CATCH-UP FRIDAYS TEACHING GUIDE

I. General Overview

Catch-up Subject: Values Education Grade Level: 7

Quarterly Theme: Community Awareness Sub-theme: Empathy

(refer to Enclosure No. 3 of DM 001, s. 2024, Quarter 3) (refer to Enclosure No. 3 of DM 001, s. 2024, Quarter 3)

Time: 1:00 – 2:00 PM (Science) Date: February 2, 2024

II. Session Outline

Session Title: " Empathy for Environment: For the People, Of the People, and
By the People”

Session At the end of the session, learners will be able to:

Objectives: a) understand empathy of every “Juan” for the environment
b) grasp the significance of empathy towards environmental
conservation and restoration
c) actively engaged in school and community-based activities
cognizant to environmental conservation and restoration

Key Concepts:
● Empathy is the ability to comprehend and share the feelings of
others, forming a crucial aspect of human connection.
● Fostering positive relationships and social interactions requires
the ability to recognize and respond to a range of emotions and
situations with empathy.
● Empathy helps people understand and connect with one
another, regardless of their diversities, which is important in
the development of solid, enduring relationships.
● Active participation in school and community-based activities
is essential for learners to internalize and apply empathy as a
critical social skill in their daily lives.

III. Teaching Strategies

Components Duration Activities and Procedures

Introduction and 10 mins Activity: Drawing the Empathy Map: Getting Engaged
Warm-Up and Taking Action
Materials: Whiteboard, markers, empathy map, pictures
of different situations of the earth and the
environment
● Introduce the topic. Display some pictures
illustrating the different situations of the earth
and the environment
● Ask, "What's happening in our earth and
environment from past to present? How might they
feel about these changes?"

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● Share experiences related to empathy in the

context of the pictures presented and apply grid
mapping to locate their insights in the empathy
map
● Summarize key points. Note on the board. Stress
the importance of empathy towards environmental
conservation and restoration.
● This activity relates empathy as the ability to
comprehend and share the feelings of others,
forming a crucial aspect of human connection in
the context of environmental conservation and
restoration.

Activity: Task Cards On the Go!

Materials: Cards with emotions and situations relative
to environmental conservation and restoration.
● Arrange the class accordingly considering equal
opportunity to all types of learners regardless of
their diversities and differences
● Explain the rules. Focus on expressing empathy-
related themes cognizant to environmental
conservation and restoration
Concept ● Based from the different task cards that will be
15 mins
Exploration
presented, learners act out emotions/situations;
class guesses.
● Reflect on portrayed emotions. Discuss challenges
and insights gained.
● This activity fosters positive relationships and
social interactions which requires the ability to
recognize and respond to a range of emotions and
situations with empathy.
●
Source: https://www.wikihow.com/Play-Charades

Valuing 20 mins Activity: #Hugot of the Day

Materials: Film clip, projector/screen
● Present a video clip showing school and
community-based activities of learners towards
environmental conservation and restoration.
● Prompt learners and discuss the impact of
initiating programs, projects, and activities relative
to environmental conservation and restoration
● Explore the role of empathy in understanding

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other learners and their significant contribution

towards environmental conservation and
restoration.
● Ask this reflective question: "How do you perceived
those learners who are actively engaged in
initiating programs, projects, and activities in their
school and community settings towards
environmental conservation and restoration
● This activity helps people understand empathy
and connect with one another, regardless of their
diversities, which is important in the development
of solid, enduring relationships.
●

Activity: Traversing Empathy for Every Juan

Materials: Journals, writing tools, coloring materials,
cellphones for digital entries, bond paper.
● Present the passage “Underneath We’re All the
Same,” Amy Maddox, 16 years old, Teaching
Tolerance, 1995
● “He prayed—it wasn’t my religion. He ate—it
wasn’t what I ate. He spoke—it wasn’t my
language. He dressed—it wasn’t what I wore. He
took my hand—it wasn’t the color of mine. But
when he laughed—it was how I laughed, and when
he cried—it was how I cried.”
● Explain the task: Creatively express thoughts on

Journal Writing 15 mins empathy based from the presented passage.

● Allow time to write, draw, or record thoughts.

● Sharing Option: Offer learners the chance to share

reflections.
● Conclude by emphasizing the critical role of
understanding and practicing empathy for positive
social interactions and relationships which is
necessary towards environmental conservation
and restoration
● This activity promotes active participation in
school and community-based activities which are
essential for learners to internalize and apply
empathy as a critical social skill in their daily
lives.

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Prepared By:

Juan A. Dela Cruz

Teacher

Recommending Approval: Approved:

Juana A. Dela Cruz Juancho A. Dela Cruz

Master Teacher/Head Teacher School Head

Sample Class Program

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