English 12 · Week 36 · Senior Project and Commencement
Thank You and Farewell
Farewell letters thanking people who shaped them.
- Students will
- Students write a clear, well organized letter of thanks with specific details suited to a real reader.
- SEL skill
- Express gratitude with specific details and consider the reader's perspective
- What it looks like
- Students show gratitude and strengthen relationships as they say goodbye.
- Content focus
- Thank you and farewell letters
- Format
- Partner exchange
Relationship skills
Relationship skills mean building and keeping healthy relationships through clear communication, listening, cooperation, and working through conflict. More relationship skills 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.11-12.4: Writing, Grades 11 to 12, Standard 4
- CA ELD standards: ELD.PI.11-12.4 Adapting language choices; ELD.PI.11-12.10 Writing
- CA ELA/ELD Framework theme: Effective Expression
- Works with: Writing
Fits these textbook chapters
- StudySync Grade 12, Unit 4: Emotional Currents
- Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum (ERWC), Module 2: Final Reflection on Learning: The ERWC 12 Portfolio
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More relationship skills activities for English 12
- Seminar on Power Relationship skillsSocratic seminar on power and responsibility.
- Peer Review Like a Professional Relationship skillsProfessional feedback norms.
- Workplace Communication Relationship skillsProfessional emails, cover letters, and tone.
- The Interview Relationship skillsMock job and college interviews.
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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.