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Persistence is one of the Four Foundations in the program 'You Can Do It!'
Persistence means trying hard and not giving up when schoolwork feels like it is too difficult or boring. Examples of persistent behaviour are continuing to try even when school work is hard, not being distracted by others, and checking work when it's finished to make sure it's correct. Positive HOMs that help develop student Persistence include:
- I Can Do It (also called optimism) - thinking that I'm more likely to be successful than I am to fail.
- Giving Effort (also called Internal Locus of Control for Learning) - thinking that the harder I try, the more successful I will be, and knowing that success is not caused by external factors (luck, ease of task), but by internal factors (effort).
- Working Tough (also called High Frustration Tolerance)- thinking that in order to be successful in the future, I sometimes have to do things that are not easy or fun in the present.
Listed below are a number of resources related to the various Habits of the Mind. Resources we have in The Western Cape College Resource Centre include reference details. Other resources related to Persistence are included and may be accessed through the Hibberd Library, AccessEd, bookshops etc.
Bernard, M. (2001) Program Achieve. Australian Scholarships Group.
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TITLE |
AUTHOR |
HOMs |
THEME |
REFERENCE |
| The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch |
David Armitage |
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JFM ARM |
| When I Grow Up |
Toni Alderson |
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Celebration of personal qualities/ how we define ourselves |
PHR 372.4ALD |
| Clifford Takes A Trip |
Norman Bridwell |
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Clifford keeps going, nothing will stop him |
JF BRI |
| Little White Dogs Can't Jump |
Bruce Whatley and Rosie Smith |
I can do it, giving effort and working tough |
Problem solving, hope and resiliency |
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| Oh, The Places You'll Go! |
Dr Seuss |
I can do it, giving effort and working tough |
Courage to keep going after a setback or to face a challenge |
PAV JF SEU |
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Not A Nibble! |
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I can do it, giving effort and working tough |
Optimism |
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| Spirit Of Hope |
Bob Graham |
Ican do it and giving effort |
Hope in times of trouble |
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| Clifford Gets A Job |
Norman Bridwell |
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Keeps trying |
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| Horton Hears A Who! |
Dr Seuss |
I can do it and giving effort |
Helping others and faith in doing good deeds |
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| Cliffords Sports Day |
Norman Bridwell |
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| Grandma's Cat |
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I can do it & giving effort |
Persisting to make friends |
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| The Dreaming Tree |
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Ican do it & working tough |
Kids band together to save a tree |
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| Try again Sally Jane! |
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I can do it & giving effort |
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| Ben and the Buccaneers |
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Giving effort |
Perserverance |
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| Oh, The Places You'll Go! |
Dr. Seuss |
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| We're Going On A Bear Hunt |
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I can do it & giving effort |
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| Baby Bird |
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I can do it & giving effort |
' I think I can' story |
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| Children's Book Of Virtues |
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Collected stories relevant for courage/perserverance, responsibility/work/self discipline, compassion/faith, honesty/loyalty/friendship |
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| Downsized |
Mike Dumbleton & Tom Jellet |
I can do it |
Helping Dad find a purpose in life |
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| Aranea |
Jenny Wagner |
Working tough |
Spider having trouble building a web |
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| Billy Can't Bat |
Simon Bosch |
I can do it |
Practice brings results |
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| Wombat Divine |
Mem Fox |
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| 'Sail Away' The Ballad Of Skip And Nell |
Mem Fox |
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| Zoe's Web |
Thomas West |
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| Arthur |
Amanda Graham |
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| The Hare And The Tortoise |
Retold by Helen Ward |
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| The Greatest Treasure Of Charlemayne The King |
Nadia Wheatley & Deboral Klein |
I can do it & working tough |
Learnt to read and invented fullstops and capital letters |
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| The Race |
Christobel Mattingley |
I can do it & working tough |
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TITLE |
AUTHOR |
CATEGORY |
THEME |
REFERENCE |
| Rachael's Forest |
John Heffernan |
I can do it, giving effort and working tough |
Saving the forest |
F HEF |
| Walk Twenty, Run Twenty |
Garry Disher |
I can do it, giving effort and working tough |
Saving friends in trouble |
F DIS |
| Sadako and the Thousand Paper Planes |
Eleanor Coerr |
I can do it and giving effort |
Courage |
AV F COE &
F COE |
| Pankration |
Dyan Blacklock |
I can do it, giving effort and working tough |
Olympic adventure ( historical) |
F BLA |
| Hatchet Series |
Gary Paulsen |
I can do it, giving effort and working tough |
Survival story |
F PAU |
| Waiting To Dive - Rivers |
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I can do it, giving effort and working tough |
Sports (diving) |
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| Knitwits |
W. Taylor |
I can do it and giving effort |
Boy entangled in a bet must learn how to knit |
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| Jenna's Wave |
Dickenson |
Giving effort |
Sports (surfing) |
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| House of Sixty Fathers |
M de Jong |
I can do it, giving effort and working tough |
Survival story |
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TITLE |
AUTHOR |
HOMs |
THEME |
REFERENCE |
| The You Can Do It Little Book For Parents |
Patricia and Michael Bernard |
I can do it, giving effort and working tough |
Tips, inspirational quotes, food for thought and 'how to' guides |
NF 649.1BER |
| The You Can Do It Little Book For Busy Students |
Patricia Bernard |
I can do it, giving effort and working tough |
Successful study, motivational tips, relationships, feelings and keeping fit and healthy |
NF 158.2BER |
| You Can Do It! for students |
Michael Bernard and Darko J Hajzler |
I can do it, giving effort and working tough |
Goals, time management, attitudes, self-confidence, study techniques, self-motivation, relationships and emotions
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NF 371.30281BER |
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