English 9 · Week 11 · Conflict and Choice
Building Tension
Students analyze how an author's choices about structure and time create tension and suspense.
- Students will
- Students analyze how an author's choices about structure and time create tension and suspense.
- SEL skill
- Notice rising tension and use a reset strategy
- What it looks like
- Students notice how tension builds in their own bodies and practice a reset.
- Content focus
- Author's choices: structure, pacing, and suspense
- Format
- Partner exchange
Self-management
Self-management is steering your feelings, thoughts, and actions toward the goals you set. 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.9-10.5: Reading: Literature, Grades 9 to 10, Standard 5
- CA ELD standards: ELD.PI.9-10.6 Reading and viewing closely; ELD.PII.9-10.1 Understanding text structure
- CA ELA/ELD Framework theme: Meaning Making
- Works with: Any fiction
Fits these textbook chapters
- StudySync Grade 9, Unit 2: Leadership
- HMH Collections Grade 9, Collection 5: A Matter of Life or Death
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- Revision Is Growth Self-managementStudents strengthen writing through revising and editing, focusing on purpose and audience.
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