Review refusal strategies. Ask students to write your examples on the student page. Ask the class for additional examples to add to the student pages. It takes courage to be able to resist negative pressure from friends. Students may choose different strategies in different situations.
Students practice using refusal strategies.
Divide class into small groups. Distribute the student page. Ask students to discuss within their group how they would refuse each of the offers of alcohol. Reflect, summarize and discuss. As groups present their role-plays, discuss the effectiveness of the refusal strategies they used.