Tool: Phase sample sequences
Sample sequences to help facilitators new to the Adolescent Kit
The following are sample sequences to help facilitators new to the Adolescent Kit.
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Sample 1: Starting our circle phase
Sample 2: Knowing ourselves phase
Sample 3: Connecting phase
Sample 4: Taking action phase
Sample 1: Starting our circle phase
Facilitator’s name: James Nzuki
Date: 21 July 2025
Name of adolescent circle: The Windy Boys
Phase: Starting our circle
This Adolescent circle’s goals are… to have fun, and to get to know people their own age as they adjust to a new environment.
Session no.: 1 Time: 45 minutes
Warm-up activity: Name dance
Challenge activity 1: Circle of twins
Challenge activity 2: Memorize my moves
Session no.: 2 Time: 45 minutes
Warm-up activity: Volleyballoon
Challenge activity 1: Setting group goals
Challenge activity 2: Group statues
Session no.: 3 Time: 45 minutes
Warm-up activity: Name dance
Challenge activity 1: Contour drawing
Challenge activity 2: Weaving our web
Session no.: 4 Time: 45 minutes
Warm-up activity: Group statues
Challenge activity 1: Setting group goals
Challenge activity 2: Memorize my moves
Session no.: 5 Time: 45 minutes
Warm-up activity: Name dance
Challenge activity 1: Relaxation response
Challenge activity 2: Circle of twins
Session no.: 6 Time: 45 minutes
Warm-up activity: Volleyballoon
Challenge activity 1: Strange animals
Challenge activity 2: Memorize my moves
Session no.: 7 Time: 45 minutes
Warm-up activity: Zip zap zop
Challenge activity 1: The Dao of drawing
Challenge activity 2: Memorize my moves
Session no.: 8 Time: 45 minutes
Warm-up activity: Who is the leader?
Challenge activity 1: Reviewing group rules
Challenge activity 2: Dancing on paper
Session no.: 9 Time: 45 minutes
Warm-up activity: Weaving our web
Challenge activity 1: Relaxation response
Challenge activity 2: Memorize my moves
Session no.: 10 Time: 45 minutes
Warm-up activity: Guess who I am
Challenge activity 1: Reviewing progress toward group goals
Challenge activity 2: Memorize my moves
Sample 2: Knowing ourselves phase
Facilitator’s name: Zahra Ahmad
Date: 21 July 2025
Name of adolescent circle: Spirit team
Phase: Knowing ourselves
This Adolescent circle’s goals are… To develop their competencies for identity and self-esteem; to practice drawing (agreed in Session 2).
Session no.: 1 Time: 60 minutes
Warm-up activity: Circle of twins
Challenge activity: Silhouettes
At the end of this session adolescents will have… drawn a self-portrait.
Facilitator notes: Bring the adolescents’ self-portraits to the next sessions. They can add detail to those drawings as part of their work on future activities or start new drawings.
Session no.: 2 Time: 60 minutes
Warm-up activity: Contour drawing
Challenge activity: Setting group goals
At the end of this session adolescents will have… agreed to goals that they want to achieve through their time together.
Facilitator notes: Find out if adolescents are interested in continuing to practice drawing skills or if they would like to try new kinds of activities.
Session no.: 3 Time: 60 minutes
Warm-up activity: Relaxation response
Challenge activity: Ourselves on the inside and outside
At the end of this session adolescents will have… drawn a new self-portrait or added to the self-portrait they began in session 1.
Facilitator notes: End with a ‘gallery walk’ for adolescents to see each other’s self-portraits.
Session no.: 4 Time: 45 minutes
Warm-up activity: The Dao of drawing
Challenge activity: Setting group rules
At the end of this session adolescents will have… agreed to rules for how they will work together as a group.
Facilitator notes: Be sure that adolescents set rules for how they will give feedback about each other’s drawings in a supportive and respectful way.
Session no.: 5 Time: 60 minutes
Warm-up activity: Weaving our web
Challenge activity: Practice and project time
At the end of this session adolescents will have… finished a self-portrait and taken more time to practice drawing.
Facilitator notes: End with a ‘gallery walk’ for adolescents to see each other’s self-portraits.
Session no.: 6 Time: 60 minutes
Warm-up activity: Who is the leader
Challenge activity: Musical band (Silence and sounds)
At the end of this session adolescents will have… tried a group activity involving making music together.
Facilitator notes: Try this activity to take a break from drawing and give adolescents a chance to try participating in an activity as a group. Keep the ‘Silence and sounds’ activity guide ready in case we finish ‘Musical band’ together.
Session no.: 7 Time: 60 minutes
Warm-up activity: Group statues
Challenge activity: Relationship map
At the end of this session adolescents will have… created a map of important relationships in their lives.
Facilitator notes: Bring self-portraits from week 1 in case adolescents want to refer to them or even add to them as they draw their maps. In the summary step, remember to discuss how positive relationships connect to adolescents’ identities and strengths.
