We began our lesson by watching "Walk, Walk, Walk" and listening for the different feelings words mentioned in the song. Next, we looked at a picture of two students who were waiting to do the same activity. The two students were showing different emotions about what they were about to do. We talked about how we thought each of the students were feeling, then predicted what they were waiting to do.
For the rest of the lesson, we talked about two students: Enrique and Maia. These two students were both starting in new classes, and they had both similar and different characteristics. We watched a video to learn about the two students, and then we talked about what we knew about each student. Next, we talked about their differences: different hobbies, different ethnicity, different feelings, different taste in food, etc. After we had discussed all of the differences between the two students, we moved on to similarities. We were surprised to find that two students who seemed so different could have so much in common.
We concluded our lesson by talking about what would have happened if we had not taken the time to get to know Enrique and Maia. We may have never given them a chance as a friend. We ended our lesson by discussing how we can get to know others instead of judging them based on how they look, and what happens when we judge others before we know them.
