September 25th, 2018 The Odyssey by: Homer

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Directions: ANSWER USING COMPLETE SENTENCES! Use the information you have been given to answer questions about: Making healthy choices.

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Level#1

You make decisions about your health every day. As a teenager, you are faced with choices that can seriously affect your health and your life. It is important to think carefully about your choices so you can make the best decision. A well-thought-out process can help you to make healthy choices. This process is often called the decision-making model. There are seven steps in the decision-making model.

1. What do you make decisions about every day?






2. What type of choices are teenagers faced with?






3. Why is it important to think carefully about your choices?






Level#2

You make decisions about your health every day. As a teenager, you are faced with choices that can seriously affect your health and your life. It is important to think carefully about your choices so you can make the best decision. A well-thought-out process can help you to make healthy choices. This process is often called the decision-making model. There are seven steps in the decision-making model. These are the seven steps of the decision-making model: step 1. Identify the decision you need to make. Step 2. List as many choices for your decision as possible. Step 3. Cross out choices that are harmful or go against your beliefs. step 4. Read each remaining choice. Step 5. Select the choice that will probably had the best result for you and others. Step 6. Carry out your choice. Step 7. Think about the results of your decision.

1. What do you do every day, and what are teenagers faced with?






2. Why is it important to think carefully about your choices, and what can help you to make these choices?






3. What process can help you make good choices, and how many steps doe the process have?








Level#3

You make decisions about your health every day. As a teenager, you are faced with choices that can seriously affect your health and your life. It is important to think carefully about your choices so you can make the best decision. A well-thought-out process can help you to make healthy choices. This process is often called the decision-making model. There are seven steps in the decision-making model. These are the seven steps of the decision-making model: step 1. Identify the decision you need to make. Step 2. List as many choices for your decision as possible. Step 3. Cross out choices that are harmful or go against your beliefs. step 4. Read each remaining choice. Step 5. Select the choice that will probably had the best result for you and others. Step 6. Carry out your choice. Step 7. Think about the results of your decision. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that most major health problems are caused by six types of risk behaviors. Risk behaviors are choices that put your health or the health of others at risk.

1. Explain what a teenager is faced with, and why it is important to think carefully.






2. Explain what can help you to make healthy choices, and what is it called.






3. Explain how may steps the process has, and why it can be helpful to you.








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