Session no.: 8 Time: 60 minutes
Warm-up activity: Weaving our web
Challenge activity: Reviewing group rules (Practice and project time)
At the end of this session adolescents will have… revised their rules for working together, if they want to do so, and added to their map of important relationships.
Facilitator notes: Now that adolescents are sharing their drawings with each other, it might be helpful for them to review their rules for sharing positive feedback. If the ‘reviewing group rules’ activity goes quickly, use the rest of the session for practice and project time.
Session no.: 9 Time: 60 minutes
Warm-up activity: Follow my lead
Challenge activity: What we do
At the end of this session adolescents will have… created drawings or poems about positive things they do for people around them.
Facilitator notes: Display drawings from this session around the space as a reminder of the positive things they do for themselves and each other. Adolescents in this circle seem shy and might not be ready to work together, so they can do this individually as a drawing or a poem. For those who want to try writing a poem instead of drawing, start with the phrase ‘To help myself and the people in my life I…’ and have adolescents finish the sentence in as many ways as they can. Their answers become the poem.
Session no.: 10 Time: 60 minutes
Warm-up activity: Juggling ball game
Challenge activity: Review progress toward group goals
At the end of this session adolescents will have… decided if they have achieved their goals, and if they want to finish this phase with a project together (such as an exhibition) or move on to a new phase.
Facilitator notes: This circle might be ready to move on to a new phase, but they may also want more time to practice drawing and/or to share their work with other people in the community before they do so.
Sample 3: Connecting phase
Facilitator’s name: Julio Baez
Date: 21 July 2025
Name of adolescent circle: “Next-net”
Phase: Connecting
This Adolescent circle’s goals are… to develop their competencies for hope for the future and goal setting, and find and develop positive relationships with other people in the community who can help them to learn new skills.
Session no.: 1 Time: Monday, 5:00PM- 6:30PM
Warm-up activity: Zip zap zop
Challenge activity: Setting group goals
At the end of this session adolescents will have… set their goals for what they want to learn and achieve together.
Facilitator notes: Choose and adapt activities based on adolescents’ goals and interests.
Session no.: 2 Time: Wednesday, 5:00PM- 6:30PM
Warm-up activity: Follow my lead
Challenge activity: Personal interests self-assessment
At the end of this session adolescents will have… developed a list of their skills, including those that they would like to learn and practice more.
Facilitator notes: Give each adolescent a chance to focus on one or two skills that they want to develop, whether it is a new skill or one they have already had a chance to learn and practice.
Session no.: 3 Time: Monday, 5:00PM- 6:30PM
Warm-up activity: Weaving our web
Challenge activity: Agreeing to group rules
At the end of this session adolescents will have… agreed to their group rules.
Facilitator notes: This adolescent circle has worked together in earlier phases, so it should not take them too long to create new rules for how they will work together in this phase.
Session no.: 4 Time: Wednesday, 5:00PM- 6:30PM
Warm-up activity: Relaxation response
Challenge activity: Our environment
At the end of this session adolescents will have… begun to draw a map of the community in which they are living.
Facilitator notes: Since adolescents are interested in connecting with people who can help them to learn specific skills, encourage adolescents to think about where they might find people in the community who have and use those skills.
Session no.: 5 Time: Monday, 5:00PM- 6:30PM
Warm-up activity: Dao of drawing
Challenge activity: Our environment
At the end of this session adolescents will have… completed a map of the community in which they are living.
Facilitator notes: In the summary step identify specific places and specific people who could be resources for adolescents to learn or develop skills. Use the list of people and places (and the maps) in the next session.
Session no.: 6 Time: Wednesday, 5:00PM- 6:30PM
Warm-up activity: Who is the leader
Challenge activity: Practicing interview skills
At the end of this session adolescents will have… identified someone in the community that they want to interview and begun to write interview questions.
Facilitator notes: Start to reach out to the various people adolescents want to interview to explain the goals of our project and see if they are interested in participating. Make sure they are comfortable with our using their responses to interview questions.
Session no.: 7 Time: Monday, 5:00PM- 6:30PM
Warm-up activity: Zip zap zop
Challenge activity: Gathering stories
At the end of this session adolescents will have… revised and added to their interview questions to prepare for their interviews with a community member.
Facilitator notes: Adapt the Gathering stories activity to focus on gathering stories about how the interviewees learned and developed the skill or ability that is of interest to the adolescents.
Session no.: 8 Time: Wednesday, 5:00PM- 6:30PM
Warm-up activity: Silence and sounds (from Knowing ourselves)
Challenge activity: Using interview skills
At the end of this session adolescents will have… completed an interview with someone in the community focusing on a story of learning from that person’s life.
Facilitator notes: Use this time for adolescents to go into the community and conduct their interviews. Some adolescents may be conducting their interviews at other times, so they can either observe others’ interviews or use the time to write up notes.
Session no.: 9 Time: Monday, 5:00PM- 6:30PM
Warm-up activity: Relaxation response
Challenge activity: Practice and project time
At the end of this session adolescents will have… written a (true) story based on their notes from the interview.
