Life Skills & Leadership: Unit 2, Session 4: Creative Ideas | Page 63 of 127Instructional Sequence
I. Motivation (10 minutes)
Materials:
Letters for P-A-U-S-E posted around the learning space
Slips of paper from Trainer Material 1: Questions for PAUSE
A. Review of PAUSE
Participants review the steps of PAUSE for making decisions.- Remind participants of the PAUSE steps in decision making. Say:
“Last time we talked about PAUSE as a way to make better decisions. Can you remember what the
letters of ‘PAUSE’ stand for?”- Point to the P-A-U-S-E letters posted around the learning space and ask participants to say together
the words they represent (Pause, Ask, Understand, Select, Evaluate). Say:
“You’ll also remember that there were some questions you can ask yourself or actions you can take
at each step of PAUSE. I’m going to give each of you a slip of paper with one of these questions or
actions. When I give the signal, I want you to quickly (and safely) make a group with everyone else
who has the same slip of paper.”- Distribute one paper to each person at random. Give the signal. When groups are formed, say:
“Now I’d like you to talk to the members of your group and decide which letter of PAUSE your
questions or actions fit with. Take a moment to decide as a group and, when I give the signal, move
with your group to that letter.”- Wait a moment, give the signal, and when groups have chosen a letter to stand next to, give each
group a chance to tell everyone what question or action they have on their papers. If any groups
are out of place, ask the whole group to give suggestions of the correct place for that group.
B. Summary
Summarize by saying:
“You’ve done a great job of recalling all the steps of PAUSE. Today we are going to spend some time
on the second step, Ask. Sometimes it’s difficult to think of different options for making a decision
so we will learn some ways to be more creative and to come up with more decisions.”