What does empathy look like? Encourage your pupils to put themselves in another person's shoes with several writing and discussion activities that relate to a featured short film. Over the course of the lesson, individuals collaborate with others, discuss the theme, write short stories, and view and respond to the film.

Concepts

Narrative Writing, narratives, empathy, compassion, caring

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Additional Tags

Present Perfect, empathy, short film, english language arts

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Classroom Considerations

• Some individuals may benefit from additional scaffolding during the discussions and writing activities; perhaps allow some time for pupils to jot down ideas before discussing, and provide vocabulary to help during the writing process

Pros

• Provides many opportunities for individual to imagine themselves in another person's place
• Students will have plenty of chances to write, speak, and listen about the film and related themes

Cons

• None

Common Core

W.9-10.3.a W.11-12.3.a SL.9-10.1.a SL.11-12.1.a