Community Learning Task 6: Compromise

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ELL – Community Learning Task 6

Learning Activity #6: May 7th – May 14th (Understanding Compromise)

This week’s theme is Compromise. Having been at home for this long and sharing the same space with others, you may have experienced, like us with our own families, disagreements between family members/siblings.  Maybe these disagreements have been over activities, shared spaces, or something as simple as socks.

A compromise is turning an ‘I win/you lose’ or an ‘I lose/you win’ situation into an I win; you win situation where both parties can feel good about the outcome.

Tasks:

1. Read:
Bink and Gollie: Don’t You Need a New Pair of Socks? By Kate DiCamillo

You can download the file from this link Bink and Gollie – Don’t You Need a New Pair of Socks?

Or

You can access it from Tumble Books under the Gilmore Library tab (Web Resources)

Gilmore School Website; Library tab; Web Resources; Tumble Books (top left-hand corner); search titles Bink and Gollie.  Scroll to find the title.

2. With your family, discuss these “After Reading Thinking Questions”:

  • How does Gollie feel about Bink’s socks? How do you know?
  • Why does Gollie not feel like making pancakes for Bink?
  • What is a compromise?
  • How do Bink and Gollie feel about their unwillingness to compromise…Bink won’t remove her socks and Gollie won’t share her pancakes?
  • What compromise did Bink and Gollie reach?
  • Why do you think both decided to compromise in the end?

3. Practice:
Read the 5 situations on the Compromising Worksheet (see end of document or link below). Discuss and/or write what a good compromise could look like for each.

PDF LINK: https://media.centervention.com/pdf/GRIN-Compromise.pdf

4. Try:
During the week, look for opportunities to make compromises and show your efforts by dividing a strip of paper into 3 equal parts. Draw a picture on each end of what each person wanted to do (I win/you lose); (You win/I lose) and in the center section, draw a picture of how you met in the middle (win/win) and compromised.  (See PDF).

5. Reflection:

  • How did it feel to compromise?
  • Was the process difficult or easy for you? Why do you think this was?
  • Would you be willing to try compromising more in the future? Why?

Feel free to send any of the activities you try to your teacher