Lesson Plan
Navigating Grief: Finding Your Anchor
Students will learn individualized coping skills for grief by exploring their emotions with an emotion wheel, drawing, and reflective journaling adapted for visual learners.
This lesson supports students experiencing deep personal loss by using expressive strategies like drawing and storytelling, accommodating visual learning preferences and slow-paced emotional processing.
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Lesson Preparation
10 minutes
Step 1
Introduction and Setting the Tone
5 minutes
Step 2
Emotion Wheel Activity with Drawing
10 minutes
Step 3
Journaling Reflection and Storytelling
10 minutes
Step 4
Closing and Reflection
5 minutes

Slide Deck
Navigating Grief: Finding Your Anchor
Welcome the students. Introduce the subject of grief and why understanding our emotions is important. Briefly explain that today's session will help them explore and process their feelings using an emotion wheel and journaling.
Understanding Grief
Discuss the definition of grief and validate that it is normal to experience many different emotions. Emphasize that all emotions are valid and important.
The Emotion Wheel Activity
Introduce the emotion wheel. Explain the colors and sections represent various emotions. Instruct students to use the worksheet to identify emotions they are experiencing.
Journaling Reflection
Guide students to use the provided journaling prompts for greater self-reflection. Encourage them to write about a moment when they experienced grief and how they coped.
Closing & Reflection
Summarize the lesson, invite any optional sharing of what they've learned, and encourage them to continue using methods like journaling for self-care.

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Journal


Project Guide
