Resistance
Use your own words to define "resistance."
Name 1 rule you have to follow at home and 1 rule you have to follow at school.
Bonus: extra 100 points share what the hardest rule for you to follow is.
Expectations at home can be called "rules." Name 3 rules that you have in your home.
You must name all 3 to earn all of your points.
What are 3 things you put your most time and effort into?
Name all 3 to earn all of the points.
Bonus: extra 100 points for answering this question. Do any of these things give you opportunity, freedom, or self-respect?
Extra bonus: extra 100 points if you can explain why or why not.
"Balance is not something you find, it's something you create." Jana Kingsford
Explain what this quote means to you.
Bonus: extra 100 points for giving 1 example of how you create balance in your life.
Give 1 example of resistance.
Answers may vary.
Give 2 examples of why rules are important.
Bonus: 100 extra points if you can explain what would happen if no rules were enforced in society.
Expectations at school can be called "rules." Name 3 rules that you have at school.
You must name all 3 to earn your points.
Iron Man Challenge
Use a chopstick to "balance" iron nuts on top of each other.
Bonus: extra 100 points for naming how you can be physically balanced.
What does this quote mean to you?
Bonus: extra 100 points if you can share an example of how you obtain balance within.
True or False
Resistance can only be negative.
False
Bonus: extra 100 points for explaining how resistance can be negative or positive.
Bonus: extra 200 points if you can share an example of how you exercise self-discipline. What motivators/consequences work best for your self-discipline?
Expectations in society are called "laws." Name 3 laws in your community.
Bonus: extra 100 points for naming 1 consequence for each each law that is broken.
Defying Gravity: Keep three balloons from touching the floor or straying outside the designated play area.
Bonus: extra 100 points if you can give an example of how you can remain emotionally balanced.
"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep going." Albert Einstein
What does this quote mean to you?
Bonus: extra 100 points if you can remember the word that we discussed before that means to keep going and to "bounce back."
Use your own words to define the word "character."
Bonus: 200 extra points for giving an example of how resistance can build character.
Name 1 thing that gets you in the most trouble at school.
Bonus: 200 extra points for naming 1 thing that gets you in the most trouble at home and 1 thing that gets you in the most trouble in the neighborhood.
Expectations for yourself can be called "self-discipline." Name 3 expectations that you have for yourself.
Bonus: extra 100 points for naming 1 thing you can improve on.
Extra Bonus: extra 100 points for naming 1 way in which you can improve on this.
WHOLE GROUP CHALLENGE!
Face the Cookie.
Each person balances a cookie on their forehead and had to get it into their mouth without touching it with their hands. Einstein did it successfully!
"We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own "to do" lists." Michelle Obama
What does this quote mean?
Bonus: extra 100 points for naming 1 way in which you can practice "self-care" in a healthy way.
Why do you need resistance to become stronger?
Bonus: extra 100 points if you can give 1 example of how resistance has made you stronger.
No resistance= easy. Explain how giving up on a challenge or resistance makes you weak.
Bonus: 100 extra points on how you can motivate yourself to not give up when met with resistance.
Fill in the blank.
1. Southwest Academy enforces rules by following a Code of _______.
2. School rules are outlined in the student __________.
1. Conduct
2. Handbook
Bonus: extra 100 points if you can name the SWA Code of Conduct.
Extra Bonus: extra 400 points if you can recite the SWA Code of Conduct.
WHOLE GROUP CHALLENGE!
Suck It Up!
In this game, players have to transfer Smarties from one plate to another using only a straw.
Bonus: extra 100 points for all smarties transferred.
EXTRA bonus: students may eat the smarties only after naming 1 example of emotional, physical, and academic balance.
"Life is a balance between holding on and letting go." Rumi
What does this mean?
Bonus: extra 100 points for giving an example of something that is healthy to hold on to and something that is healthy to let go of.