---
title: Perseverance Power!
description: Students will create themselves as “Perseverance Superheroes” and find a quote that inspires them to never give up.
image: https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/perservance_power-001.png
---

**Subject: SEL (Social-Emotional Learning)**

**Lesson Length: 30 - 45 mins**

**Topic: Perseverance**

**Grade Level: 4**

**Standards / Framework: **

- [CASEL: SELF-MANAGEMENT](https://casel.org/fundamentals-of-sel/what-is-the-casel-framework/#interactive-casel-wheel)

**Brief Description:**  Students will create themselves as “Perseverance Superheroes” and find a quote that inspires them to never give up.

**Know Before You Start:** Students should know the definition of **perseverance**. Provide motivational quotes for students to use.

**Hook:**

- Read and discuss the following quote: *“*Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves back up.” - Batman.
- What did Batman mean by his words? How does his statement connect to the word **perseverance**?
- Explain that superheroes may not be real, but they remind us that even with super powers they still need to persevere to be successful.
- Discuss perseverance: 
    - Who are some people or what are some things that inspire you to work hard and stay committed in school?
    - What qualities do these people have?
    - What do you think they do when something gets hard and they want to give up?
- Explain that having perseverance isn’t just about not giving up, it’s about finding motivation and inspiration not to give up.

**Activity:**

- Using the sample comic as a guide, have students create a comic that depicts themselves as Perseverance Superheroes!   
    - Find a quote that inspires you and others to never give up.
    - Design your avatar as a superhero.
    - Use a speech bubble to show your avatar saying an inspirational quote.

**Closure:**

- Print or digitally display the completed comics.

**Differentiation:**

- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Have quotes from which to choose.
- Allow students to work with a peer model.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.

**Resources:**

- Comic to print or display: [Comic](https://share.pixton.com/q8lqrbg).
- Suggested Readings:
  
    - Picture books:
      
          - [What do you do with a Problem](https://amzn.to/3zAonLo) by Kobi Yamada.
          - [Jabari Jumps](https://amzn.to/3vHEdCO) by Gaia Cornwall.
    - Chapter book:
      
          - [Out of My Mind](https://amzn.to/3QldCn7) by Sharon M. Draper.

**Suggested Content:**

- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/1629220735983722496/thumbnail.png) Superhero ](https://content.pixton.com/superhero)
- [![](https://img.pixton.com/content-pack/2100996838463533056/thumbnail.png) Hatchet ](https://content.pixton.com/hatchet)
- [![](https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/thumbnail-rainschool-2.png) Rain School ](https://content.pixton.com/rain-school)
- [![](https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/thumbnail-outofmymind.png) Out of My Mind ](https://content.pixton.com/out-of-my-mind)
- [![](https://ideas.pixton.com/hubfs/thumbnail-ghost.png) Ghost ](https://content.pixton.com/ghost)

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