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15 March 2017
Know your
ADVANCED
Peer Influence
OUR friends play a major role in our lives. Other than our family members, our friends are the ones closest to us. Some people listen to, and care about, their friends more than their own flesh and blood. It is great to have friends you can confide in and share your ups and downs with. But it is extremely important to know how to differentiate between true friends and false friends. True friends are those who stand by you in good times and bad. They are also those who genuinely mean well and give you good advice. False friends, on the other hand, may appear to take your side but when you’re in trouble, they won’t be around to offer you a helping hand. In fact, they may be the ones leading you down the wrong path. So, be careful when making friends with people who claim to have your best interest at heart. As the first American president George Washington once said: “It is better to be alone than in bad company.”
NiE Activity 1 Critical thinking l Identify
l Measure
l Reason
l Organise
Problem solving l Question l Recreate
l Present
Communicating l Oral
Do you know how to differentiate between good friends and false friends? In groups of four, look for pictures and words in The Star that represent the characteristics and actions most commonly found in each group. These would serve as “ingredients” for two types of
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Collaborating l Listen l Contribute respectfully
Friendship Soup: one which is healthy and the other which is unhealthy. Cut them out and paste them in the right pot. You must put in at least eight “ingredients” to concoct each soup. Do this activity on a sheet of A3 paper. Then, present your work in class.
l Compromise l Attain goal
Healthy Friendship Soup
Unhealthy Friendship Soup
NiE Activity 2 Critical thinking l Identify
l Reason
Creative thinking l Imagine l Brainstorm
ExAmPlES
l Connect l Invent
Problem solving l Recreate
Sometimes peer pressure may lead you to react in the same way as the student in the picture below. With a friend, look in The Star for five examples of peer pressure that have frustrated both of you. Cut the words and/or pictures out and paste them around the student. Next, focus on one of the examples (such as playing truant) and imagine a friend trying to influence you to carry it out. Create a dialogue to show how your friend sets out to tempt you, and how you resist the temptation. Finally, act out the dialogue in class.
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of negative peer pressure:
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ExAmPlE Friend: It’s the premiere of Star Wars: The Last Jedi tomorrow. Let’s skip school and watch it at the cinema.
You:
l Present
Communicating l Oral
l Written
l Non-verbal
l Aural
Collaborating l Listen l Contribute respectfully
Saying no to peer pressure
l Compromise l Attain goal
No, thanks! I don’t want to get caught. Plus, we have an Additional Mathematics lesson tomorrow.
Friend: You’re such a wet blanket! Nobody will know if we don’t tell them. And what’s the worst that could happen? You can always catch up on homework later.
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You:
No, thanks! I will only watch it outside of school hours. (walks away)