ATL Skills
Main Activity: Reconnect
Main Activity: Reconnect
Think of a person who helped/guided/advised you in the past, who you no longer talk to regularly?
Write a letter to this person to reconnect.
Send it to them.
Put a copy of your letter in your your CLS folder with the name: [yyyymmdd]-[Your surname]-[Assignment name]
Drifted away
Sentence starters to reconnect
Sentence starters to reconnect
Opening
"It's been so long since we've last connected!"
"I've been thinking about you lately and wanted to reach out."
Middle
"I wanted to share with you..."
“Since we last talked, I’ve…”
"I've been going through a lot lately, and I thought you might understand."
"Remember when..."
"I'm really grateful for..."
"I've been thinking about our conversations about..."
"I've missed our chats about..."
Closing
"I'd love to catch up sometime soon."
"Please let me know how you're doing."
"Thank you for taking the time to read this."
"I hope to hear from you soon."
"With much love and gratitude,"
Follow-Up Activity: Ask for Advice
Follow-Up Activity: Ask for Advice
Objective: Practice seeking help for a challenge your facing.
Activity: Write a follow up letter to your mentor to get advice. Describe a challenge your facing:
a problem
a decision you are having trouble making
a skill you want to improve in
a behaviour you want to change
a person you don't know how to talk to
Explore More
Explore More
Article: Boys to Men: No Mercy No Malice (Galloway, S., 2023)
Article: Introduction to Mentoring (American Psychological Association, 2012)
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