Forgiveness Buddy Session 3: Reflections

15–30

minutes

FORGI v ENESS BIG 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. You may want to ask one or two of these questions and then have students do the reflective journal writing activity below: •How do you feel when you forgive someone? How do you feel when you don't forgive someone?

•How did Buster finally make himself feel better? How do you make yourself feel better when you are mad at someone?

•What can you do to help a friend who is holding a grudge?

•What can you do if you upset someone or make that person mad, even if you didn’t mean to?

Ask students to think about what they have learned about why it can sometimes be hard to forgive people and why it is important to take responsibility for one's actions, apologize, and forgive. To help them gather their thoughts, you may want to first allow time for reflection through journal writing and drawing. Have them draw or write about how a time they apologized to someone and how they felt before and after the apology.

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.

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