1. Welcome To Class!
What are some decisions that you had to make today?

2. Activity: Count Your Fingers
Instructions:
Stand up
Get a partner
Face your partner
Put your hands behind your backs

3. Activity: Count Your Fingers
What was the key to success in this activity?
Why is it so important to make up your mind before you are faced with a choice that will get you into trouble?
Do you feel that you are making decisions today that will impact your future?

4. The Reality Ride

5. Why do people ride rollercoasters?
Question:
Why do people ride rollercoasters?

6. Will these things give you lasting1 2
Goal:
Things that get you in trouble . . . 5
What will your reality be when you ride here?
At Home:
At School:
With Peers: In Future: 9
What choices will
give you. . . H
Your Challenges . . .
Home:
School:
Peers: 4 S
More Options P
What problems do you keep having over and over?
Frustrate
Confused
Angry
Scared
Keep getting same results 7 P
Who Can Support You?
School
Peers 3
Home S H
Start ride over 8
“Hit the wall”
Crash!
Will these things give you lasting
Opportunity?
Freedom?
Self Respect?
“Reality”
Consequences of the crash . . . 6 P

7. Journal Activity
Where do you see yourself on the “Reality Ride?” Mark where you are on the ride with a star or a stick figure of yourself.
Have you ever got into trouble for the same things over and over? How did you get out of the loop in the past?
List your top 5 strengths:
How can these strengths help you get out of the loop?

8. Thanks for Coming! Remember:
If you predetermine what you are going to do before hand it will be easier to make decision that is in your best interest.
Every day is a fresh start to choose which track you are going to get on!
Thanks for Coming!