Many of my teachers have designed relevant SEL lessons that I wish to showcase their excellent work. In this page, i will just place only the website chosen and the higher-order thinking questions that they designed to enhance our children's social-emotional competencies. I believe these activities will empower teachers and parents to enhance the social-emotional competencies of those in their care. I trust that you will find them helpful so that in time you can generate your own social-emotional learning questions.
Graciousness by Aw
Siow Hwee and Charles Chang Chin Chiew
Clipping Nails in MRT http://static.stomp.com.sg/site/servlet/linkableblob/stomp/250160/thumbnail/woman_in_ungracious_pose_as_she_clips_toe_nails-thumbnail.jpg
Dirty Dishes at a Hawker
Centre http://www.stomp.com.sg/talkback/images/ggm.jpg
Poor Seating Habits at Lectures http://media.photobucket.com/image/simgapore%20ungracious/notyourusualshit/misc269.jpg
Poor Seating Habits at Lectures http://media.photobucket.com/image/simgapore%20ungracious/notyourusualshit/misc269.jpg
SE Competencies
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Questions
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Self-Awareness
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1. Write
down how you feel after seeing the photographs and videos.
2. What if
your good friend or family member did that? How would you feel about him /
her?
3. Write
down a scenario that you have encountered (locally or overseas) such that
graciousness in the incident impacted you.
4. What are
the values that make a gracious society? Why?
5. What are
the SEL competencies that are lacking in us as a nation? Why?
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Social
Awareness
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6. How
would you feel if your friends commented that you are ungracious?
7. What are
the implications to Singapore if every citizen is ungracious?
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Self-Management
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8. Imagine
you are in MRT occupying a seat and you are very tired, would you offer your
seat to a pregnant lady or an elderly person? Why?
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Relationship
Management
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9. What are
some of the skills you will need to influence others to be gracious? How do
you go about doing it?
10. How
would you respond if everyone reserved seats at the busy hawker centre and
you couldn’t find a seat after buying your food.
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Responsible
Decision-Making
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11. What do
you think are other ungracious behaviours that can improve on? Explain why it
is important to improve on the area that you mentioned.
12. How do
you think you can play a part in creating a more gracious society?
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SE
Competencies
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Questions
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Self-Awareness
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1. How do
you feel after viewing the video?
2. What did
you learn from watching the video?
3. How well
do you communicate with your parents/caregivers?
4. How well
do you think your parents understand you and; how well do you understand
them?
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Social
Awareness
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5. How are
the words in the video show a mother’s care?
6. How does
your mother show her care?
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Self-Management
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7. What
would you do to prevent your mother from repeating her daily instructions?
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Relationship
Management
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8. How well
do you respond to your parents’ instructions?
9. How do
you think you can make communication between you and your parents/caregivers
better?
10. If your
friend tells you that s/he cannot communicate with his / her parents, what
advice would you give?
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Responsible
Decision-Making
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11. Would
you ever tell a white lie so as not to worry your parents? In what
situations, would you? Would you not?
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Are you as Resilient as Nick Vijici? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5D_9gklCi
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SE Competencies
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Questions
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Self – Awareness
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What are some qualities of Nick that help him
to be resilient?
Do you have some of Nick’s qualities?
If not, how do you think you can develop them?
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Social Awareness
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How do you think your friends feel when
they achieve poor results or are facing adversity?
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Self – Management
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How can you cope with your personal
obstacles?
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Relationship Management
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How would you assist your friends who face
difficulties in their studies?
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Responsible Decision-Making
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What responsible steps can you take to
improve your resilience to cope with adversities?
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