English 11 · Week 22 · Justice, Identity, and Contemporary Voices
Death of a Salesman and Success
Redefining success beyond money and status.
- Students will
- Students determine two themes, including one about success, and analyze how they develop and interact through character and plot.
- SEL skill
- Use your own reactions to explore what success means to you
- What it looks like
- Students use their emotions to think about what success means to them.
- Content focus
- Death of a Salesman and success
- 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
- RL.11-12.2: Reading: Literature, Grades 11 to 12, Standard 2
- CA ELD standards: ELD.PI.11-12.6 Reading and viewing closely
- CA ELA/ELD Framework theme: Meaning Making
- Works with: Drama
- Popular books named: The Great Gatsby, A Raisin in the Sun, Death of a Salesman
Fits these textbook chapters
- StudySync Grade 11, Unit 3: Modern Times
- HMH Collections Grade 11, Collection 5: An Age of Realism
- HMH Collections Grade 11, Collection 6: The Modern World
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More self-awareness activities for English 11
- The American Story and My Story Self-awarenessPersonal narrative about where students fit in the American story.
- Transcendentalism and Self Reliance Self-awarenessSelf-reliance and the balance between independence and community.
- Dialect and Identity Self-awarenessHow dialect expresses identity and challenges language bias.
- The Harlem Renaissance Self-awarenessPoetry of pride, pain, and joy in the Harlem Renaissance.
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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.