Mr. Smith
Differentiation (Support)
Provide students who struggle to recall with a prepared list of sample scenarios (both positive and negative) to use in the partner activity.
Allow students to write their reflections instead of verbalizing.
Differentiation (Challenge)
Ask students to write a detailed reflection:
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Analyze and Reframe: Choose one negative experience or comment from the Partner Activity. Use the "What else is true?" detective strategy to reframe the event and explain how that perspective shift changed your initial emotional reaction.
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Intentional Savoring: Describe one positive moment you will intentionally try to remember this week. Detail the specific steps you will take to help that positive memory stick in your mind.
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Critical Thinking: Even though we want to balance negativity bias by focusing on the positive, we don’t want to completely get rid of our negative feelings. Why not?
Extension
Discuss media bias. Look at news headlines and discuss how people click on negative more than positive stories. Count how many positive versus negative headlines students can find and discuss how this relates to negativity bias.
Invite students to keep a “Positivity List” for one week - adding one positive thing they actively took a mental snapshot of each day.