1. ASSERTIVENE
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2. What is Assertive
Behaviour?
Are you are Lion, Lamb
or Lobster?
To find out, complete
Page 8.

3. You are
Lion (Aggressive Behaviour)
Lamb (Passive Behaviour)
Lobster (Assertive Behaviour)

4. Lion (Aggressive
Behaviour)
Stand up for your own rights with on
thought for the other person
Put yourself first at the expense of
others
Overpower others
Achieve your own goals, but at the
expense of others

5. Lamb (Passive
Behaviour)
Take not action to assert your own
rights
Put others first at you own expense
Give in to what others want
Remain silent when something bothers
you
Apologize a lot

6. Lobster (Assertive
Behaviour)
Stand up for yourself
Respect yourself as well as the other
person
Listen and talk
Express positive and/or negative
feelings
Be confident, not pushy

7. Group Work
Gather the 3 different behaviours
into the following group:
Lobsters will work on a list of “Ways
to spend time together without having
sex”
Lions will work on a list of reasons why
they would say ‘No’ to sex
Lambs will work on a list of lines that
a person can use to say ‘No’ to sex.

8. Classification
Classify the responses into the
following types of techniques:
Just Say ‘No’
Change the subject
Give an excuse/a reason
Reverse the pressure
Walk away or avoid the situation
Use the ‘I’ messages

9. Summary of Student’s lists
Reasons to say ‘No’
Ways of saying ‘No’
Alternative ways to spend time
together

10. Q&A
Do you think it will be
easy/difficult to practise these
skills in real life?
What makes it easy or difficult for
you to say No/suggest alternative
activities?
What have you learnt about
yourselves where making assertive
statements are concerned?

11. REFLECTION
What have you learnt about
Assertiveness?
Can you apply assertiveness in
your daily interaction with people?
List them.
Do you need help? Where would
you like to seek help from?

12. NO MEANS NO