Thinking about what might happen next when someone does something unexpected.
Considering how different people in the same situation can feel or react differently.
Exploring how we use clues from what we see to make predictions.
Noticing how body language and facial expressions can signal how someone is likely to respond.
Mr Bean arrives at a hospital with his hand stuck in a teapot. He enters in a hurry and sees other people waiting in a queue. He tries several ways to move ahead in the queue. Other patients react to his actions with looks and resistance.
• What did you notice about how the other people in the waiting room were behaving?
• How did the other patients react to Mr Bean?
• Was there a moment where you predicted what was going to happen next?
• What clues helped you work that out?
• Has someone ever done something unexpectedly around you that changed how you thought the situation would go?
• How do you tend to read a situation when you are not sure what might happen?
• Why might different people in the same situation react in different ways?
• What might have happened if someone had spoken up about what Mr Bean was doing?
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