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UP AND AWARE - 6

Notes to the Facilitator

As Up and Aware for Grades 6-8 is an activity-based series, the facilitators would need the following
list of questions to reflect upon while carrying out activities in the classroom:

1. Is the activity highly structured—physically, spatially, and temporally? Do the learners want
to know: Who will they work with? How much time do they have as a group or individually? What
is the process?

2. Do learners know the rationale for an activity? Do they know why they are doing this activity? Do they
know how it will help them improve their abilities?
3. What is expected of them by you? Do group members know what you expect them to have, show you,
know, or tell others, when they have finished the activity?
4. How will the learning activity affect motivation? Will the learners be motivated to participate in the
activity? Is the activity fun? interesting? valuable?

5. Does the activity accommodate various group speeds? When some groups complete the activity before
others, what do they do?

6. How long will the activity take? Have you given them a task much longer than their attention span?

7. How will the learners feel when the activity has been completed? Is there something built into the
activity that will guarantee some sort of satisfaction when it has been completed? How can you show
them success?

8. Does the structure of the activity give learners time to process the new information before they are
asked to respond? Is reflection time built into the activity?

In this series, each chapter has several activities and exercises that are to be done individually, in
pairs or in groups. Given below are pointers and suggestions for some activities in each chapter.

Chapter 1: Who Am I? (Self-awareness)

This chapter is about making learners develop self-awareness about their positive and negative traits,
choices, hobbies, role models, etc. It begins with the focus on physical traits and moves on to the personality
traits of an individual.

Exercise and Discuss (on page 12):
The activity is meant to make learners realise how they have evolved or changed over the years and
document it in the space provided.

Think About and Discuss (on page 13):
The activity on fingerprints aims at highlighting the point that each person is unique and has to be
accepted that way.

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