You only live once - take the chance!

• If you consider your friends good friends, then I can always agree with what they say and so.

• Whatever helps me to to fit in, I should do.

• If you feel uneasy about something, you should avoid it entirely.