Facilitator notes: For the sharing and take-away step, adolescents can read their stories aloud (final versions or drafts in progress). Discuss whether there are patterns in the stories of how the interviewees learned their skills, and how adolescents can present the stories in an exhibition or newsletter.
Session no.: 10 Time: Wednesday, 5:00PM- 6:30PM
Warm-up activity: Weaving our web
Challenge activity: Reviewing progress toward group goals.
At the end of this session adolescents will have… decided if they want to take more steps in this phase, or if they have achieved their goals and want move on to a new phase.
Facilitator notes: Discuss whether adolescents want to take steps to exhibit or share the stories they created before moving onto a new phase.
Sample 4: Taking action phase
Facilitator’s name: Elizabeth Thompson
Date: 21 July 2025
Name of adolescent circle: Change Force
Phase: Taking action
This Adolescent circle’s goals are… to develop their competencies in creativity and innovation and make a positive contribution to their community.
Session no.: 1 Time: Monday, 5:00PM- 6:30PM
Warm-up activity: Zip zap zop
Challenge activity: Setting group goals
At the end of this session adolescents will have… set their goals for what they want to learn and achieve together.
Facilitator notes: Choose and adapt activities based on adolescents’ goals and interests.
Session no.: 2 Time: Wednesday, 5:00PM- 6:30PM
Warm-up activity: Follow my lead
Challenge activity: Personal interests self-assessment
At the end of this session adolescents will have… developed a list of their skills, including those that they would like to learn and practice more.
Facilitator notes: Give each adolescent a chance to focus on one or two skills that they want to develop, whether it is a new skill or one they have already had a chance to learn and practice.
Session no.: 3 Time: Monday, 5:00PM- 6:30PM
Warm-up activity: Weaving our web
Challenge activity: Agreeing to group rules
At the end of this session adolescents will have… agreed to their group rules.
Facilitator notes: This adolescent circle has worked together in earlier phases, so it should not take them too long to create new rules for how they will work together in this phase.
Session no.: 4 Time: Wednesday, 5:00PM- 6:30PM
Warm-up activity: Relaxation response
Challenge activity: Our environment
At the end of this session adolescents will have… begun to draw a map of the community in which they are living.
Facilitator notes: Since adolescents are interested in connecting with people who can help them to learn specific skills, encourage adolescents to think about where they might find people in the community who have and use those skills.
Session no.: 5 Time: Monday, 5:00PM- 6:30PM
Warm-up activity: Dao of drawing
Challenge activity: Our environment
At the end of this session adolescents will have… completed a map of the community in which they are living.
Facilitator notes: In the summary step identify specific places and specific people who could be resources for adolescents to learn or develop skills. Use the list of people and places (and the maps) in the next session.
Session no.: 6 Time: Wednesday, 5:00PM- 6:30PM
Warm-up activity: Who is the leader
Challenge activity: Practicing interview skills
At the end of this session adolescents will have… identified someone in the community that they want to interview and begun to write interview questions.
Facilitator notes: Start to reach out to the various people adolescents want to interview to explain the goals of our project and see if they are interested in participating. Make sure they are comfortable with our using their responses to interview questions.
Session no.: 7 Time: Monday, 5:00PM- 6:30PM
Warm-up activity: Zip zap zop
Challenge activity: Gathering stories
At the end of this session adolescents will have… revised and added to their interview questions to prepare for their interviews with a community member.
Facilitator notes: Adapt the Gathering stories activity to focus on gathering stories about how the interviewees learned and developed the skill or ability that is of interest to the adolescents.
Session no.: 8 Time: Wednesday, 5:00PM- 6:30PM
Warm-up activity: Silence and sounds (from Knowing ourselves)
Challenge activity: Using interview skills
At the end of this session adolescents will have… completed an interview with someone in the community focusing on a story of learning from that person’s life.
Facilitator notes: Use this time for adolescents to go into the community and conduct their interviews. Some adolescents may be conducting their interviews at other times, so they can either observe others’ interviews or use the time to write up notes.
Session no.: 9 Time: Monday, 5:00PM- 6:30PM
Warm-up activity: Relaxation response
Challenge activity: Practice and project time
At the end of this session adolescents will have… written a (true) story based on their notes from the interview.
Facilitator notes: For the sharing and take-away step, adolescents can read their stories aloud (final versions or drafts in progress). Discuss whether there are patterns in the stories of how the interviewees learned their skills, and how adolescents can present the stories in an exhibition or newsletter.
Session no.: 10 Time: Wednesday, 5:00PM- 6:30PM
Warm-up activity: Weaving our web
Challenge activity: Our progress toward our goals.
At the end of this session adolescents will have… decided if they want to take more steps in this phase, or if they have achieved their goals and want move on to a new phase.
Facilitator notes: Discuss whether adolescents want to take steps to exhibit or share the stories they created before moving onto a new phase.
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The tool provides sample sequences to help facilitators new to the Adolescent Kit.
