Health Grade 8 Lesson

1. REVIEW
ACTIVITY:
Fill me up,
Buttercup!

3. Picture
Analysis

5. Guide Question:
What do the
picture wants
to tell its
viewer?

6. Lesson: The
Dangers of
Cigarette Smoking

7. TOBACCO
Is a tall, leafy plant,
originally grown in
South and Central
America, but now
cultivated
throughout the
world.

8. NICOTIANA
TABACUM
Sometimes called
common tobacco
is preferred for
producing present
day cigarettes.

9. According to World
Health Organization
(WHO):
“ Smoking is the
second leading
cause of death
around the
world”.

10. Do you have any
idea what do a
cigarette stick
contains?

11. CARCINOGENS- cancer causing substances

13. Video- watching:
“Harmful Effects of
Tobacco on the
Human Body”

15. Guide Question:
1. What are the
harmful effects of
cigarette smoking on
the following different
parts of the body?
Skin
Mouth
Brain
Lungs
Heart

16. 2. Who’s
lifestyle do
you want to
pursue, is it
Sally’s? Or
Harold’s? Why
do you say so?
Sally
Harold

17. Activity:
“Strategies in the
Prevention and
control of Cigarette
Smoking”

18. Explain briefly by group.
Group 1- Choose friends who don’t
have vices.
Group 2- Stay busy and active.
Group 3- Stay positive.
Group 4- Listen to elder’s advice
especially your parents.

19. Application:
Role Playing

20. Role Playing:
1- CHOOSE FRIENDS
WISELY!
2- STAY BUSY AND
ACTIVE!
3- STAY POSITIVE. 4- LISTEN TO ELDER’S
ADVICE ESPECIALLY
YOUR PARENTS.

21. RUBRIC ASSESSMENT TOOL
Criteria
Highest Possible
Score
Actual Score
1.Content/
Relevance 30
2. Creativity 20
3. Presentation 25
Total 75

22. Generalizations

23. Guide Questions:
 Can you enumerate
some ways to be smoke-
free and healthy?
 Why is it important to
be aware of the
strategies and
prevention to avoid
cigarette smoking?

24. Assignment:

25. On your activity notebook, List
down and describe the “Three
Types of Smokes produced by
Cigarette Smoking” (refer on
pp. 368).