1. Hello Again!
Oral English

2. On your desk: Name tag Notebook Pen Roster
Are you sitting in the same seat?

3. ZOMBIES Team Points VAMPIRES MUMMIES WEREWOLVES
Write points on board, emphasize importance of participation, introduce RNG
ZOMBIES
WEREWOLVES

4. Highest Class Score
Class: 20
Average team score:
7.5

5. Peer
someone who is your age; maybe a friend
Peer Pressure
when peers try to make you
change your beliefs or behaviors

6. How common is peer pressure?
Peer pressure happens all the time.
Examples?
“That dress looks great on you!
You should get it.”
“Check out the new Avril Lavigne song.
It’s awesome!”

7. Is peer pressure good or bad?

8. Smoking cigarettes
Chewing binlang (槟榔)

9. Do what feels right to you!

10. Why do peers pressure each other?
Growing up is hard!
It is comfortable and easy to follow the group
We like to spend time with people
who think and act like we do

11. QUIZ Is Barack Obama your peer? Why or why not?
What is an example of good peer pressure?
What is an example of bad peer pressure?
How common is peer pressure?

12. How do peers pressure each other?
“Everyone is doing it.”
“Don’t you want to be cool?”
“You have to do it if you
want to hang out with us.”

13. How can you resist peer pressure?
Be confident
Know the facts
Hang out with good friends who respect you
“No, I don’t want to.”
“Smoking cigarettes causes cancer.”
“Then I don’t want to hang out with you.”

14. PRESSURE ME! To smoke cigarettes To try spicy food
To help you cheat on a test

15. Your Turn! Create a dialogue with a partner
One person tries to pressure the other to do something
The other person can either accept or resist
You can use the sayings we discussed
in class, or create your own