English 10 · Week 7 · World Voices and the Hero's Journey
Symbols That Carry Meaning
Symbols in literature and objects that carry personal meaning.
- Students will
- Students analyze how a recurring symbol develops a theme across a text.
- SEL skill
- Explain why an object holds meaning and what it says about values
- What it looks like
- Students reflect on objects that carry personal meaning.
- Content focus
- Symbolism
- Format
- Think write pair share
Self-awareness
Self-awareness is knowing your own strengths, feelings, and beliefs and how they influence your choices. 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.9-10.2: Reading: Literature, Grades 9 to 10, Standard 2
- CA ELD standards: ELD.PI.9-10.8 Analyzing language choices; ELD.PI.9-10.12 Selecting language resources
- 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 4: All That Glitters
- myPerspectives English Language Arts Grade 10, Unit 6: Blindness and Sight
- HMH Collections Grade 10, Collection 2: The Natural World
- HMH Collections Grade 10, Collection 4: How We See Things
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-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.
- Semester Reflection Self-awarenessReflective letter on growth and goals.
- Pride and Humility Self-awarenessAnalyzing pride in a tragic hero and practicing humility.
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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.