Smile

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Smiles can mean many things and take on different emotional significance. Here are some more good words to describe specific kinds of smiles.

Raina is a likable girl with supportive and understanding parents. Though she makes some missteps, such as standing up a boy at a dance, it's her process of correcting those missteps that makes this such a relatable and true-to-life story. Readers will be encouraged and comforted by the path Raina takes to finding new friends that support her. This is a well-written memoir of living with, and through, a disability and a slow, partial recovery -- Ruhl has Bell's palsy, which renders half of the face immobile. I found it interesting from the perspective of both a disabled person and a faceblind person; her meditations on what the face means to people, and what it is like when your face doesn't match your interior, seemed like the other side of my own experience, as I am basically unsure of what every face is saying to me all the time. And her experiences with disability are, as every disability story is, both personal and universal -- there are the same horrible doctors, the same missed opportunities, the same hope and fear, but there is also, of course, her very personal, singular story. 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: As someone who has complex chronic medical issues, I really appreciated the author's detailed description of her healing. I too am all too familiar with the "making it up as you go" process of trying everything and everyone and what it feels like to encounter dismissive, distracted healers whose bad advice ends up adding years to your journey. Those stories are some of the most gripping and sad (the PT at the gym!) in the book.

Somewhere in the middle, I stopped feeling quite as engaged with the story. All of the real life drama in the beginning provided a lot of interesting content, but after that, her life settled into a more steady rhythm. There are lots of little stories that were fine to read through but didn't necessarily draw me forward to the next, and in between, there was a lot of musings about faces, spirituality, illness, and more. Most of the subjects are mentioned lightly and didn't provide me with any takeaways, with the exception of the topic of faces. I'm still thinking about how it must feel like to have a face that can't express the emotion you feel, the importance we as a society place on horizontal symmetry, and all the things that a smile signifies. 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? Although the graphic novel form may provide more opportunities for levity than the traditional novel structure, Smile shows that this literary style can be used to convey serious and emotional events in a compelling manner. [8] Analysis [ edit ] When playwright Sarah Ruhl gave birth to twins after a difficult pregnancy, something happened and she developed Bells Palsy, a condition that forever changes her self-perception and the way she feels comfortable confronting the world. This memoir discusses that journey. What sets it apart from similar stories is her curiosity and engagement with the wider world. She has a successful career in the arts and must work diligently to keep producing art while taking care of babies and her own health. And so she asks what does a smile mean, anyway? Why must a woman be expected to smile in every circumstance? Will her babies be alienated from a mother who can't beam down at them with a loving face? And beyond sociology, Ruhl must also navigate a complicated medical system that doesn't know how to go about treating her. Both sorrow and a nod to the absurdist situation this condition has brought to her are here in the story. And it might be a sort of path for others in similar circumstances to follow. This memoir is excellent and recommended.

Smile” is a young adult graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier. The story takes place in the sixth grade and follows a girl named Raina, who has an overbite that requires braces. When she falls while running after her friends, she breaks two teeth on her upper jaw. Her mother takes her to Dr. Golden for emergency surgery to fix them so they won’t fall out of her mouth completely. In all honesty it was a hard book to read at times. Hard to Face your face and the ways Bell’s palsy or a facial injury has impacted your life. The pain that comes when people turn away from you because we see people as their face. And with bells palsey and facial injuries there is lots of that. Often people don’t know they do so. There is a shaming there. I knew very little about Bell's Palsy before reading this book (especially how common it could be for postpartum women) and learned a lot from Ruhl's experience--not only how it felt for her, but also the importance we put on faces and smiles in our communications and community building. Like most complex medical conditions, losing one's smile is something few of us ever take time to consider. Using SMILE books, independent learning is promoted and encouraged from the youngest of ages. The SMILE approach encourages MAT learners to lead their own learning by equipping them with the skills and knowledge to know how they best learn. As a result, more able pupils are critical thinkers and have high expectations and aspirations for themselves.I've seen and enjoyed several of Sarah Ruhl's plays, so I was excited to read her new memoir and learn more about her as a writer and a person. Smile is about Ruhl's birth of twins and subsequent onset of Bell's palsy, a condition where the face is partially paralyzed. To create your own smile simile or metaphor, choose an adjective to describe the smile and then choose an image that typifies the adjective. Alternatively, you can make a direct comparison with the smile or with a verb that describes it. You can see how with these smile simile and metaphor examples.

These goals have been developed alongside the introduction of SMILE books, based on our SMILE five-a-day culture: I don’t remember when or why I added this to my list but I am so glad I did! Her stories of having to advocate for herself with the medical community was sad - but also nice to hear it described so clearly… same with her descriptions of trying to become pregnant and fears while pregnant. a b c Wilkinson, Caryn. "Graphic Novels: A Scaffolding Strategy for Young Writers." The Reading Teacher, vol. 69, no. 4, 2016, pp. 401, doi: 10.1002/trtr.1433. Smile was published as a graphic novel with eight chapters by the Graphix imprint of Scholastic Inc. in 2010. [2] Stephanie Yue did the color for the novel version of Smile. [1] Summary [ edit ] Character list [ edit ] 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.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. Some pop culture icons are included, such as Ariel from The Little Mermaid and Bart Simpson, but they serve more as historical details that place the story in the late '80s/early '90s than attempts to push merchandise. Some products mentioned: Nintendo, Hi-C, Walgreen's, Noxema, Cover Girl, and a few other cosmetic brands. 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:

In a minor accident at age 12, Telgemeier lost two front teeth, not minor to remedy. Following came years of dental surgeries and orthodontics involving implants, false teeth, and headgear far beyond the more usual "braces." Treatment complications interacted with the complications of teenagerhood and puberty, which led to social as well as medical turmoil. Yet Telgemeier's early career choice as an animator grew out of this difficult period. With lively color art; an entertaining and helpful read for tweens and teens facing dental complexities of their own. This format enables pupil voice to be at the fore of their journey, while clearly promoting each pupil’s independent learning and supporting individual learning styles. Within a class, each SMILE book will look different, despite the same themes being part of the teaching and learning. Some may be presented purely through illustration with relevant vocabulary, while others develop and present their learning through greater use of text. Launching the SMILE books a b Abate, Michelle Ann. “Reading Capital: Graphic Novels, Typography, and Literacy.” The English Journal, vol. 108, no. 1, Sept. 2018, pp. 66–72. JSTOR, JSTOR 26610229.

Did you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Violence & Scariness in your kid's entertainment guide. Get started Close Clabaugh, Rich (December 3, 2010). "4 Great Graphic Novels for Family Entertainment". The Christian Science Monitor . Retrieved February 12, 2013. 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. There is nothing in the book that grabs me. The writing is good without being sparkling as in the last book I read which I didn't get into for a long way What's A Lemon Squeezer Doing In My Vagina?: A Memoir of Infertility. IThe author seems to be a pretty nice woman. think that maybe this is a good book and I'm just the wrong audience for it as there is nothing I can put my finger on why I really want to dnf it. But as I know or have met some of the family members in her work, I was of course pleased to (as we do at the holidays!) “Catch up” with the news about her and them. A kind of perfect book for Thanksgiving, as probably the main point of the book is how grateful she is to have supportive family and friends. Beautifully written, top notch.