SECD Lesson of the Week: E2E Box of Chocolates Printable SECD Game

In the film, Forrest Gump, Sally Field’s character says “Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re gonna get.” As adults with a mature set of experiences, we know how very true that statement is! Young adults with social skill deficits frequently find themselves uncertain of how to provide appropriate verbal responses and how to problem-solve situations to create mutually beneficial solutions.

The Box of Chocolates Game allows adolescents and young adults with behavior disorders and/or ASD to practice appropriate verbal responses and mutually-beneficial problem solving for 100 different real-world scenarios they are likely to face as young adults and adults in a fun, card-game format. Includes eye-catching color “chocolates” cards and all other materials for game play.

E2E Adapted Literature Selection: The Necklace by Guy du Maupassant

This retelling of Guy de Maupassant’s The Necklace reads at an automated readability index of grade 3/4. 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
  

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