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Unit 1
Big decisions Life Competencies

Warmer BIG DECISIONS UNIT 1
Write managing stress on the board
and elicit the meaning. Encourage LIFE COMPETENCIES
students to try and clarify through
examples or explanation, rather than Stress can cause health problems, emotional problems and relationship
problems. Finding ways to reduce or manage stress helps you feel healthier and
through translation. Elicit examples of happier, and be a better friend.
people managing their stress in Unit 1. 5 SPEAKING
SPEAKING Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
Managing stress 1 When does stress have a negative effect on us?
2 Why does the writer think people are more stressed
these days?
03 Life Lessons: 3 Do you agree that the things mentioned in the
article cause stress?
Managing stress 4 Can you think of any other reasons why people feel
stressed?
Me and my world
1 03 Ask students to compare 6 Make notes under the headings to show how your
their ideas with a partner. family, your friends and school might cause stress.
He’s stressed because it’s exam time.
Also, his parents are insisting that FAMILY

he tidy his room and his phone has 1 03 Watch the vlog. Why is Leo feeling stressed?
broken. 2 03 Watch the vlog again and make notes about:
a three symptoms of stress.
2 03 Ask students to try to b three things you can do to deal with stress. FRIENDS
answer the questions from 3 Compare your notes with a partner.
memory before watching the
video again to check. 4 Read this online article about stress. When can
a Possible answers: lack of energy, stress be useful? SCHOOL
sadness, bad moods, difficulty ALL ABOUT STRESS
concentrating
b Possible answers: stop worrying about We tend to think of stress as negative, but in fact it’s
something normal. Stress is our body’s natural way of
things you can’t control; keep diary; get reacting to a difficult situation. Stress improves our ability
to perform under pressure and to avoid danger. Cavemen
regular sleep; go swimming once a week; hunting dangerous animals for food felt stress, and famous 7 SPEAKING Think of a time when you were stressed.
singers perform better on stage because of stress. However,
SPEAKING
prepare in advance for stressful events; stress becomes a problem when it reaches high levels and Talk to your partner about:
talk to friends/parents about problems; continues for a long period of time. • how you felt.
People seem to feel more stress these days. Money is one
switch off phone. source of stress. Not having any money at all is very stressful, • what you did.
but for most of us, the problem is that we always want
• what you would do differently in the future.
something better or newer. And we worry unnecessarily
3 As a follow-up, ask students to about things we can’t afford. TIPS FOR MANAGING STRESS
Things like mobile phones can be a problem, too. We spend
rank their list in Exercise 2, Part b our lives moving from screen to screen, responding to a
huge number of messages and images instead of really
from the best piece of advice to relaxing. Exercise is great for reducing stress, but technology • Tell people how you are feeling. Being strong
means sharing, not hiding feelings.
the worst. Discuss as a class and in the form of smartphones and computers also means that • Be patient – try not to worry about things you
we do much less exercise now than people did in the past.
come up with a definitive list. The level of stress in our daily lives means that when we can’t control.
have to face really challenging situations, like doing exams
or performing in public, our bodies are often less able to • Get enough sleep and exercise, and eat
healthily.
4 Check/clarify: cavemen. cope with them in a positive way.
Give students one minute to read
the article and find the answer. 19
Encourage them not to focus on
every word.
It can be useful in a difficult 6 You may like to give your own example to get students started. If you think
situation / when you have to perform this might be a sensitive subject, suggest the class invent some exaggerated
under pressure or need to avoid danger. ideas about you.
5 At the end of the exercise, 7 Set pairs up into close friendships to avoid any awkward over-sharing.
listen to some of the students’ Monitor to help with any difficulties, but do not interrupt as this is a fluency
ideas and encourage open class activity.
discussion.
1 When it reaches high levels and
continues for a long period of time. Homework
2 Because we worry (often Have the students keep a journal
unnecessarily) about money and we for two or three days, with a record
spend a lot of time using technology of what made them stressed, how more
rather than relaxing or exercising. stressed they were, how long for and
3 Students’ own answers what they did or could have done Practice Extra
4 Students’ own answers about it. If this is too sensitive a Unit 1 Master it!
topic, they could invent some ideas. Worksheets
Life Lessons: Managing stress
Emotional Development Tests
Managing own emotions Unit, extension and skills test 1
Managing stress by employing strategies.
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