Discuss needs and feelings with students. Encourage them to share their own
feelings in a variety of situations. You might ask, for example,
How do you feel when you're about to get on a roller coaster?
How do you feel just before you take a test?
How do you feel during a bad storm?
How do you feel when you eat ice cream?
and so on.
Arrange students into small groups, and provide each group with a
copy of either "The Shy Girl" or "The Coward."
Have each group of students read the story together, discuss it,
and complete the worksheet.
Bring the entire class together, and ask a volunteer from each group
to read his or her group's ending to the assigned story.
Have students vote on the best ending for each story and talk about
why they chose those endings.
Assessment
Students will be evaluated on correctly identifying needs and feelings, on the story endings they write, and on their ability to work together in a group.
