Express your feelings Social Stories

Activity Overview

Sometimes it can be difficult for children of all ages to put their unhappy or angry feelings into words, even though talking about these feelings makes us feel better. For this activity, students will think about a time when they were sad or angry, and what they did to feel better, and illustrate it in a social story. Students may also make up a scenario if they cannot think or, or are uncomfortable using a real one. Be sure to remind students not to use real names if it is a real memory.

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Template and Class Instructions

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Objective: Create a social story, real or made up, that illustrates a scenario with unhappy or angry feelings.

Student Instructions

Click “Start Assignment”.
Use the provided blank template to begin your assignment.
Write out the story in the description boxes. Be sure to include a cell at the end that shows the outcome or the solution if possible.
Illustrate each description using appropriate Storyboard That art.
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6 cell one row with description only template

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Lesson Plan Reference

Grade Level 3-6

Difficulty Level 2 (Reinforcing / Developing)

Type of Assignment Individual

Type of Activity: Introduction To Social Stories

Common Core Standards

[ELA-Literacy/W/4/1] Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons and information.

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Rubric

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Rubric

	Proficient 5 Points	Emerging 3 Points	Beginning 1 Points
Explanation	The descriptions are clear and at least two sentences.	The descriptions can be understood but it are somewhat unclear.	The descriptions are unclear and are not at least two sentences.
Illustrations	The illustrations represent the descriptions using appropriate scenes, characters and items.	The illustrations relate to the descriptions, but are difficult to understand.	The illustrations do not clearly relate to the descriptions.
Evidence of Effort	Work is well written and carefully thought out.	Work shows some evidence of effort.	Work shows little evidence of any effort.
Conventions	Spelling, grammar, and punctuation are mostly correct.	Spelling, grammar, and punctuation are somewhat correct.	Spelling, grammar, and punctuation are mostly incorrect.