How to be a good friend
I can describe how to be a good friend and explain what a compromise is.
How to be a good friend
I can describe how to be a good friend and explain what a compromise is.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Good friends listen to each other.
- Good friends care for and support each other.
- Good friends compromise with each other.
- Good friends celebrate each other's differences.
Keywords
Care - to be kind to someone
Support - to provide help and encouragement to others
Celebrate - to praise someone for who they are or something they have done
Compromise - an agreement where all people are happy
Common misconception
Compromise means everyone getting exactly what they want.
When we compromise, we often accept an imperfect situation. We have to give a little in order to help everyone get something of what they want.
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Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of peer pressure or bullying
- Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering
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Adult supervision recommended
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
when someone repeatedly uses mean words or actions to hurt or upset
in this context, the person who is being bullied
to happily invite someone in and make them feel comfortable
Friends can look different to us.
Friends must enjoy the same activities.
Friends must always agree.
Friends stop when we say no.
Friends care for and support us.
Exit quiz
6 Questions
to be kind to someone
to provide help and encouragement to others
to praise someone for who they are or something they have done
they enjoy the same things
one person is taller than the other
they are the same gender
one person is from another country