My Red Flag and Green Flag

Individual work

• The teacher assigns one or more cards to the student.
• The student reads the card, thinks about their own red flag and green flag in that situation, and prepares 2–3 sentences explaining their answers.
• The student then shares their ideas and explains why they chose those behaviours.
• The teacher can model a sample answer before the activity.

For example: Learning a language — "My green flag is that I practise a little every day. My red flag is that I stop speaking when I'm afraid of making mistakes."

Pair / Group work (including breakout rooms)

• The teacher assigns one or more cards to the pair or group.
• One student reads the card and shares their own red flag and green flag for that situation.
• Their partner asks follow-up questions, compares their own answers, and discusses which behaviours are generally considered red or green flags.
• Students then swap roles and continue with a new card.

Extra ideas

• Students find three situations where they have the same red flag or green flag.
• Students decide which green flag is their strongest and which red flag they would most like to change.
• Students rank the situations from the easiest to the most difficult and explain whether their red or green flags change.
• Students find a classmate with the most similar or completely opposite red and green flags.