SECD Lesson: E2E Coping Skills from A to Z.

*The game instructions state that an alphabet die is required. However, a jar with scraps of paper (a letter of the alphabet written on each scrap) would work just as well.

Roll the alphabet die and draw a card from the deck; identify a coping strategy that begins with the rolled letter. Fast-paced, simple, and able to be played again and again, Coping Skills from A to Z gets middle and high school students thinking about a variety of possible coping skills to use during times of dysregulation.
*Add an alphabet die to play.

Adapted Literature Selection: E2E The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

This retelling of Richard Connell’s The Most Dangerous Game reads at an automated readability index of grade 4/5. This text aligns to the version in Holt’s Elements of Literature: Third Course.

Classic literature doesn’t have to be scary, boring, or too hard.

Summary sites online and those little yellow and black notebooks are no longer your only choices for students who are struggling. Universally designed texts preserve the storytelling…while taking away the confusing word choices and hard-to-navigate formatting.

Universally Designed texts take classic literature common to secondary ELA classrooms and rewrite them with words and style that are easier for ALL students to read. Fewer frustrated kids. Fewer heads down on the desk. Less refusal. Less acting out. More engagement. More confidence. Better understanding.

Your purchase includes three variations on this easier-to-read text that you may print for students or share digitally on the non-public platform of your choice. Variations include:

• A text-only copy
• A text copy with a blank, lined column on each page for teacher-customized or open-ended note-taking
• A text copy with a lined column and inference-based questions on each page for guided note-taking

All copies are formatted with the needs of neurodiverse learners in mind and include:

• Text in columns on the page to reduce the need for lengthy eye-return at the end of a line
• Sans-serif fonts that are dyslexia friendly
• Adequate spacing between lines to prevent line-jumbling and to allow for use of tracking accommodation devices
• Extra space between each paragraph to aid in identifying transitions in the text…and finding your place again after stopping!
• Consistent formatting that aligns to other Universally Designed texts. Students won’t have to learn a new format every time they read a new text
• Polished cover art that engages visual learners to want to read and provides conceptual clues about the text