CATCH-UP FRIDAYS TEACHING GUIDE
I. General Overview
Catch-up Subject: Values Education
Quarterly Theme: Community Awareness
(refer to Enclosure No. 3 of DM 001, s. 2024, Quarter 3)
Grade Level: 7
Sub-theme: Empathy
(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
Activity: Drawing the Empathy Map: Getting Engaged 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?"
Introduction and
10 mins
 Share experiences related to empathy in the context
Warm-Up
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!
Concept
15 mins
Materials: Cards with emotions and situations relative to
Exploration
environmental conservation and restoration.
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Valuing
20 mins
Journal Writing
15 mins
Arrange the class accordingly considering equal
opportunity to all types of learners regardless of
their diversities and differences
Explain the rules. Focus on expressing empathyrelated themes cognizant to environmental
conservation and restoration
Based from the different task cards that will be
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.
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Activity: #Hugot of the Day
Source: https://www.wikihow.com/Play-Charades
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 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.
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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
empathy based from the presented passage.
 Allow time to write, draw, or record thoughts.
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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.
Prepared By:
Juan A. Dela Cruz
Teacher
Recommending Approval:
Approved:
Juana A. Dela Cruz
Master Teacher/Head Teacher
Juancho A. Dela Cruz
School Head
Sample Class Program
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