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FUTURE BODIES UNIT 11

LIFE COMPETENCIES

We all have negative feelings sometimes, and it’s easy to do or say bad things
when we feel like this. Learning what to do when we have negative feelings helps
us not make situations worse, or hurt other people and their feelings.

4 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Discuss these questions.
1 What did Alex do to James?
2 How did James feel?
3 What did James do?
4 How did James feel after this?

5 James threw the book because he was angry with
his brother. Which of these actions do you think
James should do when he feels angry with his
brother in the future?
z \
drink water | throw something bigger

go to his bedroom and sit quietly | shout

speak to his mum or dad | count to 100
go for a walk/run | cry

herself feel better?
6 Can you think of more good actions to do when
you're angry?
2 > 33 Watch again and answer the questions.
Me awd my world
7 1/1/ i c family members n^ake er fee/
negative? 7 SPEAKING Think ofthree things for each list.
Then compare with a partner.
2 IA/ at does Ben do?
a things that make me feel negative
3 tf/ at are t ree ot er t ings t a t ^ade
b things I do when I'm feeling negative
er feel un appy t is week?
c things I should do when I'm feeling negative
7 tf/ at are tivo solutions s e mentions for
dealing wit negative feelings?
TIPS FOR DEALING WITH
5 IA/ at does s e enjoy doing?
NEGATIVE FEELINGS

• Don't react to a bad situation when you are
3 Anger is an example of a negative feeling. Read angry about it. Take a break and think calmly
James's story. Why were his parents angry with him? about how to react.
• Talk to others. It can help to get a different
perspective from a friend.
My brother, Alex, and I are good friends most of
the time. He's only a year older than me, so we • If you react badly, learn from it. Think about
how you can react differently next time.
like a lot of the same things and share a lot of
friends. Sometimes, though, like most brothers,
we fight and it can get quite bad.

Fights often start when we're playing computer Anyway, one day, Alex started calling me 'four-eyes'. At
games. We both like winning, especially when our first, I just didn't listen, but after two days, it started to
friends are with us. annoy me and I told him to stop. He started laughing and
Two months ago, we had a really big fight. I was dancing and singing 'Four-eyes! Four-eyes!' I was so angry
nervous because I had a violin exam the next and wanted him to stop, so I picked up a book that was on
week, and so I was practising for an hour or two the table and threw it at him.
every day. When I practise, I have to wear my As soon as the book hit Alex in the face, I knew it was bad.
glasses. I wear them for any type of reading or Alex and Mum spent six hours at the hospital. Alex's nose
computer work, so it's not strange for Alex to see was broken. I felt terrible. He didn't speak to me for a week,
me wearing them. but Mum and Dad had a lot to say to me.