Emo-Story Resilience Workshop

DESCRIPTION:
The Emo-Story Resilience Workshop is a linguistic activity tailored for students aged 10-12 to foster emotional competence, particularly resilience. Over 40 minutes, students engage in creative storytelling to understand and develop resilience while using their language skills.

OUTCOMES:

• enhanced emotional competence, focusing on resilience and emotional expression.
• improved language skills, including vocabulary and communication.
• increased self-awareness of personal strengths related to resilience.
• greater empathy and understanding of the challenges faced by others.

DURATION: 2 lessons - each with a duration of 40 minutes

MATERIALS:

• Paper and writing utensils or access to a digital document for online classes.
• Access to a whiteboard or a digital platform for online classes.
• Access to a camera or smartphone (for online classes).
• Access to a video conferencing platform (for online classes).

SKILLS RELATED:

• emotional expression through storytelling.
• vocabulary and language skills.
• self-reflection and self-awareness.
• empathy and understanding of others.

INSTRUCTIONS:

• Start by discussing the concept of resilience and its importance in navigating challenges.
• Set the stage by sharing a brief story of a personal or fictional character's journey that demonstrates resilience.
• Distribute paper and writing utensils.
• Instruct students to create their own short stories that showcase a character's resilience in the face of adversity.
• After the allotted time, have students share their stories with the class, encouraging discussion on the theme of resilience.

Tips:

• Encourage creativity and emphasize that there are no right or wrong answers; the focus is on exploring resilience.
• Create a supportive and empathetic atmosphere where students feel comfortable sharing their stories.
• Lead a discussion after the activity, focusing on the common elements of resilience in the stories.
• Highlight the importance of understanding and developing resilience in daily life.

REFLECTION:

• What elements of resilience did you explore in your story, and how might those aspects be applicable to your own life?
• How did writing a story about resilience affect your understanding of this concept, and how might it influence the way you approach challenges?
• In what ways can developing resilience through storytelling help you understand and support your peers when they face difficulties?