English 10 · Week 26 · Tragedy, Drama, and Language
Allusion and Archetype
Archetypes across cultures and the roles students play.
- Students will
- Students analyze archetypes and how authors transform them.
- SEL skill
- Notice which role you tend to play in groups and how it helps
- What it looks like
- Students reflect on the roles they play in groups.
- Content focus
- Archetypes across cultures
- Format
- Think write pair share
Self-awareness
Self-awareness is recognizing what you feel, think, and value, and understanding how those things guide your actions. More self-awareness activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- RL.9-10.9: Reading: Literature, Grades 9 to 10, Standard 9
- CA ELD standards: ELD.PI.9-10.6 Reading and viewing closely
- CA ELA/ELD Framework theme: Content Knowledge
- Works with: Any fiction
- Popular books named: The Alchemist
Fits these textbook chapters
- StudySync Grade 10, Unit 3: Technical Difficulties
- myPerspectives English Language Arts Grade 10, Unit 4: All That Glitters
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More self-awareness activities for English 10
- Where I Come From Self-awarenessStudents write a where I am from poem or vignette honoring the places and people that shaped them.
- The Hero's Journey and Mine Self-awarenessMapping the hero's journey in a text and in a challenge students faced.
- Symbols That Carry Meaning Self-awarenessSymbols in literature and objects that carry personal meaning.
- Semester Reflection Self-awarenessReflective letter on growth and goals.
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