1. Yesterday Today and Tomorrow USING LITERATURE TO EXPLORE YOUR LIFE!

2. childhood years teen years adult years senior years

4. childhood years teen years adult years Why read these stories? What’s the point? In your journals, take about five minutes to jot down a few reasons why you think it is beneficial to read stories other people have written about people going though the different stages of life. We will share our ideas with each other when you are done.

5. When were little, what were the things that interested you? BRAINSTORM… What were the things that occupied your thoughts? BRAINSTORM… What were the things that you found difficult or challenging? BRAINSTORM… love? security? toys? fun? parents? siblings? right/wrong? good/bad? friends? starting school? childhood years

6. 1.In your journals, take about ten minutes to write a paragraph about what it was like for you when you were a kid. Write about the good things, but don’t forget to write about some of the things that were difficult too. 2.We’ll share some of our paragraphs with each other when you are done.

7. teen years CONCERNS? CHALLENGES? Now that you are a teen, what are the things that interest you? BRAINSTORM… What are the things that occupy you thoughts? BRAINSTORM… What are the things that you find difficult or challenging? BRAINSTORM…

8. teen years love love – family, boyfriend, girlfriend…? security security – still needing to feel secure with shelter, food, clothes… fun fun – choosing your own fun…? parents parents – independence from? siblings siblings – sometimes good, sometimes bad, sometimes competition? right/wrong and good/bad? right/wrong and good/bad? (moral code) – deciding for yourself? friends friends - new ones, old ones, friendships become more complicated school school – love it, hate it, like it, indifferent, teachers, grades part-time job part-time job – responsibility, money, less time for everything else activities – hanging with friends, extra-curricular figuring out what you are good at figuring out what you are good at (future job/college major) CONCERNS? CHALLENGES?

9. teen years CONCERNS? CHALLENGES? 1.In your journals, take about ten minutes to write a paragraph about what it is like for you now. Write about the good things, but don’t forget to write about some of the things that are challenging too. 2.We’ll share some of our paragraphs with each other when you are done.

10. What are the different phases of the adult years? BRAINSTORM… What kinds of things are important you people as young adults? As parents? As empty- nesters? As elderly people? BRAINSTORM… What do you think are the worries and fears for adults at each phase of adulthood? BRAINSTORM… responsibility? love? money? welfare of children? house? vacations? parents? health? job satisfaction? loneliness? retirement? fear of aging? Adult years

11. In your journals, take about ten minutes to write a paragraph about what you think it will be like for you when you are an adult. We will share our paragraphs with each other when you are done.

12. Yesterday Today and Tomorrow