Lesson 3: What should a group do after a public mistake? Printable pages
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Grades 6–8
Task: Fix Gia’s apology using a four-line template, then read it aloud as Anika would hear it.
Students make: Four-sentence correction.
One class period: 45 minutes. Full chapter: 79 minutes.
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Task: Write a correction and a one-paragraph repair plan with a named owner and a date to check it.
Students make: Correction (70–100 words) plus repair paragraph (80–120 words).
One class period: 50 minutes. Full chapter: 92 minutes.
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Task: Build a full crisis communications plan for the recap error: goals, audiences, key message, channels, holding statement, correction and measurement.
Students make: Communications plan, one page (about 400 words).
One class period: 60 minutes. Full chapter: 98 minutes.
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Task: Write a corrections policy for a student club’s social accounts, then use it to write the correction for the crew’s recap caption.
Students make: Corrections policy, 250–350 words, plus a posted correction of 70–100 words.
One class period: 75 minutes. Full chapter: 106 minutes.
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Family page Lesson 3: What should a group do after a public mistake?
In this case, a group of friends posts a caption that wrongly blames younger neighbors for a late start. Your student compared the caption with an event log and wrote a correction and a plan to repair the harm.
Questions to talk about
- What makes an apology feel complete?
- Where should a correction appear so the people who saw a mistake will see it?
- How can a group check a claim before it posts about an event?
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