We began our class working collaboratively in groups to try to figure out homophone pairs, given some clues. For example... What do you call a naked grizzly? A bare bear. Students solved each puzzle, working together to figure out the answers.
Then, we spent time brainstorming in new groups which qualities we think are important in mentoring relationships. We discussed traits that we think are important for mentors to have: be understanding, to not belittle, to listen, to not give the answers, and... of course... to be awesome! We think that mentored students should be open-minded, understanding, ask questions when they need help, and... surprise... also be awesome.
Finally, we began watching The Karate Kid, in order to see mentoring relationships "in action." We will analyze the relationships in the movie and discuss which of our traits we see present. We may add qualities that we notice in the movie, but did not think of ourselves.
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