English 11 · Week 9 · Foundations of the American Voice
The Harlem Renaissance
Poetry of pride, pain, and joy in the Harlem Renaissance.
- Students will
- Students analyze how Harlem Renaissance poets use word choice to express pride and pain.
- SEL skill
- Identify pride and pain in a poem and in your own reading
- What it looks like
- Students recognize joy and pride as resistance.
- Content focus
- Harlem Renaissance poetry
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
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
- RL.11-12.4: Reading: Literature, Grades 11 to 12, Standard 4
- CA ELD standards: ELD.PI.11-12.8 Analyzing language choices; ELD.PI.11-12.12 Selecting language resources
- CA ELA/ELD Framework theme: Meaning Making
- Works with: Poetry
Fits these textbook chapters
- StudySync Grade 11, Unit 1: We the People
- HMH Collections Grade 11, Collection 4: A New Birth of Freedom
- 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.
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- Dialect and Identity Self-awarenessHow dialect expresses identity and challenges language bias.
- Semester Reflection Self-awarenessReflective letter on growth and goals.
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