Noticing how words can hurt other people's feelings.
Exploring how sharing or creating gossip can be unkind.
Considering how it feels to be teased or embarrassed.
Thinking about how our choices affect the people around us.
Exploring how we can choose to be kind instead.
Lola writes a gossip column for the school newspaper. She follows people around looking for gossip to write about. Lola shares lots of people's secrets to make her stories more exciting. Because of the gossip, some students get teased by the other kids. Lola is being unkind.
• What did you notice about how Lola went looking for gossip?
• Why did Lola write mean things about people in the paper?
• How do you think Winston felt about the gossip?
• How does it feel when someone is unkind to you?
• Have you ever felt hurt by something someone said?
• What can you do when you see someone being mean?
• How could Lola make things right with Winston and the others?
• What is a kind choice you could make instead of gossiping?
• What is one way you could help someone feel better?
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