1. Choose one of the characteristics of resilience that you think you could work on in your own life and write a short paragraph about how you intend to do this. Put this into an envelope, seal it and give it to your teacher. On an agreed date in the future, you can open your envelopes and reflect on whether you achieved your aims.
2. Working in groups, come up with one more tip for resilience that you could add to the infographic.
3. Now, in your groups, do this crossword. The words are taken from or are a variation of words in the infographic, but see how many you can work out before looking back at it.
Crossword W5.1
Across 2. The ability to regulate one’s emotions or behaviour, especially in difficult situations (s _ _ _ c _ _ _ _ _ _) [4/7] 9. Manner of thinking (t_ _ _ _ _ _ _ p_ _ _ _ _ _ _) [8/8] 10. Representing things in a way that is accurate and true to life (r_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _) [9]
Down 1. Thinking about your ideal future and motivating yourself to turn it into reality (g_ _ _ s_ _ _ _ _ _) [4/7] 3. Confidence in one’s own worth and abilities (s _ _ _ e _ _ _ _ _) [4/6] 4. Consenting or agreeing to something (a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _) [9] 5. The state of being prepared to do something (w _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _) [11] 6. Strong feelings (e _ _ _ _ _ _ _) [8] 7. Hopeful and confident about the future (o _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _) [10] 8. The state or condition of being weak (w _ _ _ _ _ _ _) [8]
