English 12 · Week 8 · Heroes, Ambition, and Conscience
The Gothic and Fear
How Gothic literature creates fear and how we face ours.
- Students will
- Students analyze how setting and structure create fear in Gothic literature.
- SEL skill
- Use a calming or reframing strategy when reading something frightening
- What it looks like
- Students practice regulating fear and finding courage.
- Content focus
- The Gothic and fear
- Format
- Partner exchange
Self-management
Self-management is handling your emotions, thoughts, and behaviors so they help you reach a goal. More self-management 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.11-12.5: Reading: Literature, Grades 11 to 12, Standard 5
- CA ELD standards: ELD.PI.11-12.6 Reading and viewing closely; ELD.PII.11-12.1 Understanding text structure
- CA ELA/ELD Framework theme: Meaning Making
- Works with: Any fiction
- Popular books named: Frankenstein, Jane Eyre
Fits these textbook chapters
- StudySync Grade 12, Unit 1: Epic Heroes
- myPerspectives English Language Arts Grade 12 (British and World Literature), Unit 5: Discovering the Self
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More self-management activities for English 12
- Research Methods for College Self-managementSustained research with a manageable plan.
- Presenting Research Findings Self-managementPresenting research to an authentic audience.
- Senior Project: Plan Self-managementPlanning a senior project that serves others.
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