Pair and Share

3 Minutes

Find a partner near you. Please review the saying...

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Sticks and Stones may break my Bones but words can never hurt me.

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Have you ever heard this before?

Do you think this is true?

Can words hurt you?

Classroom Discussion

8 Minutes

Teacher please review the scenario below. Use the guided questions to help the students experience empathy for Sam.

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Sam loves a website where he can play in a virtual world and chat with other players. Lately, Sam has been playing in a new area. He started receiving some mean messages from the other players.

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1. How would you feel if you were Sam reading those messages? I would feel...

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2. Why do you think people send these kinds of messages to people they don't know? People send these kinds of messages because...

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3.What advice would you give Sam to respond to this situation? Remember S-T-O-P

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