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My Coping Compass: Navigating Stressful Moments

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Lesson Plan

My Coping Compass

Students will identify personal stress triggers, explore a variety of healthy coping mechanisms, and develop a personalized "coping compass" to navigate challenging emotions effectively.

Understanding and managing stress is crucial for 11th graders as they face academic pressures, social challenges, and future planning. This lesson provides practical tools for emotional well-being.

Audience

11th Grade Students

Time

60 minutes

Approach

Interactive discussions, self-reflection, and creative activity.

Materials

Coping Compass Slide Deck, Coping Compass Script, My Coping Compass Worksheet, Whiteboard or projector, Markers or pens, and Colored pencils or markers (optional)

Prep

Review Materials

15 minutes

Step 1

Warm-Up: Stress Snapshot

10 minutes

  • Display the first slide of the Coping Compass Slide Deck.
  • Using the Coping Compass Script, lead a brief discussion on what stress feels like and common stressors for 11th graders.
  • Ask students to quickly jot down one word that describes how stress feels to them. (2 minutes)
  • Have a few students share their words. (3 minutes)

Step 2

What's Your Trigger?

15 minutes

  • Transition to the next slide using the Coping Compass Slide Deck and continue with the Coping Compass Script.
  • Introduce the concept of stress triggers.
  • Facilitate a class discussion on common triggers for high school students, emphasizing that triggers are unique to each person.
  • Distribute the My Coping Compass Worksheet.
  • Guide students to silently identify and list their own personal stress triggers on the worksheet. (5 minutes)
  • Encourage reflection on how these triggers impact them.

Step 3

Building Your Coping Compass

20 minutes

  • Move to the next section of the Coping Compass Slide Deck and continue with the Coping Compass Script.
  • Introduce various healthy coping mechanisms (e.g., exercise, mindfulness, talking to a trusted person, creative outlets, setting boundaries).
  • In small groups (3-4 students), have them brainstorm additional healthy coping strategies and discuss scenarios where these strategies might be useful. (10 minutes)
  • Bring the class back together and have groups share their ideas. (5 minutes)
  • Instruct students to complete the "My Coping Compass" section of their My Coping Compass Worksheet, choosing at least three coping strategies they commit to trying. (5 minutes)

Step 4

Share and Reflect

10 minutes

  • Use the final slides of the Coping Compass Slide Deck to wrap up, following the Coping Compass Script.
  • Invite students to share one coping strategy they added to their compass or one new insight they gained from the lesson (voluntary sharing).
  • Emphasize that building a coping compass is an ongoing process.
  • Collect the My Coping Compass Worksheet for review (optional).
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