1. Westport Middle School Advisory Lesson
Social Awareness
Westport Middle School
Advisory Lesson

2. Icebreaker: Guess the Emotion
Get with a partner.
Think of an emotion in your head.
Examples: Excited, scared, angry, frustrated, discouraged, nervous, jealous.
Without talking, try to express the emotion.
Your partner has to try and guess the emotion.

3. Learning Target and Agenda
LT: I can define and explain social awareness.
Agenda:
Review emotional intelligence.
Define “social awareness” and discuss why it is important to your emotional intelligence.
Short Video (link in PowerPoint)
Activity
Exit Slip

4. Emotional Intelligence
Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand, use, and manage our emotions.

5. Emotional Intelligence
Being able to notice and accurately label everyday feelings and moods is the most basic of all the EQ skills.

6. Emotional Intelligence
Emotional intelligence consists of four basic capabilities.
These are:
Self-Awareness
Social Awareness
Self-Regulation
Relationship Management

7. Social Awareness
Social awareness gives you the ability to understand and respond to the needs of others. 

8. Empathy vs. Sympathy
Empathy means trying to understand the viewpoint of others and to see things from their perspective.
Sympathy means feeling sorry for others and their predicament.

9. Turn and Talk
Empathy vs. Sympathy
Which feeling is more important to social awareness? Why?

10. The Importance of Social Awareness
Video:
Discuss:
What are some body language clues that someone isn’t in a good mood?
Why is it important to have social awareness?

11. Activity: Social Awareness Stories and Dear Responsible Friend
With a partner, complete the Social Awareness Stories worksheet together.
Then, complete the Dear Responsible Friend independently and share with your partner.

12. Exit Ticket
Do you think you have good social awareness?
Why or why not?