Grade Seven
Teachers:
- Having everything for a
unit brought together in such a way is very helpful.
- Several of these units
would be exciting!!!
- A very interesting and
informative resource that promotes good discussion {with
students}.
- I love how it targets
decision-making and choices rather than focusing on
factual materials on drugs and alcohol.
- We like how the
introduction sections are done with the outcomes,
curriculum links, time frame and preparation.
- All students seemed to
enjoy working in groups and they loved being able to
share responses in front of the class.
- About the “Fast
Fact” cards: Students willingly participated and
offered answers… Students who do not speak out as
often enjoyed matching the cards to the correct factor.
- WHOA! Model is great!
- The students liked to
add to the lesson with their own stories.
- Students took
this… seriously. All groups approached their story
seriously and came up with many solutions.
- Students responded to
the use of “peer influence” rather than
“peer pressure” and it helped them brainstorm
examples more easily.
- {Students love} Any
chance to perform but almost all the students took their
skits seriously and came up with great ideas to present
their solutions from the toolkit.
- Students loved the WHOA model and use it in the halls {outside class} for more decision making.
Grade Seven Students:
- I liked these
activities… because it gets you to think twice
about drugs
- I liked the class
discussion because I like to hear others answers and
opinions so I can compare them to mine.
- The discussion gave me
ideas I would not have thought of myself.
- I can voice my opinions
and get to know my classmates better and hear what they
have to say.
- You really learn a lot
in the unit about making decisions about things in
general and not just alcohol. It can help you to learn a
good way to make important choices in life.
- I got to think about
what’s important to me and how it can be affected
by drugs.
- Crazy cool! It had
quizzes and art and I loved it!
- All the activities were
interesting because we got to discuss the answers with
each other and because we applied things to our lives.
- I liked when the
teacher put the chart paper up and we got sticky notes to
put our ideas on and put them into the category they fit
in. It got you thinking about the issues.
- I learned why drugs
were bad; only knew they were bad before.
About the WHOA decision-making model - I liked this because we
make decisions every day and we would use this a lot.
- It was AWESOME to learn
about.
- it tells you what to do
when someone
On working in groups - You are not alone and if you don’t understand you can tell them {other students} and they will help you.