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Peer Review
“We Are Here for You” STUDENT HANDBOOK, PAGE 28
Objectives: Students will learn about a group of teens who work at a chat helpline answering calls, chats, and texts to support other young people in need; students will also practice identifying key ideas and details in the text. 1 Warm-up: Be sensitive to the fact that some students may be struggling with personal problems of their own. Start a discussion with students about what they know about asking for and offering assistance to others in need of help. • Why is it important for a person to ask for help from others when he or she is feeling overwhelmed? • How might you best help a friend who is in crisis? 2 Read: “We Are Here for You” First read: Read the article aloud; you may also wish to ask volunteers to read aloud. At the end of the article, ask students to describe the gist of the article. (The article tells about an organization called Teen Link, a group of volunteer teens who answer calls, chats, and texts when someone their own age needs to talk.) Second read: Ask students to read with partners or independently. (You can always read aloud if that works best with your students.) Instruct students: As you read, highlight the key ideas and details in the article. When students have completed the article, ask what they identified. (A key idea is that volunteer teens in an organization called Teen Link talk with other teens who need help. A detail is that the organization was started by a mother whose daughter was too afraid to speak to adults about her abusive boyfriend. Another key idea is that the volunteers use active listening to help others. A detail includes a definition of active listening, which includes validating the other person’s feelings.) (Key ideas and details) 3 After Reading: Use these questions to check students’ understanding. You may wish to ask them to go back to the article to highlight where they found the answers. 1. Why was Teen Link started? (Teen Link was started by a mother whose daughter, too afraid to speak with an adult, was murdered by her abusive boyfriend. Her mother wanted to give teens a way to talk to other teens.) 2. Look at the recommendations listed in the graph titled “How to Support a Friend in Need.” Which strategies did Fiona use talking to the caller at the beginning of the article? (She uses feeling words; avoids passing judgement; offers to help)
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