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Learning to Be Assertive Lesson PlanLearning to Be Assertive Lesson Plan
Publisher
Overcoming Obstacles
Resource Details
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Social & Emotional Learning
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Year
2021
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Learning to Be Assertive

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This Learning to Be Assertive lesson plan also includes:
  • Goal Setting Module (.pdf)
  • Goal Setting Module (.html)
  • Learning to Be Assertive (.html)
  • Glossary: Setting and Achieving Goals (.pdf)
  • Activity Sheet: Passive, Aggressive, and Assertive Behaviors - The Scenarios (.pdf)
  • Activity Sheet: Developing Assertiveness Skills - Personal Characteristics (.pdf)
  • Activity Sheet: Developing Assertiveness Skills - Action Plan (.pdf)
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After defining passive, aggressive, and assertive, class members role-play different scenarios demonstrating these behaviors. Individuals then identify a weakness they wish to improve and, using what they have learned throughout the unit, develop an action plan to improve their assertiveness.

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Concepts

goal setting, social-emotional learning, assertiveness, respect, role playing, non-verbal communication, communication, body language, Social & Emotional Learning, self-management

Instructional Ideas

  • Laminate the "Passive, Aggressive, and Assertive Behavior" scenarios to permit reuse

Classroom Considerations

  • The fifth and final lesson in the Goal setting series
  • Requires dictionaries and copies of three activity sheets

Pros

  • Developing the action plan requires participants to use all the skills they learned in the unit

Cons

  • None

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