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Pausing before responding to a disagreement
Grades 6–8 · Ready-made original
Write, draw, or say your answer. You may pass.
An example
Taylor opens the assignment page and sees a quiz and a project due on the same day. Taylor's shoulders tighten, thoughts jump between tasks, and the first reaction is to close the laptop. The next class begins in five minutes.
What pause and next action could help?
One possible response: Rest hands, look away from the page briefly, then write one question about the two deadlines.
1. A student sees three missing tasks and wants to shut the page.
What pause and next action could help?
2. A student gets stuck on the first quiz question and assumes every question will be hard.
What pause and next action could help?
One sentence to keep
Choose one story above. Write the first thing the person could say or do.