Identifying emotions, discussing feelings and developing strategies to express emotions in healthy ways

Adolescents experience a wide range of emotions and often have difficulty expressing their feelings in appropriate ways. Dynamite Emotions introduces students to a spectrum of 28 emotions using a unique cartoon glossary format. Teens explore life-like dilemmas where protagonists find themselves unable to resolve conflicts because intense emotions and poor judgment override their coping skills.

Student Reader and Teacher’s Guide

A high interest graphic style format helps readers easily identify with the main characters. Sensitive tiered questions help students analyze situations that lead up to “dynamite emotion” explosions. Readers practice “stopping techniques” that lead to positive results rather than negative ones. Because management of emotions is best learned sequentially, each lesson builds from a previous one step by step. An excellent resource for educators working with small groups.

Each story includes four chapter worksheets:

1. Reality Check – How does a person’s body and brain react to an emotion experienced in the story?
2. Points to Ponder – How do we identify the emotions expressed in the cartoon thumbnails?
3. Discussion Questions – What techniques could the protagonist have used to prevent themselves from getting into trouble?
4. Think About It – How do you react when experiencing a similar emotion?

Dynamite Emotions: Saddle stitched book in full color, 52 pages, 5 copies, 2006.

Also available:
TemperTamers for Adolescents Package Master version for instructors with PDF CD and pack of five Dynamite Emotions student readers.