Language Circle Lesson

1. LanguageCircle:
Compassion
basedon
CompassionIdioms
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Objectives
• Review and practise the Compassion Idioms. Use them in
a related activity
• Speak about what compassion means to you
• Watch a video about compassion and answer True and False
Questions
• Grammar – “ion” a common suffix for nouns
• Read the “ation” poem and write another verses to the poem
• Reflect on your learning today

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Review the idioms
in this related lesson
https://livelearn.ca/lessons/language-training/compassion-idioms/

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Review the idioms in this related lesson
“Without a care in the world” – To have no worries at all
“To go out of your way to help”– to make a special effort to help
“A random act of kindness” – doing something nice for someone else without them
asking and without you doing it for anything in return
“A cry for help” – a way of saying that you need help
“Couldn’t care less”– not at all concerned about it; it doesn't matter

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Practice the idioms. Quiz Time!
1. When mom said about Johnny that he acts like he
is without a care in the world, she meant
a) he has no worries at all
b) nobody cares for him
c) he is careless

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Practice the idioms. Quiz Time!
1. When mom said about Johnny that he acts like he
is without a care in the world, she meant
a) he has no worries at all
b) nobody cares for him
c) he is careless

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Practice the idioms. Quiz Time!
2. If someone goes out of their ways to help you, they
a) don’t follow their initial way
b) make a special effort to help you
c) they help you go out

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Practice the idioms. Quiz Time!
2. If someone goes out of their ways to help you, they
a) don’t follow their initial way
b) make a special effort to help you
c) they help you go out

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Practice the idioms. Quiz Time!
3. If you do a random act of kindness
a) you do something nice without anyone asking
b) you do something nice without asking for something in return
c) a and b

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Practice the idioms. Quiz Time!
3. If you do a random act of kindness
a) you do something nice without anyone asking
b) you do something nice without asking for something in return
c) a and b

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Practice the idioms. Quiz Time!
4. A cry for help means
a) someone cries
b) someone helps
c) a way of saying that you need help

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Practice the idioms. Quiz Time!
4. A cry for help means
a) someone cries
b) someone helps
c) a way of saying that you need help

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Practice the idioms. Quiz Time!
5. Dad said he couldn’t care less about my marks. He means
a) he cares less than last year
b) he is not at all concerned about them
c) he couldn’t find my marks

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Practice the idioms. Quiz Time!
5. Dad said he couldn’t care less about my marks. He means
a) he cares less than last year
b) he is not at all concerned about them
c) he couldn’t find my marks

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Agenda
1. Speaking
2. Listening
3. Grammar
4. Reading and writing
5. Reflect on learning

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Speaking

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Speak about your personal experience
• What is compassion and what does it mean to
you?
• Use some of the idioms we learned.

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Listening

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Watch the following video and answer some True/False
comprehension questions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXb2awAbmUA

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Watch the video again and answer if the following questions
are true or false:
1. Sympathy, empathy and compassion are the same thing.
2. Compassionate people do not genuinely seek to understand you and your unique
needs.
3. Compassionate people actually do something to improve your situation
4. Sympathy is always unwelcome and unhelpful.

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Watch the video again and answer if the following questions
are true or false:
1. Sympathy, empathy and compassion are the same thing.
False
2. Compassionate people genuinely seek to understand you and your unique
needs.
3. Compassionate people actually do something to improve your situation
4. Sympathy is always unwelcome and unhelpful.

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Watch the video again and answer if the following questions
are true or false:
1. Sympathy, empathy and compassion are the same thing.
False
2. Compassionate people genuinely seek to understand you and your unique
needs.
True
3. Compassionate people actually do something to improve your situation
4. Sympathy is always unwelcome and unhelpful.

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Watch the video again and answer if the following questions
are true or false:
1. Sympathy, empathy and compassion are the same thing.
False
2. Compassionate people genuinely seek to understand you and your unique
needs.
True
3. Compassionate people actually do something to improve your situation
True
4. Sympathy is always unwelcome and unhelpful.

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Watch the video again and answer if the following questions
are true or false:
1. Sympathy, empathy and compassion are the same thing.
False
2. Compassionate people genuinely seek to understand you and your unique
needs.
True
3. Compassionate people actually do something to improve your situation
True
4. Sympathy is always unwelcome and unhelpful.
False

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Grammar

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Grammar
“ION” – a common suffix for nouns
Many nouns end in “tion /cion /sion. That ending is called a suffix.
Knowing that helps you identify nouns and use them correctly in sentences.
Remember that a noun is a thing, a person, a place or a concept.
Source: English Club

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Grammar
“SION” – a common suffix for nouns
Look at the noun “compassion” . Notice it ends with the suffix “sion”.
Other words ending in sion:
Discussion
Excursion
Can you come up with more?
Source: English Club

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Grammar
“TION” – a common suffix for nouns
Look at the noun “information” . Notice it ends with the suffix “tion”.
Other words ending in “tion”:
Population
Communication
Question
Can you come up with more? Source: English Club

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Grammar
“CION” – a suffix for nouns
Look at the noun “suspicion” . Notice it ends with the suffix “cion”.
Other words ending in cion:
Coercion
Can you come up with one more?
Source: English Club

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Reading
and
Writing

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(author: Shel Silverstein)
Read the poem and notice the nouns ending with the suffix “ation”

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Writing
Can you continue the “ation” poem with a verse
of your own?
Example:
If I take the train or bus
I use transportation…
Your turn! Have fun!

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Reflect
on
learning

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What did you learn today?

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Homework
1. Use the “tion/cion/cion” suffixes to form the nouns
in these sentences:
She has been suffering from (depress) for a long time.
The author is announcing the (publicize) of his new novel.
There is no easy (solve) to the government's financial crisis
2. Read more about the benefits of being compassionate.
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/compassionate_mind_h
ealthy_body

36. Thankyou!
Questions?
Created by : Ruxandra Nicolescu – English Online
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