S4 SED Lesson 3 For Better or For Worst by Westwood Secondary School

Choose any of these questions and discuss in pairs.

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Q1. How easy is it to maintain a positive relationship (with your parents/ siblings/ friends/ girlfriend/ boyfriend)?

Q2. What kind of conflicts have you had with them? How did you resolve them? Or if you did not resolve some of them, why?

Q3. Would you respond differently if the misunderstanding occurred in a marriage? What makes a relationship in a marriage different?

Video Imperfections (0:00-2:50)

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Part 1: How did Jared’s actions lead to the argument?

-What was Jared saying and doing before the argument?

-How did his response to Cynthia lead to the argument?

Video Imperfections (0:00-2:50)

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Part 2: How did Cynthia’s actions and inactions lead to the argument?

What was Cynthia saying and doing at the beginning of the video?

Video Imperfections (0:00-2:50)

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Part 3: What could have been done, or handled differently, to avoid the argument?

“Who should apologise first – Jared or Cynthia?”

westwoodssict — 2025-05-05 16:02:25 UTC

Get students into groups of four or five to think about the dilemma:

“Who should apologise first – Jared or Cynthia?” and share their response and reasons in their groups.

Video Imperfections (2:50-7:30)

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What did Jared and Cynthia say and do that helped to resolve the conflict?

Video Imperfections (2:50-7:30)

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How can Jared and Cynthia maintain and deepen a positive relationship?

Personal reflection

westwoodssict — 2025-05-05 16:06:02 UTC

Recall one moment in your life when a lack of appropriate communication or a lack of understanding resulted in a conflict in one of your relationships.

Having gone through this lesson, what would you have done differently to improve the relationship?