English 10 · Week 20 · Tragedy, Drama, and Language
Pride and Humility
Analyzing pride in a tragic hero and practicing humility.
- Students will
- Students analyze how pride shapes a character's relationships and fate.
- SEL skill
- Recognize how pride shows up and name a humble response
- What it looks like
- Students practice humility, admitting mistakes, and asking for help.
- Content focus
- Pride and humility in character
- Format
- Role play
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.9-10.3: 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: Drama
- Popular books named: Things Fall Apart, Antigone, Macbeth
Fits these textbook chapters
- StudySync Grade 10, Unit 3: Technical Difficulties
- myPerspectives English Language Arts Grade 10, Unit 5: Virtue and Vengeance
- HMH Collections Grade 10, Collection 5: Absolute Power
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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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