Reading Enrichment Unit

Date Nov. 3, 2022

Grade Level: 9-12
Unit Title: Mental Health in Literature
Materials: -Cleartouch panel
- Teens Discuss Stress, Anxiety, and Mental Health
video
-discussion questions slides
-30-40 books (see list for details)
Lesson Activities: Lesson I: Introduction to Unit: The instructor will
introduce the unit (Mental Health in Literature). Using
the Cleartouch panel, the instructor will present “Teens
Discuss Stress, Anxiety, and Mental Health” video on
YouTube. There will then be a discussion using the
slides of discussion questions.

Lesson II: Book Tasting: Students will divide into

groups of 4-5 and sit at a table with around 10 fiction
books with themes of mental health. Students will do a
“book tasting” by looking a chapter at the beginning,
middle, and end. They may look through all of the books
or just ones that are the most interesting to the student.
Students will make notes on the story content and what
themes they notice during the “tasting.”

Lesson III: Infographic Creation: If needed, instructor

will give a tutorial on how to use Canva. Students will
use Canva to make an infographic/flier/picture collage
based on a variety of ideas: the theme/mental health
lesson of a book they sampled, positive sayings and
images, or anything else that would fit appropriately in
the theme of mental health in general or in literature
specifically. Students will then share their projects with
each other and submit their projects to the instructor.
Assessment: I will do an informal assessment during the discussion
lesson and determine the participation level of each
student. The infographic creation will serve as a more
formal assessment to determine if students understood
the activity and to see if the quality of the infogrphic