SEL with ALM: Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech

Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech, is used in the Emozi® Middle School Grade 6 as a mentor text for the Socratic Seminar. This story has great SEL themes of […]
SEL with ALM: The Crossover by Kwame Alexander

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander is a young adult novel and winner of the 2015 Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award Honor. It is filled with SEL themes of […]
SEL with ALM: Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez

Before We Were Free is a Pura Belpré Award-winning novel by Julia Alvarez. It contains themes of courage and sacrifice as well as relatable teen topics of first love, friendship, […]
Bringing Socrates into the 21s Century with SEL

The Socratic Seminar is an integral part of the exciting Emozi® Middle School program—a culturally-relevant social emotional learning curriculum for young adults. Emozi® Middle School integrates ELA material into SEL […]
Take Emozi Back to School with You

Utilize the Emozi® Middle School SEL lessons to help students be successful as they “Get Ready! Get Set! Go!” back to the classroom. You’ll be happy to know that there […]
Creating Effective Study Habits

We all know how to be good students but sometimes we fall behind when the second semester burnout hits. Finish your semester strong with these eight great study habit building […]
How to budget 101 for Teens and Tweens

Budgeting is an extremely important skill for any young adult to know and aligns with the CASEL competencies of self-management, self-awareness, and responsible decision-making. We’re also integrating it into Emozi® […]
Working in a Group Successfully in Middle School and High School

You will have to work in a group at some point in your life. Or maybe, you find yourself working in groups constantly already. While group work can be a […]
First 30 Days of School SEL Classroom Activity

With the first day of school quickly approaching, we wanted to share a fun SEL-themed icebreaker activity!
50 Fun Self-Awareness Questions for Educators

A list of fun and engaging educator-focused questions to ignite self-awareness discussions among teachers and administrators.