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Boundary-Setting Script Builder

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About this MicroSim

Boundary-Setting Script Builder is an interactive MicroSim for this health-education textbook.

Students apply the three-part boundary-setting structure (name the limit, state it directly, restate if needed) by building a short response script for realistic scenarios.

Use the controls in the panel below the drawing to interact with the model, then talk through what changed and why. The MicroSim is width-responsive and can be embedded in any course page with the iframe shown above.

Bloom's Taxonomy level: Apply (L3) — demonstrate, practice, use

Lesson Plan

Audience

This MicroSim is designed for Grades 6-8. For the K-3 bands the teacher typically drives the activity on a shared screen; older students can explore the MicroSim independently.

Learning Objective

Students apply the three-part boundary-setting structure (name the limit, state it directly, restate if needed) by building a short response script for realistic scenarios.

This activity targets Bloom's Apply (L3) (demonstrate, practice, use).

Suggested Use (about 10 minutes)

  1. Warm up (2 min). Ask students what they already know about the topic and let one volunteer describe what they see on the screen.
  2. Model it (3 min). Demonstrate the interaction once, thinking aloud so students hear the reasoning behind each choice.
  3. Guided practice (3 min). Invite students to try the interaction and to predict what will happen before they act.
  4. Discuss (2 min). Ask why the result came out the way it did, connecting the on-screen result back to the learning objective above.

Check for Understanding

Have each student (or pair) explain their result in one sentence, using the vocabulary from this chapter. Look for reasoning that matches the Apply-level objective rather than a lucky guess.

Specification

The full specification below was extracted from Chapter 2: Relationships, Boundaries, and Consent.

Type: microsim
**sim-id:** boundary-setting-script-builder<br/>
**Library:** p5.js<br/>
**Status:** Specified

Bloom Taxonomy: Apply (L3)
Bloom Taxonomy Verb: demonstrate, practice, use

Learning objective: Students apply the three-part boundary-setting structure (name the limit, state it directly, restate if needed) by building a short response script for realistic scenarios.

Layout: A scenario prompt (e.g., "A friend keeps asking to see texts from another friend") above three slots — "Name the limit," "State it directly," "If needed, restate" — each with selectable sentence-starters plus a free-text field.

Interactive controls: Fill each slot; "Preview My Script" assembles the response as dialogue; "See a Model Script" shows an example; "Next Scenario" cycles through 5 scenarios across family, friend, and romantic contexts.

Instructional Rationale: Demonstrating a communication skill in realistic scenarios is Apply-level, so a scaffolded script-builder with a model comparison is used rather than passive reading, giving rehearsal practice before a real situation.

Implementation notes: p5.js. Scenario/sentence-starter data as arrays; assembled script rendered as plain text; keyword check (hedging words like "maybe") drives feedback.

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