English · Grade 12

English 12 SEL activities

36 ready to use activities that teach English 12 content and build one Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) skill, about 20 minutes each.

Matched to textbook chapters: StudySync Grade 12, myPerspectives English Language Arts Grade 12 (British and World Literature), HMH Collections Grade 12, Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum (ERWC).

Heroes, Ambition, and Conscience

• Senior Year Intentions Self-awareness · Week 1Narrative reflection on intentions for the final year.
• Epic Heroes and Everyday Courage Self-awareness · Week 2Epic heroes and the courage of ordinary life.
• Literary Criticism Lenses Social awareness · Week 3Reading one text through multiple critical lenses.
• Shakespeare and Ambition Responsible decision-making · Week 4Ambition and its costs in Macbeth or another tragedy.
• Guilt and Conscience Self-awareness · Week 5How guilt shapes characters and how we handle our own mistakes.
• Seminar on Power Relationship skills · Week 6Socratic seminar on power and responsibility.
• Satire and Social Change Responsible decision-making · Week 7A Modest Proposal and satire as protest.
• The Gothic and Fear Self-management · Week 8How Gothic literature creates fear and how we face ours.
• Frankenstein and Responsibility Responsible decision-making · Week 9Creators' responsibility, from science to AI.

Ethics, Research, and Postcolonial Voices

• Ethics of Technology Responsible decision-making · Week 10Arguing a position on an AI or technology ethics question.
• Research Methods for College Self-management · Week 11Sustained research with a manageable plan.
• Annotated Bibliography Responsible decision-making · Week 12Evaluating and citing sources with integrity.
• Postcolonial Voices Social awareness · Week 13Things Fall Apart and stories told from the other side of empire.
• Identity and Belonging Self-awareness · Week 14Characters caught between cultures.
• Writing a Literary Analysis Responsible decision-making · Week 15College level literary analysis with a complex claim.
• Peer Review Like a Professional Relationship skills · Week 16Professional feedback norms.
• Presenting Research Findings Self-management · Week 17Presenting research to an authentic audience.
• Semester Reflection Self-awareness · Week 18Reflective letter on growth and goals.

Modern Worlds and Real World Writing

• The Modern Hero Self-awareness · Week 19Antiheroes and complicated heroes in modern literature.
• Poetry and Grief Social awareness · Week 20Elegies and supporting others in grief.
• Dystopia and Freedom Responsible decision-making · Week 211984 or Brave New World and the cost of comfort.
• Surveillance and Privacy Responsible decision-making · Week 22Privacy in the digital age across multiple sources.
• Workplace Communication Relationship skills · Week 23Professional emails, cover letters, and tone.
• The Interview Relationship skills · Week 24Mock job and college interviews.
• Resumes That Tell a Story Self-awareness · Week 25Turning experiences into a resume that reflects strengths.
• Financial Literacy Texts Responsible decision-making · Week 26Reading contracts, leases, and loan terms carefully.
• Civic Voice Social awareness · Week 27Writing to influence a local or state decision.

Senior Project and Commencement

• Spoken Word Self-awareness · Week 28Writing and performing spoken word about identity.
• Senior Project: Plan Self-management · Week 29Planning a senior project that serves others.
• Senior Project: Collaborate Relationship skills · Week 30Team roles and resolving conflict on long projects.
• Senior Project: Present Relationship skills · Week 31Presenting projects to the community.
• Letters Across Time Self-awareness · Week 32Letters to their younger and future selves.
• Commencement Speeches Self-awareness · Week 33Analyzing famous commencement speeches.
• My Commencement Speech Self-awareness · Week 34Writing their own two minute commencement speech.
• Portfolio and Growth Self-awareness · Week 35Reflecting on four years of reading and writing.
• Thank You and Farewell Relationship skills · Week 36Farewell letters thanking people who shaped them.

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.