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.
Groups draw situations in pictorial/symbolic form to share with class.
Objective: To enable students to express their feelings symbolically.
Activity: Students create a symbol for the pressure they felt in the situations that were discussed and shared.
Assessment: Symbolic representation of the feelings generated by personal pressure.