English 11 · Week 23 · Justice, Identity, and Contemporary Voices
Contemporary Voices
Contemporary American writers from many backgrounds.
- Students will
- Students analyze how contemporary authors from different backgrounds use point of view to express cultural experience.
- SEL skill
- Listen openly to a voice unlike your own
- What it looks like
- Students practice open minded listening to voices unlike their own.
- Content focus
- Contemporary American voices
- Format
- Structured discussion
Social awareness
Social awareness is taking the view of someone else, with empathy, especially someone whose life differs from yours. More social 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.11-12.3: Reading: Literature, Grades 11 to 12, Standard 3
- RL.11-12.1: Reading: Literature, Grades 11 to 12, Standard 1
- CA ELD standards: ELD.PI.11-12.7 Evaluating language choices
- CA ELA/ELD Framework theme: Meaning Making
- Works with: Any fiction
- Popular books named: The Joy Luck Club, There There
Fits these textbook chapters
- StudySync Grade 11, Unit 3: Modern Times
- myPerspectives English Language Arts Grade 11, Unit 6: Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Tales
- HMH Collections Grade 11, Collection 1: Coming to America
- HMH Collections Grade 11, Collection 6: The Modern World
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More social awareness activities for English 11
- Foundations of American Voice Social awarenessFounding documents and who they included and excluded.
- Voices of Resistance Social awarenessFrederick Douglass and other voices of resistance.
- Gatsby and Belonging Social awarenessCharacters reinventing themselves to belong.
- Immigration Narratives Social awarenessImmigrant experiences in American literature.
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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.