This activity encourages students to think about the effects of put-downs and put-ups. The teacher leads a discussion on negative comments (put-downs) versus positive comments (put-ups), providing examples of each. Then the teacher acts out a story where a character experiences put-downs, ripping a paper heart for each one. This demonstrates the negative effect. The story is then retold with put-ups instead, coloring in the other heart to show the positive effect. The goal is to discuss kind words and their power to lift others up.