Lesson Plan: Unwrapping Kindness and Compassion

Vocabulary Expansion
1. Emotion Vocabulary Activity: Hand out printed emotion vocabulary sheets. Ask
students to match the emotions with their definitions. Discuss the words and
encourage students to share personal experiences related to these emotions.

Instructions: Match the emotions with their definitions. Write the letter of the correct
definition next to the corresponding emotion.

Emotions:

1. Gratitude

2. Sympathy

3. Empathy

4. Compassion

5. Surprise

Definitions:
Gratitude: Gratitude is the feeling of being thankful and appreciative for something or
someone that benefits you in some way.

Sympathy: Sympathy is the feeling of understanding and caring for someone else's suffering
or misfortune, even if you have not experienced it yourself.

Empathy: Empathy is the feeling of sharing and experiencing someone else's emotions or
perspective, as if you were in their situation.

Compassion: Compassion is the feeling of wanting to help and relieve someone else's
suffering or distress, motivated by kindness and love.

Surprise: Surprise is the feeling of being startled or amazed by something unexpected or

unusual, which can be pleasant or unpleasant.

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Matching the feeling to its definition

1. Gratitude a) the feeling of sharing and experiencing someone else's

emotions or perspective, as if you were in their situation
2. Sympathy b) the feeling of wanting to help and relieve someone else's
suffering or distress, motivated by kindness and love.
3. Empathy c) the feeling of being startled or amazed by something
unexpected or unusual, which can be pleasant or unpleasant.
4. Compassion d) the feeling of being thankful and appreciative for something or
someone that benefits you in some way.
5. Surprise e) the feeling of understanding and caring for someone else's
suffering or misfortune, even if you have not experienced it
yourself

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