Creating Strong Kids Through Writing: 30-Minute Lessons That Build Empathy, Self-Awareness, and Social-Emotional Understanding in Grades 4-8

by Deborah S. Delisle, James Delisle

Overview

Teachers are always looking for activities that not only enhance the mechanics of writing--grammar, spelling, and syntax--but also allow students to express themselves in creative and personal ways. Creating Strong Kids Through Writing is the perfect resource for teachers seeking quick, ready-to-use writing lessons that encourage social and emotional growth, personal development, introspection, and innovative thinking in students. Each of the 20 lessons has been classroom-tested with students of all ability levels in grades 4-8, and each lesson contains one or more samples of student work to help guide and inspire student writers. Creating Strong Kids Through Writing is a resource teachers will turn to again and again when they seek writing lessons that, although short in duration, are lasting in their personal impact on student growth.

Grades 4-8

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781618218452
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/15/2019
Pages:	150
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	9 - 13 Years

About the Author

Deborah S. Delisle is the president and CEO of the Alliance for Excellent Education (All4Ed), a national nonprofit committed to improving the educational outcomes--and lives--of high school students, especially those traditionally underserved.

James R. Delisle has worked in gifted child education for 40 years as a teacher, professor, counselor, and dad. He is the author of 21 books, including the best-selling Parenting Gifted Kids and The Gifted Teen Survival Guide (with Judy Galbraith). His work has been translated into multiple languages and has been featured in both top research outlets and popular media sources like The New York Times and the Oprah Winfrey Show.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Part I Lessons for the Beginning of the Year

Lesson 1 Getting to Knew Students From the Inside Out 11

Lesson 2 Who Knew? 19

Lesson 3 Visual Enigmas 23

Lesson 4 That's Just like Me! 29

Lesson 5 The Pyramid of Personal Qualities 34

Lesson 6 Quotes From the Ages, Quotes From the Sages 41

Part II Lessons for Any Time of the Year

Lesson 7 Six Words Can Make a Difference 48

Lesson 8 A Case of Vowel Play 57

Lesson 9 The ABC's of Life 63

Lesson 10 Nanofiction 70

Lesson 11 Fascinating Fibonacci 76

Lesson 12 The Lingo of Language 84

Lesson 13 Tabula Rasa 90

Lesson 14 Two Sides of the Same Coin 96

Lesson 15 Science Fact and Fiction 103

Part III Lessons for the End of the Year

Lesson 16 The Book of Really Big Questions 110

Lesson 17 The Last Time 115

Lesson 18 Just a Utile Bit of Awesome 122

Lesson 19 It We Were in Charge of the World 128

Lesson 20 It Gives Me 132

References 139

About the Authors 141

Editorial Reviews

With all the buzz (and accompanying teacher expectations) about Social-Emotional Learning, Creating Strong Kids Through Writing is a much-needed resource. The authors have created an easy-to-use book of activities to help teachers help adolescents grow socially and emotionally., Anne Anderson, MiddleWeb, 8/22/19

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