15–30
minutes
Learning from Ot h ers B I G B uddy S ession 3 :
Reflections
To wrap up their exploration of the topic, students meet in their home classrooms to talk about the story and the buddy experience. Review what happened in the story. You may want to ask one or two of these questions and then have students do the reflective journal writing activity below: • What is an assumption? What happened when Arthur made assumptions about Adil? • What can you do when you find out you were wrong about someone or something? What did Arthur do? • How did Adil feel about Arthur’s questions? • What are good ways to learn about other people, countries, or cultures? Ask students to think about what they have learned about being respectful of and learning from people who are different from them. To help them gather their thoughts, you may want to first allow time for silent reflection through journal writing and drawing. Ask students to list a few things they would like to know about someone from another country (name the country). Then write about how they could find accurate information. This is also a good opportunity to check in with students about how things went with their buddies and strategize solutions if any problems arose. Follow up with individuals who did not have a good experience. If you have time, you can watch Dear Adil, the Arthur episode that the story was based on, and compare it to the digital interactive story.
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87 Big Buddy Session: Dear Adil
