LIFE ORIENTATION GR. 9
Term 1: Week 1-4
Date: ________________
WORKSHEET 1
Sub-Topic: Goal-setting skills: Personal lifestyle choices.
Informal activities.
Answer the following questions:
1. Define what a goal is. ____________________________________________
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2. Set 4 new short-term goals at the beginning of each new term by completing
the following table. Be specific. Include how you plan to reach your short-term
goal.(Action)
SHORT-TERM GOALS
Area
Academic
(e.g.)
English
Sport
Goal
(e.g.) Achieve 60%
Action
Hand in ALL work, read half an hour
every day.
Emotional
Social and
relationships
Spiritual
3. Set 4 new long-term goals you want to achieve in the next five to ten years by
completing the following table. Be specific. Include how you plan to reach your
long-term goal.(Action)
LONG-TERM GOALS
Area
Academic
Sport
Goal
Action
Emotional
Social and
relationships
Spiritual.
4. Explain the SMART characteristics of goals.
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M ______________________________________________________________
A_______________________________________________________________
R _______________________________________________________________
T _______________________________________________________________
5. Explain what the importance of goal-setting skills in relation to your personal lifestyle
choices is.
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LIFE ORIENTATION
GR. 9
Term 1: Week 2
Date: ______________
Sub-Topic: Influences on your personal lifestyle choices.
Informal activities
1. Reflect on THE FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE YOUR CHOICES by completing
the following sentences in any way that feels right to you.
1.1. My family thinks that people are successful when they
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1.2. My friends think that people are successful when they
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1.3. When I grow up, I want to ______________. I will get support when I
_______________, but will probably find it difficult to explain to family and
friends if I _______________.
1.4. ___________ have done really well for themselves because they
have ______________.
(Adapted from Oxford Successful, LB. p.9.)
2. DECISION-MAKING STEPS
Read the case study below on decision-making steps
Samantha is very worried about her HIV status. She had
unprotected sex once some time ago. She has been having
nightmares about being HIV positive and is beginning to
worry. She is feeling sick but her best friend says that
worrying is making her sick. Samantha wonders what she
should do. (Adapted from LO Today, LB.p.4)
Answer the following questions:
Imagine being Samantha and having to make a decision. Use the six decisionmaking steps and apply them to Samantha’s situation.
2.1. Define the problem
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2.2. Brainstorm different solutions to the problem
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2.3. Predict the possible solutions (also indicate if it is positive or negative)
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2.4. Research different solutions by getting information
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2.5. Make a decision
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2.6. Evaluate your decision
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3. INFORMED DECISION-MAKING SKILLS: POSITIVE AND
NEGATIVE INFLUENCES
Decide if the following phrases represent either a negative or a
positive influence on decision-making and complete the table below.
(ViaAfrika LB. p.12)
 Be realistic
 Take unnecessary risks
 Be impulsive
 Be considerate of others
 Try to please others only
 Listen to experience
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Educate yourself
Focus on short-term gain
Focus on long-term gain
Focus on benefits you may get right way
Focus on benefits you may get much later
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POSITIVE
NEGATIVE
4. ASSERTIVE SKILLS
Read the following situations where your beliefs, values or lifestyle choices are
threatened. Describe shortly how you are going to act in the following situations.
Use your assertive skills to stand up for yourself!
4.1. The person you have secretly been in love with for a year invites you out.
They invite you out on the day before an important test. You need to study.
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4.2. You know that several of your classmates always cheat in tests. They have
never been caught.
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5. HOMEWORK/ ENRICHMENT / EXPANDED OPPORTUNITY
Think of your Grade 9 year, as extremely important year in your life. You
can start to plan a path to success. Write down the headings:
”Your Map of life” and start filling up your individual map.
(Adapted from LO for the real world)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Good choices I have made in my life.
Bad choices I have made this past year.
My self-esteem is...
Challenges in my life now.
My talents and strengths.
What I would like to change in my life.
Things that motivate me.
My short-term and long-term goals to make
changes and positive choices in my life.
9. Things I can do to be more assertive.
10. Action plan! In three years’ time, I am going to ...
(Adapted from Shuters Top Class LO)
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