keep your cool

Cool it!


Do you ever get
angry? What
about? Why do
you think most
people get angry?


What makes me angry!!

furious
a little angry


Keep your cool!
Sometimes teenagers find it difficult to
get on properly at school because they can’t
control their anger. There is help, though,
and here we take a look at what happens
to them and the advice they are given...


Cool it!
Check these words:
1.
2.
3.
4.

5.

Tell sb off
To bug someone
Secondary school
Overwhelmed
Wind someone up (wound)


Cool it!
Check these words:
6. To trigger
7. Chill out
8. Youth
9. Throw wobblies
10. To cope with


Keep your cool!
Read the text and do exercises 2, 3
and 4 (pg 74) and exercise 1 (pg
76) in the book.


Time to talk
What does the article say about anger
management?
The text suggests...
The author recommends...
You can try...

Time to talk
Do you think the suggestions for coping
with anger are useful? Which would you
use and how? What other suggestions can
you think of?


Watch it!

DVD The Unteachables


Getting to Know your Feelings


Feelings
• blow your top (informal): to become extremely
angry:
My father will blow his top when he sees
what happened to the car.
• cool it (slang): used to tell someone to become
calm, rather than be violent:
Just cool it everyone, fighting won't solve
anything.


Feelings
• defuse: to make a difficult or dangerous situation

calmer by reducing or removing its cause:
The two groups will meet next week to try to defuse
the crisis/situation/tension.
• fly off the handle: to react in a very angry way to
something that someone says or does:
He's extremely irritable - he flies off the handle at the
slightest thing.


Feelings
• give sb a piece of your mind (informal): to speak
angrily to someone about something they have
done wrong:
I'm going to give that mechanic a piece of my
mind if the car's not fixed this time.
• cool (informal): a person's ability to stay calm and
not become angry or excited:
keep your cool
He really lost his cool when he heard about
what happened.


Feelings
• pour oil on troubled waters (UK): to do or
say something in order to make people stop
arguing and become calmer:
My husband's always arguing with my father,
and I'm the one who has to pour oil on
troubled waters.
• see red: to become very angry:

People who don't finish a job really make me
see red.


Feelings
• throw a wobbly (UK informal): to become
extremely angry and upset:
My parents threw a wobbly when they found
out I'd had a party while they were away.
• take things easy: to relax and not work too
hard:
My doctor's told me to take things easy for a
while.


Use your English!
Now make up 3 sentences using the
expressions related to feelings that you
have just learned.


Make x Do
do something about a problem
have an effect on
make a note of
exercises 3, 4 and 5 (pg 76)


Game: Make x Do
1. I have to ___ a telephone call.

2. She didn't ___ her best so she felt sad.
3. It was the first time she didn't ___ the beds.
4. She was late so she didn't ___ breakfast for them.
5. He ___ the assignment, but forgot to bring it to
school.


Game: Make x Do
6. He has to ___ the housework before he can go.
7. There are so many decisions to ___.
8. Did you ___ a reservation for tonight?
9. Did he ___ the doctor's appointment yet?
10. He was busy ___ the food shopping.


Game: Make x Do
11. He ___ a lot of research.
12. The people wanted to ___ peace.
13. The children are ___ too much noise.
14. It was a pleasure ___ business with you.
15. I must ___ my homework before I go to bed.


Game: Make x Do
16. Why does he always ___ a promise and then break it?
17. A famous movie star is going to ___ an appearance here
tonight.
18. I will ___ the dinner dishes.
19. You can ___ the dinner.
20. You are going to have to ___ some changes here.

Activate!

Do exercises 1, 2, 3 and 4 (pg 77) in the book


Get ideas
• Think of two situations when you have to
listen very carefully to what people are
telling you.
– Getting instructions for an exam
– Getting an important message
– Flerting with a girl/a boy