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Grow Through It:Fostering Resilience and Empathy Through Story
Presenters
Susan Dee: K-5 Literacy Strategist
@LiteracyDocent
Gigi McAllister: Teacher
Lynda Mullaly Hunt: Author
Jennifer Nielsen: Author
Leslie Connor: Author
Early Elementary
Images from Goodreads
Middle Grade
Images from Goodreads
Questions to Ask During Reading:
•Why do you think the character keeps trying even though nothing seems to be working yet?
•What choices does he/she have?
•What advice would you give this character?
Questions for After Reading:
•What could have happened if the character had given up?
•How are you like the character?
•Have you ever given up when trying to learn or do something? What made you give up?
•What is something you have had to work hard to do?
For Older Students:
•How would you describe the character’s personality?
•What were some obstacles the character had to overcome?
•How are you like the character?
•What do you think motivated the character to keep trying?
Lynda Mullaly Hunt
Author
@LynMullalyHunt
LyndaMullalyHunt.com
Traits of a Resilient Book Character.
Children who are loved at home come to school
to learn. Children who aren’t
come to school to be loved.
~Nicholas A Ferroni~
Characteristics of Resilience
1) The ability—and willingness—to push through fear and take chances. In books, we sometimes call this “plucky.”
3) At least some level of positive self–esteem –must feel real. Must impress themselves.
4) The capability to spot an adult who can help – and accept that help.
2) Understand that failure is normal, expected – and for *everyone.*
Jennifer Nielsen
Author
@nielsenwriter
www.jennielsen.com
The Impact of Writing
• Readers will read themselves into a story.
Reading Ignites Neural Pathways in the Brain.
Reading Ignites Neural Pathways in the Brain.
2013 Emory University
What? Others have emotions too?
2014 Journal of Applied Social Psychology
What? Others have emotions too?
University of Michigan
Writing Takes It One Step Further.
Writing Prompts to Explore Emotions
General Approach…
Prompts which touch on
common childhood emotions
Being Lost
Prompts which touch on common childhood emotions
Write about an animal that gets lost from his or her family. How do they get home again?
Fear of the Dark
Prompts which touch on common childhood worries.
Write about a character
who was afraid of the dark
…until they discovered
something really silly!
The Desire to Matter
Prompts which touch onthe need to feel heroic.
Write about a character who saves the class from an attack of the marshmallow aliens!
Above all…
Let the child write
themselves as the hero of
their story!
Leslie Connor
Author
www.leslieconnor.com
This little girl loved Laura Ingalls…
…and Garth Williams, too!
Thank you, Rumer Godden
Leslie Connor (is a genre hopper).
Where to Find Authors
Lynda Mullaly Hunt:Penguin Young Readers 1:00
Anderson’s 4:00
Jennifer Nielsen:
Anderson’s Booth 3:30
Scholastic Booth 4:00
Leslie Connor: HarperCollins Children’s Booth 2:30
