Powerful Choices : Series One : Choose Friendship

The people I choose to surround myself with influence the decisions I make. Understanding that friendship is a two-way street and that in order to have a friend I need to be a friend will help me as I form relationships during my adolescent and teen years.

Students will:

• Review the previous lesson
• Understand the dynamics of friendship as a two-way street
• List characteristics of a positive friendship
• Identify places to find friends with similar interests
• Understand how to resolve common problems within a friendship

Activities:

• Review past lessons
• Discuss the parent responses to the take home sheet
• Group activity—Raise Your Hand
• Discuss friendship as a two-way street
• Activity—Bent Out Of Shape
• Directions on take home sheet with parents