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Standards of Learning
English
Oral Language 6.2
Correlations
to VA
SOL and Student
Expectations
Leadership Student Expectations
MS.1: Self-image
MS.2: Influence on others
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Instructional Activity or Strategy
The Lemon Game
This activity encourages students to explore the importance of individual
differences, the need for astute observational skills, and sensitivity
to personal characteristics.
Steps To Complete the Activity
Have each student
- Select a lemon and examine it very carefully by, for example, rolling
it, squeezing it, handling it, and inspecting it.
- GET TO KNOW HIS OR HER LEMON.
- Give the lemon back to the teacher.
- Find his or her lemon from the collection.
Discussion
- How many of you are very sure you reclaimed your original lemon?
Why?
- What parallels are there between differentiating among lemons and
differentiating among people?
- Why can’t we get to know people as rapidly as you got to know your
lemon?
- What conclusions might we draw about human differences and human
behavior?
Materials
One lemon for each student
Teacher’s Notes
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