WORKING WITH EMOTIONS: DELETING “I” AND BECOMING “WE”

“Mandala”, means“circle”, “community”, “connection”, “wholeness”. It is the representative image for our project, because it is our hope that connecting with each other and “working with emotions” will help our students evolve in “complete” personalities, making use of their full emotional potential. Subject: Foreign Language (English) Duration: 22 weeks Group size: One class (5th grade) Setting: Classroom Teacher: Urîtu Oltiţa-RamonaSchool Year: 2008-2009 Founding Schools7th Primary School of Agii Anargiri (Ms Thalia Hadzigiannoglou) GREECE. Panayot Volov School Caspichan (Ms Victoria Radeva) BULGARIA.

Partner Schools7th Primary School of Agii Anargiri (Ms Alexia Artemaki & Ms Vaya Moka) GREECE.1st Special Education School of Kavala (Mr Konstantinos Bantikos) GREECE.Szkoła Podstawowa nr 3 (Ms Joanna Mazurek) POLAND. Scoala Cu Clasele I-VIII G.P.N. Deveselu Comanca (Ms Ramona Oltiţa Urîtu) ROMANIA.Scoala Cu Cls. I-VIII Nr3 Dimitrie Cantemir Fetesti (Ms Chirita Ionela) ROMANIA.Zer Montsia, Masdenverge (Ms Imma Cruelles Revertè) SPAIN.Madre Teresa, Cucciago (Ms Guglielmina Carugati) ITALY

GoalThis project aims at helping children develop their Emotional Intelligence (EQ), defined as a union of:a) Intrapersonal intelligence (self smart) which is the ability to understand oneself, to know who you are, your strengths and weaknesses, your feelings and motivations. b) Interpersonal intelligence which is the ability to understand others, interpret their behaviour, assess their emotions, motivations, desires and intentions and interact with them.

Objectives (Bloom’s Taxonomy)The project’s objectives are defined into three categories, according to Bloom’s taxonomy:Cognitive

Students will be able to:Name, describe and write basic emotions in English (Knowledge).Distinguish, compare and discuss basic emotions in English (Comprehension).Examine and classify emotions into negative and positive in English (Application).

Analyse and identify specific emotions in English (Analysis).Formulate sentences expressing specific emotions in English (Synthesis).Decide which emotions represent them in certain cases (Evaluation).

AffectiveStudents will be able to:Comprehend their own emotions and the emotions of others.Value their uniqueness.Recognise and promote their positive emotions.Develop their interpersonal skills. Learn how to solve conflicts.Become tolerant to individual differences.

PsychomotorStudents will be able to:Draw and paint pictures reflecting specific emotions (Artistic skills).Learn how to use the PC to draw and paint pictures of emotions and make Powerpoint presentations (ICT skills).

Methodology The methodology comprised activities that aimed at developing students’ intrapersonal (self awareness) and interpersonal (communicating) skills.

MaterialsPCCameraWorksheetsCD player

Outcomes A scrap book containing activities aiming at developing students’ intrapersonal intelligence.Scrap books containing activities aiming at developing students’ interpersonal intelligence (Book of my friendly actions/Book of friendliness).

EvaluationThe project evaluation will be based on

Kirkpatrick’s model.

Students will be given a questionnaire aiming at providing answers to the following questions:Did they like the project? (Reactions)What did they learn? (Learning)Will they use what they learnt? (Transfer of knowledge)Will they change? What is the impact to the school setting? (Result)ROI (Return on Investment). How will the school benefit from the students’ involvement in the project?

FRIENDSHIP POSTER

MANDALAS FOR CHILDREN

“ Friends are those who help you see world in colours

when everything seems grey to you!”

“I wrote a nice note to……“I visited my friend………..when he/she was sick”“I shared my favourite cake with……..”“I helped my friend………..with his/her project in English”“I congratulated my friend………. for his/her good grades”…………………………………………….

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TICK THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE LIKE

MOST OF THE TIME

I’M GLAD TO BE ME BECAUSE.......................

(Sunt bucuros că sunt eu însumi pentru că...................................)

Feeling happy together, becoming “We”!