CATCH UP FRIDAY TEACHING GUIDE

Values Education Grade 7

I. General Overview
Catch-up Grade Level: 7
Values Education
Subject:
Quarterly Community Sub-theme: Compassion
Theme: Awareness
(refer to Enclosure No. 3 of DM 001, s. 2024, Quarter 3)

(refer to Enclosure No. 3 of DM 001, s. 2024, Quarter 3)

Time: 1:00 – 2:00 PM Date: February 2, 2024

II. Session Outline
Session "Empathy in Focus: Seeing Through Others' Eyes"
Title:
Session At the end of the session, learners will be able to:
Objectives: a. understand empathy and recognize emotions requiring
empathetic responses;
b. grasp the significance of empathy in building relationships.
c. actively engage in empathy-building activities, reflecting on
personal experiences
Key  Empathy is the ability to comprehend and share the feelings
Concepts: of others, forming a crucial aspect of human connection.
 Recognizing and responding to various emotions and
situations with empathy is fundamental for fostering positive
relationships and social interactions.
 Empathy plays a significant role in building strong, supportive
relationships by facilitating understanding and connection
between individuals.
 The impact of empathetic actions extends beyond the
immediate interaction, influencing both the giver and receiver
in profound ways within a relationship.
 Active participation in empathy-building activities is essential
for learners to internalize and apply empathy as a critical
social skill in their daily lives.
 Empathy is generally described as the ability to take on
another's perspective, to understand, feel and possibly share
and respond to their experience.
III. Teaching Strategies
Components Duration Activities and Procedures
A Activity: Visualizing Empathy
M
1. Sing an Action Song “ Be Kind and
Compassionate” ( Play the video)
A.
Introductio 2. Introduce the topic: Empathy (Write on
10 mins
n and Warm- the board EMPATHY)
Up Empathy is generally described as
the ability to take on another's
perspective, to understand, feel and
possibly share and respond to their
experience.
 Activity: Charades
Materials: Cards with emotions and
situations
 Group the class into 4 ( first row will
be group 1 & 2 and second row will be
group 3 &4)
 Show the picture and the class
guesses. ( Give reward to the group
that tell the correct emotion first)
 Picture 1- compassion
B. Concept  Picture 2- love
15 mins
Exploration  Picture 3- kindness
 Picture 4- caring for others
 Reflect on portrayed emotions.
Discuss challenges and insights
gained .What have you learned about
the portrayed emotions?
>Summarize key points. The key aspects
of empathy are compassion, love, kindness,
and caring for others. (Note on the board)
C. Valuing 20 mins Activity: Watch and Feel
1.Play the Video “ The Good Samaritan”
2.After watching the Video ,Ask, "What
happened in the story? How did you feel?
3. Who is an example of showing
compassion or cared for others in the story? (
The Samaritan)
4.Share experiences related to empathy in
the context of the story. You can also call
students to share their experience.
5..Stress the importance of empathy in
building relationships and creating
supportive communities
a. Having empathy enable us to build those
social connections. To feel connected to
others is hugely important for our optimal
wellbeing. It is the very basis of human
relationships and helps us to feel valued,
loved and cared for.
b.Empathy makes you feel fully alive, fully
present , as you meet others with
understanding and compassion.
c.Empathy allows us to deepen our
relationship as we connect with friends’ and
loved ones’ thoughts and feelings, and
connect with yours. Empathy can extend to
people you don’t know as well. For example
you see someone sitting alone at a party, you
might emphasize with their loneliness by
talking and be a friend to him or her.
d.Empathy helps us to communicate our
ideas in a way that makes sense to others,
and it helps us understand others when they
communicate with us.

6.Conclusion: How to practice empathy in

 daily life:
 1.Become curious about people you
don”t know. Empathetic people are
people who are curious about those
around them
 2.Focus on similarities rather than
difference
 3.Put youself in someone’s shoes
 4.Listen but also share
 5.Connect with social action
movements
 6.Get creative with it.

Activity: Expressing Empathy: Our Journey

Materials: Journals, writing tools,
.
 Explain the task: Creatively express
thoughts on empathy by writing
Journal something new you learned today or
15 mins something you have done to someone
Writing
showing compassion
 Give the learners time to write..
 Sharing (Optional ): Offer learners the
chance to share reflections.

Prepared by: Approved:

LEAH ACASO-GUMELA EMD ELSIE T. CALABROSO

Master teacher II Head Teacher IV
Esp 7 Teacher EsP Department Head