The video starts with Mallory’s narration before transitioning to her mother’s talk. As a class, watch Diane Shader Smith’s TEDx Talk, “Salt in My Soul: Love, Loss, Legacy” at /SmithTEDx.
Students will most likely discuss the idea of leaving something of value after death or something that is part of history. To introduce one of the text’s main themes, invite students to think about the following question: What is the meaning of “legacy?” Once they’ve had time to consider the question, ask them to pair up and share their thoughts. Teachers can assign activities as they see fit in order to empower student readers to become the writers of their own stories.ġ. The goal of this teacher’s guide is to facilitate the exploration by students of the reading-writing connection and to encourage them to “read like writers.” The reading strategies encourage students to analyze themes and craft, while the writing activities are inspired by Mallory’s topics and style. Her memoir serves as an excellent mentor text for students exploring the critical connection between reading and writing. 158), Mallory demonstrates to readers that writing is a powerful tool that can be used to develop a sense of one’s self and improve the world. Declaring, “We are the writers of our own story” (p. They are also a vivid depiction of a young woman finding her own voice. Mallory’s journal entries are both lyrical and provocative. Alongside the entries on friends, family, and fun, the writer details the challenges of hospital treatments, the frustration that accompanies an invisible illness, and the determination to “Live Happy” despite and beyond her limitations. But Mallory’s journal is, at the same time, so much more. Her stirring memoir recounts the typical teen struggles one would expect to find in a young girl’s journal: issues with body image the desire for independence mixed with the fear of growing up the desire to take action in a world that is destroying its own environment. For even while her debilitating cystic fibrosis disrupts the flow of salt in and out of her cells, Mallory finds replenishment and healing in the ocean’s salt water. Mallory Smith’s Salt in My Soul begins with this declaration by the author’s 15-year-old self: “I am obsessed with salt water.” Over the span of the next 10 years, Mallory details in her journal just how essential salt is to her life.
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