This is a Fight or Flight lesson plan for grades 5 to 9. It is built around a story called "Thicken your Skin to Put-Downs." Links to all nine sections of the lesson are included.
Section 1: Lesson Objectives for Teaching about Fight or Flight Concepts
- Click link: Fight or Flight Lesson Objectives
Clicking on this resource link leads you to the following 10 items:
A. Character Traits Addressed
B. Conflict Resolution Strategies Addressed
C. Other Concepts Addressed
D. Cognitive/Instructional Objectives
E. Emotional Objectives
F. Behavioral Objectives
G. Glossary of Terms
H. Lesson Length
I. Links for Teaching Posters for Classroom Use
J. Links for all the Fight or Flight stories and lesson plans
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Section 2: K-W-L MODEL
K-W-L Model discussion about Fight or Flight concepts
To introduce the concepts of Fight or Flight, ask your students:
A. K questions – What do you KNOW about this topic?
B. W questions – What do you WANT TO KNOW about this topic?
Please note: The L discussion questions are reserved for the end of the lesson.
- Click link: K-W-L MODEL Fight or Flight discussion questions
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Section 3: Fight or Flight Vocabulary terminology
Class will discuss any still unclear Glossary of Terms.
- Click link: Fight or Flight Vocabulary Discussion
A. FIGHT
B. FLIGHT
C. Fight or Flight Instinct and Fight or Flight Continuum
Please note that the Vocabulary discussions for A, B, and C are all included in one article.
Please note that the Vocabulary discussions for D and E are both included in one article.
F. Mediation Process(to be used with story called “A Mediation session with Shawn, Tyler, and Dennis”)
G. Victim-Victimizer Cycle(to be used with story called “Bully Jake and Eddie”)
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Section 4: Fight or Flight Story
Fight or Flight story title: Thicken your Skin to Put-Downs
- Click link for story: Thicken your Skin to Put-Downs
Teacher reads story to the class called “Thicken your Skin to Put-Downs.”
B. Story Description: Wayne and Melinda are tired of being put down. They both decide to use some humorous retorts to help them defuse the conflict. The humorous retorts are so successful that they start teaching these techniques to some of their friends. Perhaps some of these ideas will work for you and your friends as well.
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Section 5: Popcorn Review
- Click link: Popcorn Review
Directions: After reading each target story, spend a minute or two conducting a quick story wrap-up called a Popcorn Review. This gives students an opportunity to share their reactions to and impressions of the story characters and events.
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Section 6: Fight or Flight role-play
- Click link for Fight or Flight role-play: Thicken your Skin to Put-Downs
A. Students participate in scripted role-play called “Thicken your Skin to Put-Downs.”
B. By clicking this link, you will get directions plus the link to the PDF file for the scripted role-play to print for classroom use.
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Section 7: Bloom's Taxonomy Discussion Questions
- Click link to get Bloom's Taxonomy discussion questions for story called "Thicken your Skin to Put-Downs.”
There are six levels in the Bloom's Taxonomy discussion question process. After reading "Thicken your Skin to Put-Downs," the teacher will ask questions from all six levels.
The links to each level are included below:
- Level 1 - Ask the Knowledge Questions.
- Level 2 - Ask the Comprehension Questions.
- Level 3 - Ask the Application Questions.
- Level 4 - Ask the Analysis Questions.
- Level 5 - Ask the Synthesis Questions.
- Level 6 - Ask the Evaluation Questions.
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Section 8: Fight or Flight writing assignment
- Click link to get writing assignment for story called "Thicken your Skin to Put-Downs.”
Directions: After students have heard the story and participated in the role-play called “Thicken Your Skin to Put-Downs,” the class will create some group role-plays that solve the problem of being put down by others.
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Section 9: K-W-L MODEL
Have the wrap-up K-W-L Model discussion about Thicken your Skin to Put-Downs
To close out the lesson on Fight or Flight, ask your students:
A. L questions – What have you LEARNED about this topic?
- Click link: K-W-L MODEL Fight or Flight discussion questions
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