Pranks, Idle Threats, & Promises - Anger Management lesson plan

Pranks, Idle Threats, & Promises

Pranks, Idle Threats, & Promises

© 1999 by Debbie Dunn

Here is a lesson plan you can use to help teach about Anger Triggers, Anger Cues, our Fight or Flight Instinct, and Self-Mentoring techniques.

Story Description: This story demonstrates that it is not appropriate to make threats or promises to administer bodily harm at school. The action of making threats or pulling pranks can often backfire as it did for Greg, Tim, and Bruce in this story called “Pranks, Idle Threats, and Promises.”

In this anti-bullying tale about Bruce, Bruce not only becomes a victim of bullying, he briefly turns into a bully himself. To stay out of trouble at school and to maintain his friendships, he needs to learn to control his anger and to modify his bullying-type behavior.

Lesson Plan link:
Middle school lesson plan: Pranks, Idle Threats, & Promises

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Step 1: Anger Management Lesson Objectives
Lesson objectives: Anger management

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Step 2: K & W questions for KWL Model discussion
K & W questions for KWL Model discussion

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Step 3: Vocabulary discussion: Anger Management terminology
Vocabulary discussion: Anger Management terminology

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Step 4: Anger management story
Anger management story

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Step 5: Popcorn Review
Popcorn Review

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Step 6: Anger management role-play
Anger management role-play

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Bonus: Role-play slideshow
Role-play slideshow

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Step 7: Bloom’s Taxonomy discussion questions
Bloom’s Taxonomy discussion questions

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Step 8: Writing Assignment
Writing Assignment

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Bonus: Printable Writing worksheet
Printable Writing worksheet

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Step 9: L questions for KWL Model discussion
L questions for KWL Model discussion

Debbie Dunn is a professional storyteller, a former school teacher, a published author of two books, a freelance writer, and an anti-bullying and conflict resolution specialist. She taught anti-bullying and conflict resolution to over 500 middle school students a year for five years until a budget-cut eliminated most of the school’s special programs. Since September of 2009, she has been serving as the School Conflict Resolution Examiner for Examiner.com. You will find all the above links on her Examiner.com website. To see more, please click on SCHOOL CONFLICT RESOLUTION at Examiner.com.