Children Young Adults Literature

 Childhood Childhood that thing that has so much meaning  Childhood something that no one has mastered Childhood the struggle of becoming an adult childhood the unknown Childhood that thing we all look forward to  Childhood the possibilities are endless Childhood a thing we all struggle to get through

Life that is unknown  Life that is scary Life that has family secrets  Life that no one understands  life that makes us feel like we are fighting our own self Life that family is hard to understand Life full over roller coaster of emotions  Life that makes no sense to anyone involed  Life that has chocies

 1. Mental health hotline resource:https://namimn.org/support/resources/crisis-resources/ 2. https://sites.google.com/a/mystma.org/7th-grade-health-and-physical-education--mrs-lapointe/unit-1-mental-health-1 3. Parent letters before reading and having this lesson 4. I also looked into how to have a conversation with student 5. How students reacted to conversation like this one Things I still need to figure out: What grade I am thinking either 6th grade of 7th grade  How I am going organize my assignment and the history and content behind that 

 Week One: Week Two; Week three: Week Four: I think I plan to do my unit project on the book Don't Call Me Crazy I wrote bullet points on what I think I choose to include.  1. During the first week I would do an introduction to mental health and start reading the book  2. During the second week I would have them take one of the stories and really dive into their own self and figure out what they can relate to and have them teach a small group. This would then lead to some discussions. 3. Third week I would have them do a project around the story of their choice and I would make sure to have the projects all setup and assigned to each piece of work.  4. The last week I would have them create a project that takes one of the stories that they felt like they will remember the most and create a dream board kind of project to show how it impacted them and how they won't forget it. 

  “She leaned down and looked at his lifeless face and Leisel kissed her best friend, Rudy Steiner, soft and true on his lips. He tasted dusty and sweet. He tasted like regret in the shadows of trees and in the glow of the anarchist's suit collection. She kissed him long and soft, and when she pulled herself away, she touched his mouth with her fingers...She did not say goodbye. She was incapable, and after a few more minutes at his side, she was able to tear herself from the ground. It amazes me what humans can do, even when streams are flowing down their faces and they stagger on...”     I think this passage was very important because it made it so that a reader was able to understand how hard the situation was. It was able to pull me closer to understanding the characters and the story. I think that the characters were going through. I was able to fully understand the emotions and the heartbreak that was occurring. I think without this passage you would not have had th...