Isn't it fascinating how a single image can become a springboard for a class discussion, a lesson plan, or at least for an engaging activity?
The picture below was taken somewhere in Warsaw, Poland by a colleague and an inspiring educator, Milada Krajewska and shared by her on her Facebook page. I read the note in the picture and I couldn't resist :) The warm-up activity just "wrote itself".
Don't tell your students what the lesson is going to be about. Let them discover it by themselves.
First, ask them what kind of messages and notes they expect to see pinned up on traffic and signal lighting poles, or in other places in town: at bus stops, or electricity poles. Let them brainstorm ideas:
advertisements, announcement, apartment rental ads, obituaries, lost pet notes, private classes announcements, concert posters, etc.
Show them the picture below. For the fun of it, you can ask them to read it. Can they recognize what language it is? Do they believe that this note belongs to any of the categories listed by them earlier? There is no contact number, there seems to be no address, no time indication, no image...
Tell them that the note says: "Whoever you are, I wish you well." Ask them to freewrite for five minutes about how reading this kind of note would make them feel.
Wish them a nice day before you dismiss the class.
Photo credits: Milada Krajewska
Talk to your students about the importance and benefits of treating others in a kind manner. It may be a life-changing lesson for them and for the world.
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