Grade 5 – Unit 8

Refusing Pressure and Making Choices

Empower your Grade 5 students to make healthy, confident decisions with Unit 8: Refusing Pressure and Making Choices. In this Health Curriculum-aligned unit students will learn about different refusal strategies, explore peer pressure scenarios, and strengthen their communication through compound-complex sentence writing. This unit can help equip your students with the tools they need to say no confidently – all while reinforcing critical writing skills.

Structured Writing Cycle

Refusing Pressure and Making Choices

• Mentor Text – Refusing Pressure and Making Choices
• Educator Resource – Structured Writing
  • Instructional Slide Deck – Structured Writing
  • Instructional Slide Deck – Vocabulary
  • Colour Coded and Student Exemplars
  • Student Writing Page with Prompt

General Resources

• Learning Through Literacy Grade 5 Overview