English 11 · Week 33 · Civic Voice and the Future
The Future of America
Envisioning the country students want and their role in it.
- Students will
- Students write an argument describing the future they want for the country and their role in it.
- SEL skill
- Connect your values and strengths to a hopeful goal
- What it looks like
- Students motivate themselves by imagining a hopeful future and a first step.
- Content focus
- The future of America
- Format
- Think write pair share
Self-awareness
Self-awareness means knowing your own feelings, beliefs, and strengths and how they influence 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
- W.11-12.1: Writing, Grades 11 to 12, Standard 1
- CA ELD standards: ELD.PI.11-12.11 Justifying and arguing; ELD.PII.11-12.6 Connecting ideas
- CA ELA/ELD Framework theme: Effective Expression
- Works with: Writing
Fits these textbook chapters
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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.