For All Key Stages

A Book About My Life in

the Time of COVID-19
(For grade 7 to 12)
Psychosocial Competency: Self-compassion and Empathy

ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
In this activity, learners will create a book of their life in the time of the pandemic. This is
a reflective experience that allows learners to chronicle in language and images a
collective global experience from which they can they can draw many lessons, including
discoveries about their own resilience and ability to rise above challenges.

RECOVERY OBJECTIVE LEARNING OBJECTIVE

Develop self-confidence, self-mastery, Exercise fine motor skills, hand-eye
self-expression, sharing and coordination, conceptual thinking,
collaborative work storytelling, comprehension, language
development, and math development

MATERIALS NEEDED DURATION

Paper 60 minutes (this may take two sessions)
Cayons
Markers
Hole puncher GROUPINGS
String/ribbon
Glue Groupings can be varied, some
Scissors learners may want to do a book on
Old magazines and other their own, some may want to do it in
decorating materials pairs or groups.

ACTIVITY SPACE
In the classroom or outside; enough space for learners to work individually or
in groups, on the floor

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INSTRUCTIONS
Review the guidelines for your PSS session: be curious, be respectful, listen, take turns,
avoid judgment, everything shared is confidential.

1 Provide the learners with paper of different sizes,

colors, textures, etc. as well as crayons, paints, glue,
and other decorations. Also provide a hole punch
(if learners are very young, the teacher should
assist them with its use) and string for binding the
books.

2 Introduce the theme of the book - their lives during

the pandemic. They may talk about one NOTE:
circumstance or the event as a whole. The teacher may
assign someone to
3 Have the learners make their own books.
combine the stories of
the class.
Each learner can
4 Have the learners sit in a circle and ask if anyone contribute their story
would like to share his/her book. Let each learner to create a book for
the class with the
present the book, share its title, and explain it.
theme -- “Our Life
During the Time of
5 Thank the learners for their hard work and let COVID” (feel free to
them take the books home to share with their have your own
title)
family.

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WRAP-UP DISCUSSION GUIDE

SYNTHESIS QUESTIONS AND POINTS:

What did you like about this activity?
What did you learn?
How do you feel about completing this project?
How did it feel sharing your story to the class?
How did it feel hearing other people’s stories?

Tired

KEY MESSAGE
The pandemic may have brought about feelings of sadness, fear or even anger - these
are all valid. We all have different experiences from each other and that we all deal
with situations differently. We can own our stories, take pride in telling others our stories
(self-compassion), and listen too when we hear other people’s stories (empathy).

FOR FOLLOW-UP AT HOME

3
Share your story to family members if they’re open to it as this may
inform their parents on what they felt during the quarantine

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