Smile

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She talks about just how hard her life is with her three children, how difficult it is with twins with her work as a professional playwright. The sacrifices... I see that. So? All working mothers find it tough, much tougher than she does since most of us don't have the incomes of a Broadway dramatist and a doctor. She makes a big deal over not being able to do this that and the other when she could do all of these things with an assistant, but doesn't, at least in the book, entertain that proposition. Rich people's problems! Raina’s mother consoles her by buying her videogames and allowing her to get a couple of ear piercings on her 12th birthday. Meanwhile, a sub-conflict emerges as Raina’s friends pressure her about how she looks. Two of them, Karin and Nicole, make mean jokes at Raina’s expense. When Raina enters seventh grade, she develops a crush on Sammy, another sixth grader in the band class who also wears braces. Soon after that, San Francisco experiences an earthquake but only suffers temporary power loss for the family. It turns out that Sammy has feelings for Raina too but then she develops an obsessive crush on Sean (not mentioned if he is basketball player or otherwise), which causes problems in school with Karin and Nicole until they leave town without telling anyone why they’re leaving. Can one experience joy when one cannot express joy on one’s face? Does the smile itself create the happiness? Or does happiness create the smile?

a b c d e f g h Wildsmith, Snow. “Interview: Raina Telgemeier.” Good Comics for Kids, School Library Journal, June 2010, goodcomicsforkids.slj.com/2010/06/13/interview-raina-telgemeier/. These goals have been developed alongside the introduction of SMILE books, based on our SMILE five-a-day culture:Another great way to describe a smile is to use a simile or metaphor. Look at examples of similes to see how to make a comparison using like or as. Then look at metaphor examples for more inspiration. I chose this to read for a few reasons. I came down with Bell’s palsy and neuropathy in my hands after my second covid shot. I got the kind of Bell’s palsy that wasn’t so severe and lasted a couple of months and then went away. But its shown up 2 other times since for short periods. I haven’t met anyone who has also had bells palsey. I was curious what she had to say. So I was interested in how not being able to smile was for her. How she learned to adapt and change. There’s not a lot written about facing the world with a face disabily or injury. Fabulous organizations like SEVA have helped kids with clef pallets or facial birth defects face the world with a lot more ease and self care. “Our faces are what the world sees.”This was her main concern for a while. Sarah Ruhl writes about everything with the clarity of a water droplet and the power of a waterfall. I’m not sure I’ve ever read or heard any of her work, in any genre or form, without crying at least a little. Smile: The Story of a Face is no different, though perhaps even more personal and vulnerable, so that reading it feels like being trusted with something fragile and intimate. A reflection on symmetry and divisions, on motherhood and marriage and meditation, on what it is to see and to be seen. A deeply moving, absorbing book; I'd expect nothing less from Sarah Ruhl, and I'm grateful to have read it. People like Michael J Fox have helped so many for being open and honest and showing up. I admire him and Sarah both for opening up about their illnesses and so others with them won’t feel so alone and will have more information. The SMILE approach to learning has strengthened pupil voice and given children the confidence to take risks in their own learning by choosing how they like to learn.

In a series of piercing, profound, and lucid meditations, Ruhl chronicles her journey as a patient, wife, mother, and artist. She explores the struggle of a body yearning to match its inner landscape, the pain of postpartum depression, the story of a marriage, being a playwright and working mom to three small children, and the desire for a resilient spiritual life in the face of illness. a b Bradley, Jess. "Why Comics are Awesome for Reluctant Readers!" The School Librarian, vol. 69, no. 2, 2021, pp. 12-13. ProQuest Central. Because a smile mostly involves the mouth, the lips are the most important facial features to include in a description. You can use some of these words to describe them.

We have always been very proud of the children at Trellech Primary, where we see year on year pupils making good progress in all areas of the curriculum. Following the publication of Successful Futures and curriculum reform in Wales, the school wanted to embrace the changes and be forward-thinking in recognising and nurturing children as learners who are responsible for planning and developing their own learning. As a Pioneer School, we made a commitment to: Our vision, here at Trellech Primary, is to ensure the four purposes of the Curriculum for Wales are at the heart of our children’s learning – particularly ensuring that they are “ambitious capable learners” who: a b Smith, Jennifer M., and Kathryn Pole. "What's Going on in a Graphic Novel?" The Reading Teacher, vol. 72, no. 2, 2018, pp. 169-177, doi: 10.1002/trtr.1695. SMILE books, which the school considers to be at the heart of all learning, are used by all year groups. Children complete activities independently in their books showing their own way of learning and presenting their work in a range of styles and formats. As a result, even from the youngest of ages, pupils have become more independent learners who are engaged in their learning because they have been involved in the decision-making process for the topics being taught.