| So you need lesson plans on positive | | | | The more that your students practice these |
| thinking, huh? Here is a positive thinking | | | | skills, the more likely they are to apply |
| lesson plan your students can partake in. By | | | | them to their own personal lives. When they |
| taking part in this activity they will be | | | | are done in their groups ask the students to |
| able to see how their thoughts can affect the | | | | share their different answers. |
| way they feel. They will also learn that if | | | | |
| they respond to situations with more positive | | | | Here are some of the other questions that can |
| thoughts, they will be able to manage their | | | | be asked: |
| emotions more effectively. | | | | |
| | | | - How do thoughts trigger our feelings? |
| First tell them to ask themselves this | | | | |
| question. What happened? Let just say, you | | | | - Who is in control of our thoughts? |
| went to an acting audition and got cut. | | | | |
| Negative thoughts would be, I really suck at | | | | - Who is in control of our feelings? |
| this I am never going to try again. The | | | | |
| resulting feelings are frustration sadness | | | | - Why can two people have two different |
| and disappointment. Positive or neutral | | | | feelings positive or negative about the same |
| thoughts would be, I guess I need to practice | | | | situation that they were confronted with?, |
| and I can not gain every job from every | | | | |
| acting audition. They are disappointed | | | | - Why does it seem like negative thoughts are |
| however still hopeful and determined. | | | | more likely to be thought of than those |
| | | | positive or neutral thoughts? |
| Explain to the students that because of the | | | | |
| negative thoughts they got the resulting | | | | - How do we benefit from having positive |
| feelings and tell them that different more | | | | thoughts as appose to negative? |
| positive thoughts can give them a different | | | | |
| set of feelings. Next make the students work | | | | The questions above are just a few of the |
| in groups and tell them to list negative | | | | more important questions you can use for your |
| situations in their own personal lives and | | | | lesson plans on positive thinking. Different |
| how they can find the positive in each of | | | | combinations of the questions can therefore |
| those situations. | | | | be used for different lessons and help with |
| | | | positive thinking in various situations. |