Mental Health Awareness Month Reading Comprehension Passages Activities SEL

Mental, Social, and Emotional Health Worksheets - Reading Comprehension Passages, Questions, and Annotations

It contains 5 Engaging, Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension Passages with Directions for Student Annotations! Reading Comprehension Questions also included!

Questions & Answer Keys for Each of the 5 Reading Passages!

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Aligned with Mental, Social, Emotional Health Unit Interactive Notebook (not required to use this resource, but recommended)

OVERVIEW OF EACH READING PASSAGE:

1.) The Effects of Stress and Perfectionism

-Stress and various types (stress, distress, eustress)

-Overview of what can cause stress

-The body’s response to stress (fight or flight, freeze, avoidance coping, fatigue) and common symptoms of stress

-What perfectionism is in adolescence and types of behavior and thinking (fear to fail, all or nothing, etc.)

Keywords: stressor, eustress, distress, fight-or-flight, freeze response, avoidance coping, perfectionism

2.) Taking Control of Stress and Building Resiliency

-Causes of stress

-5 Steps to taking control of stress

-Resiliency

-Characteristics of someone who is resilient

Keywords: resiliency

3.) Empathy and Dealing with Loss

-The definition of empathy and overview

-5 ways to show empathy

-Overview of losing a loved one, causing a range of different feelings

-more in detail about anger, fear, guilt, denial, and sadness

-Ways to cope with those emotions (communicate, seek out others, self care, acceptance of feelings)

Keywords: empathy

4.) Emotional Awareness and Unwanted Emotions

-Definition of Emotional Awareness

-Overview of unhealthy ways of dealing with unwanted emotions

-Effective ways of dealing with unwanted emotions (talking about it, walking away, doing art, listening to music, etc.)

Keywords: emotional awareness, projection, rationalization, denial

5.) Mood and Anxiety Disorders – When to Ask for Help

-Definition of anxiety disorders (more extreme expression of anxiety – out of proportion anxiety to everyday situations)

-Symptoms of anxiety disorders.

-Overview of different types of anxiety disorders (GAD, Social Anxiety, OCD, Panic Disorder, and PTSD)

-Brief overview of mood disorders (depression and bipolar)

-Overview of when to reach out to someone about mental health or when to ask for help

-What to do when someone you know needs help

Keywords: GAD, Social Anxiety, OCD, Panic Disorder, PTSD

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