Summary
Contents
Thank you, Thank you. I have been looking for months for an EL course for secondary pupils. This book is fantastic' - Anne Sinar, Teaching and Learning Co-ordinator, Beacon Hill High School, Blackpool There is an increasing demand for resources to support teachers in developing young peoples emotional literacy. The 20 lessons explore a range of feelings and provide facilitator notes and activities to help young people: " recognise their emotions in order to be able to label or define them " manage their emotions in order to develop and sustain positive relationships. The 20 lessons include: " introduction to an emotion and warm-up " questions for Circle Time and activities " take home tasks and reinforcement " ideas for a plenary session. Includes photocopiable resources and printable worksheets on the CD. As with all Tinas books this is a practical resource which will engage young people.
Course Review
Introduction
This final session encourages the students to reflect upon the course as a whole and to identify and articulate the skills and strategies that they have learnt. There is also an opportunity for the students to re-visit their initial personal rating scales and to identify and assess their development of skills in each of the key areas as follows:
- an awareness of feelings
- personal insight
- self-assurance
- self-control
- authenticity
- accountability
- flexibility
- self-motivation.
There is an opportunity for the students to formulate specific targets for themselves in each of the key skill areas of Emotional Literacy alongside celebrating the fact that they have successfully completed the course.
In this final session the students can be asked to define the notion of Emotional Literacy and the facilitator ...