1. Activity #1: What have you discussed so far in your Healthy Living class? For this task you can write a paragraphed summary, you can write words that remind you of something we covered in class, or you can draw a picture. BUT! Whatever you do you, need to explain how it relates to Healthy Living! ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ What means the most to you in what you have discussed? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Activity #2: Tell me what you know! 1.On the back of this paper highlight all of the words that you consider to be important life skills. 2. Top 10 List: rate your top ten choices, from #10 being “most very important”, to #1 being “sort of important”. 3.From your Top 10 List, choose 5 of your choices and tell me what you know about each…tell me everything you know!

3. INTEGRITY INITIATIVE FLEXIBILITY PERSEVERANCE ORGANIZATION SENSE OF HUMOR EFFORT COMMON SENSE PROBLEM-SOLVING RESPONSIBILITY PATIENCE COOPERATION EMPATHY FRIENDSHIP CURIOSITY INQUIREY MONEY TELLING LIES LISTEN TO GOSSIP SPREAD GOSSIP IMPULSIVE CRITICAL THINKING HEALTHY DECISION MAKING HEALTHY INTERPERSONAL SKILLS HEALTHY COMMUNICATION SKILLS HEALTHY SELF-MANAGEMENT SKILLS

4. Activity #3: What is your opinion on the following? Self-awareness ________________ Self-esteem ________________ Self-confidence ________________ Empathy ________________

5. Activity #4: The Human Brain 1) We talked about the human brain and how when a person reaches adolescents, and their brain goes through a few “changes”. These “changes” sometimes cause a miscommunication between that person, and the persons they are trying to communicate to. 2)The picture above is of the human brain. The highlighted area is known as the pre-frontal cortex. List what the pre-frontal cortex is Responsible for: ___________________________

6. 1.During the adolescent period of your brain’s development, a person is at high-risk for choosing to ignore the warning signs of _____________! 2.It is important to take charge of your own safety in _______ situations. 3.There is only one acceptable decision to make when the adolescent’s brain says, “Danger” and that is to ______the ________, immediately. ACTIVITY #5: TAKE CHARGE!

7. Discuss simple ways to leave an unsafe situation at school, at a friend’s house, in a friend’s car, in a shopping mall, or while on the telephone/internet. _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ What are some issues or problems with leaving situations? ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ACTIVITY #5: TAKE CHARGE!

8. Activity #6: Misinterpretations “Huh? I thought you were joking!” Identify each emotion and give two reasons why you chose that answer. Emotion:________ Why? 1)___________ 2)___________ Emotion:________ Why? 1)___________ 2)___________ Emotion:________ Why? 1)___________ 2)___________ Emotion:________ Why? 1)___________ 2)___________

9. Activity #6: Misinterpretations “Huh? I thought you were joking!” It is important that you know it’s natural for your brain to misunderstand other people’s emotions, facial expressions, tone of voice, and/or body language. Explain why is it natural? ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________