Being Angry - examples Think privately of a recent occasion when you felt angry. B. Continue thinking about: 1. what (rather than who) exactly made you angry 2. whether it was just one thing that made you angry, or whether it was a combination of things 3. whether you sometimes get angry with the wrong person, for the wrong thing C. Then, share your thoughts about 1, 2 and 3 with a talking partner.

Being Angry - sorts Still in pairs, list 3 different sorts of things that make people angry. (Pain could be one of them, but try to think of others.) N.B. Use single words or short phrases, not sentences or entire stories. As a whole group, make one big list on the board. C. Try to agree on a ‘top 10’ (or at least a ‘top 5’) of things that make people angry.

Being Angry - moods As a whole group, discuss: whether being in a bad mood is the same as, or different from, just being angry whether being angry causes people’s bad moods, or 3. whether bad moods cause people to be angry 4. whether you could say that being in a bad mood is being angry with everything

Being Angry – easy? A famous Greek philosopher called Aristotle said, over 2000 years ago: “Anybody can become angry, that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, to the right degree (= amount), at the right time, for the right purpose, in the right way, that is not within everybody's power; that is not easy.” Think privately about whether you become angry too easily. Share your decision with a talking partner, and discuss with them how easy it might be to gain more power over your temper.

Being Angry – going wrong Firstly, divide into 10 small groups. Then 2 of the groups should imagine, and talk about, examples in which: 1. someone is angry with the wrong person; Other pairs of groups should imagine, and talk about, examples in which: 2. someone is too angry; someone is right to express their anger, but chooses the wrong time to do so; 4. the anger is expressed for the wrong reason or purpose; 5. the anger could have been expressed in better ways than it was.

Being Angry – going right A. The pairs of groups thinking of the same examples should: see how similar or different their ideas were. B. Then (more difficult!) the same pairs of groups should: come up with some advice about how to ‘get your anger right’. C. As a whole group, discuss: Of the 5 ‘right’ things to do, (according to Aristotle) which seems the easiest to get right, and which seems the most difficult?

Managing anger – personal task Privately, write down some of your own thoughts about different ways in which you could manage your anger, i.e. control a bad temper.. The following might help you to concentrate on the task: How might it help to be clear exactly what you are angry about? How might it help to talk to yourself when you are angry? 3. How might it help to talk with others when you are angry? 4. Are there ways of calming yourself physically? OR B. Write a story or song about a family who make are always making each other angry, until one day…