English 10 · Week 5 · World Voices and the Hero's Journey
Characters Under Pressure
How characters respond to pressure, and healthy ways to respond to our own.
- Students will
- Students analyze how a character responds to pressure and how it reveals character.
- SEL skill
- Name a calming strategy a character could use under pressure
- What it looks like
- Students identify healthy and unhealthy responses to stress.
- Content focus
- Characters under pressure
- Format
- Small group problem-solving
Self-management
Self-management means handling your emotions, thoughts, and actions so you can reach your goals. More self-management 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.9-10.3: Reading: Literature, Grades 9 to 10, Standard 3
- CA ELD standards: ELD.PI.9-10.6 Reading and viewing closely
- CA ELA/ELD Framework theme: Meaning Making
- Works with: Any fiction
Fits these textbook chapters
- StudySync Grade 10, Unit 1: Destiny
- myPerspectives English Language Arts Grade 10, Unit 1: Inside the Nightmare
- myPerspectives English Language Arts Grade 10, Unit 2: Outsiders and Outcasts
- myPerspectives English Language Arts Grade 10, Unit 5: Virtue and Vengeance
- HMH Collections Grade 10, Collection 1: Ourselves and Others
Textbook names are used only to help you find activities that fit what you teach. RoseThread Connect is not affiliated with these publishers.
More self-management activities for English 10
- Presenting Research Self-managementShort research presentations with nerve management strategies.
- Revision Workshop Self-managementRevising a major essay with self-chosen goals.
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