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When Mommy Was Mad
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Context
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| In the book, emotions take tangible form in the illustrations: Mommy wears an apron with lightning zigzags, Daddy has a black cloud over his head. | |
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Project
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| Children work in groups of three or more to dramatize a story, using icons that they create to express various emotions. One child narrates, one holds up the appropriate icon, and a third reacts with dramatic facial and body language when the icon is held up. | |
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Application
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| Drama, art, social skills, emotional intelligence. Variations will occur to the teacher: can the class tell which story is being told if the narrator is silent? Later, this can be done as improvisational theater; a common scenario can be acted out from the playground or lunchroom. At a crucial point actors in the story can choose between various "emoticons." | |
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Grade level
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| 2-4 | |
| The process of looking over the icons and selecting one emphasizes that we have power to choose our reactions to various situations. |
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| ages 4-8 |
| 978-0-399-23433-0 |
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