English 9 · Week 33 · Poetry, Drama, and Resilience
Grief, Hope, and Literature
Students analyze how a theme about loss and hope develops and is refined by specific details.
- Students will
- Students analyze how a theme about loss and hope develops and is refined by specific details.
- SEL skill
- Show compassion for another's grief
- What it looks like
- Students practice compassion for others' grief and identify sources of support.
- Content focus
- Theme of loss and resilience across a text
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Social awareness
Social awareness is understanding and empathizing with others, especially those whose experiences are different from yours. More social 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.9-10.2: Reading: Literature, Grades 9 to 10, Standard 2
- CA ELD standards: ELD.PI.9-10.6 Reading and viewing closely
- CA ELA/ELD Framework theme: Meaning Making
- Works with: Any fiction
Fits these textbook chapters
- StudySync Grade 9, Unit 4: All for Love
- HMH Collections Grade 9, Collection 3: The Bonds Between Us
- HMH Collections Grade 9, Collection 5: A Matter of Life or Death
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More social awareness activities for English 9
- Reading Characters, Reading People Social awarenessStudents analyze how a complex character develops and what motivates their choices.
- Through Another's Eyes Social awarenessStudents analyze a point of view or cultural experience reflected in literature from outside the United States.
- The Other Side Social awarenessStudents develop claims and counterclaims fairly, pointing out strengths and limitations of both.
- Listening to Speeches Social awarenessStudents evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.
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