English 10 · Week 24 · Tragedy, Drama, and Language
Bilingual and Multilingual Voices
How writers use more than one language and code switching as identity.
- Students will
- Students analyze how authors use multiple languages and dialects for effect.
- SEL skill
- Describe the value of your own language choices in different settings
- What it looks like
- Students value their own language identity.
- Content focus
- Code switching and multilingual voice
- Format
- Think write pair share
Self-awareness
Self-awareness means noticing your own emotions, thoughts, values, and strengths and seeing how they shape what you do. 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
- L.9-10.3: Language, Grades 9 to 10, Standard 3
- CA ELD standards: ELD.PI.9-10.4 Adapting language choices; ELD.PII.9-10.6 Connecting ideas
- CA ELA/ELD Framework theme: Language Development
- Works with: Any text
Fits these textbook chapters
- StudySync Grade 10, Unit 3: Technical Difficulties
- myPerspectives English Language Arts Grade 10, Unit 2: Outsiders and Outcasts
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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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RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.