Provide a metaview, lifting students into a wider view of the concept. Use another medium (not reading or writing) to connect students' personal knowing to the concept (i.e. visual arts, music, movement, metaphor, etc.) Involve learners in reflective production that blends the emotional and the cognitive.

Have the learners draw five “things” they would miss if they were away from home.

Objective: To introduce the idea of leaving what we know and how sometimes it results in what we call “homesickness”.

Activity: Have the learners draw five “things” they would miss if they were away from home.

Assessment: The level of meaning for the missing things