English 11 · Week 21 · Justice, Identity, and Contemporary Voices
Multiple Interpretations
Comparing productions of an American play.
- Students will
- Students compare two productions of a scene and evaluate how each interprets the script.
- SEL skill
- Consider a different interpretation of the same scene
- What it looks like
- Students practice seeing the same thing from different viewpoints.
- Content focus
- Multiple interpretations of a play
- Format
- Partner exchange
Social awareness
Social awareness means working to understand how others see the world and caring about their experience. More social awareness activities
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Standards
- RL.11-12.7: Reading: Literature, Grades 11 to 12, Standard 7
- 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 Crucible, A Raisin in the Sun, Death of a Salesman
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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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