Anti-Smoking Letter Writing Campaign
Grade Levels: 3 - 5
INTRODUCTION
Students will explore arguments against smoking and write letters encouraging
a friend not to smoke.
SUGGESTED TIME ALLOWANCE
50 minutes
OBJECTIVES
Students will:
MATERIALS
PROCEDURES
- Review the following vocabulary words before beginning the lesson: statistic, nicotine, tobacco.
- Ask students to name some reasons why people shouldn’t smoke cigarettes. List their ideas on the board.
- On a blank piece of paper, ask students to record one or two of the best reasons why someone should not smoke.
- As a class, read aloud the statistics about Tobacco and Youth provided by Tobacco Free Kids (http://tobaccofreekids.org/research/factsheets/pdf/0002.pdf). Tell students to write down the statistic they find most interesting and alarming on their sheet.
- Review the parts of a friendly letter by giving each student a copy of the Parts of a Friendly Letter handout.
- Ask students to write a letter to a friend encouraging them not to smoke. The letter should explain why smoking is bad for a person and should use at least two of the facts the student wrote down.
ASSESSMENT
Assessment Rubric: Don’t Smoke!
EXTENSION ACTIVITIES
STANDARDS CORRELATION
