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Grade 7 NC Essential Standard

Interpersonal Communication and Relationships

7.ICR.1

Understand healthy and effective interpersonal communication and relationships.

Activity 1

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Scene:
Time Code (4:09-9:36)
In this scene, the audience is introduced to 10 year old Harry Potter and his relationship with the Dursley’s. Students will learn to discern the qualities of Harry’s relationships. This scene exemplifies the characteristics of an unhealthy relationship.

Before Viewing the Film:


Teacher will discuss the importance of a person’s social well-being. Teacher will explain that a person can have healthy or unhealthy social characteristics. Healthy relationships can enrich one’s life while an unhealthy relationship can cause undue turmoil and stress.
Teacher will engage students in a discussion of characteristics that are associated with healthy relationships: loyalty, concern, trustworthiness, and mutual respect.
Students will be asked to take a few minutes and write in their journal about the relationships in their life: father, mother, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. Evaluating them and identifying the characteristics associated with a healthy relationship.
While Viewing the Film:


While viewing the film students will be asked to pay attention to the interaction between Harry and The Dursley’s. Is a healthy or unhealthy relationship? Look for the characteristics displayed.
Pay attention to what the camera is focusing on. What do you notice or take away from the scene? How? What emotion does this evoke?

After Viewing the Film:

Teacher will divide class into groups of four. Students will be instructed to share and discuss what was your attention drawn to? What did you take away from the scene?
Examine Harry’s relationship with the Dursley’s. How do you think Harry felt? What do you think of his living conditions? Identify at least four characteristics of Harry’s relationships.
Teacher will then have students list the characteristics of the relationship with the each member of the Dursley family. This can be done in multiple ways: poster board, white board, or smart board.
Teacher will then lead class in discussion of why these relationships are healthy or unhealthy. Students will be asked to give examples or explanations how they came to their conclusions.

Activity Scene

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(1:53:30-2:06:45)
In the final scenes of the movie, the importance of friendship above all else is displayed. Harry, Ron, and Hermione are only able to pass through the protective challenges of the Sorcerer’s Stone by combining their strengths and depending on each other as friends.
Key Dialoge:
Hermione: You’ll be okay Harry. You’re a great wizard. You really are.
Harry: Not as good as you.
Hermione: Me? Books, cleverness. There are more important things. Friendship and bravery. And Harry, just be careful.

(2:19-2:20:50)
In the closing scene, Dumbledore acknowledges awards points to Gryffindor for Hermione’s use of intellect, Ron for his best played game of wizards chess, and Harry for his courage. Dumbledore also acknowledges Neville for standing up to his friends.

Key Dialoge:
Dumbledore: I have a few last-minute points to award. To Miss. Hermione Granger, for the cool use of intellect when others were in grave peril. 50 points. Second, to Mr. Ronald Weasley, for the best-played game of chess Hogwarts has seen these many years. 50 points. And third, to Mr. Harry Potter, for pure nerve and outstanding courage. I award Gryffindor House 60 points.
Hermione: We're tied with Slytherin!
Dumbledore: And finally, it takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to your enemies. But a great deal more to stand up to your friends. I award 10 points to Neville Longbottom.

Teacher Notes & Activity Before Viewing the Film:

Teacher will discuss the importance of healthy friendships and reiterate the characteristics associated with a healthy relationship.
Explain that friends should value each other, listen to each other, and support each other.
Each person should know what qualities they want in a friend and try to bring those qualities to the friendship as well.
Good friends are capable of sharing feelings and often have interests in common. They may also have different strengths to bring to the friendship. Discuss why these are important.
Have students take a few minutes to write in their journal about the characteristics they bring to their friendships. Do they see anything missing?
Using these scenes can help students understand the dynamics and workings of friendships. It provides a vehicle to open a discussion on the strengths each character contributed in order to be successful in accomplishing their tasks. Only by using their strengths together and protecting each other are the three students able to achieve the same feat as Voldemort and ultimately access the final room of the challenge.

After Viewing the Film:

Teacher will facilitate class discussion on dynamics of friendships.
List the qualities of friendship on white board, poster board, smart boards.
In order to have good friends you must be a good friends.
Friends should value each other, listen to each other, and support each other
Each friend has a strength and/or weakness.
Discuss how the characters in the scene had to combine strengths and protecting each other to navigate through wizards chess, get the key to open the door, and survive Devils Snare.
Harry has courage, determination, and his flying skills
Ron has his skill at wizard’s chess and his loyalty to his friends
Hermione has logic and a vast magical knowledge.
Peer Pressure--Discuss Neville’s standing up to his friends.

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This can open a discussion for peer pressure depending on the dynamics and openness of classroom.
Negative peer pressure is one sign of an unhealthy relationship.
Do you need to agree with your friends at all times?

Challenge students to evaluate the friendship they wrote about in their journal.
Take a few minutes to list the characters you want in your friends but at the same time challenge students to be a better friend.
As a class project you want to take a bulletin board and display the ideals of a good friend. Hang an image of a male and female student with a tree. Give each student a couple of leaves and have them write the characteristics of a good friend. Then place the leaves on the tree.