You will be assigned or will choose one of the represented dilemmas and explain how the story involves one (or more) of the 3 Es of good work. Once you are done, discuss with someone else who analyzed a different dilemma. Discuss your respective dilemmas, and then, each in turn, you will act out the dilemmas, one of you taking on the role of the protagonist and the other, that of the mentor.
Mirror Test
Use this worksheet to help you conduct your own Mirror Test. This process of reflection should be regularly practiced. Using the questions in the worksheet, write a reflection, written or illustrated.
Identifying Anti-Mentors
In pairs, think about someone you don’t admire and discuss, using the prompts available in the worksheet, why you don’t admire this individual.
Who Does Good Work?
What Advice Would You Give?
Dramatic Dialogue
In this long-term project, participants draft the script of a dialogue between an individual and a mentor in the midst of a challenging situation. Participants perform their scene for a group. Note: This reflective activity is specific to the narratives “Acting Out,” “Tough Love,” and “What’s a Mentor?”.