English 9 · Week 23 · Voices and Justice
Questions That Matter
Students develop a focused research question and plan a short research project.
- Students will
- Students develop a focused research question and plan a short research project.
- SEL skill
- Consider who an issue affects before choosing a research question
- What it looks like
- Students choose a community issue they care about and consider who it affects.
- Content focus
- Short research projects on a self-generated question
- Format
- Think write pair share
Social awareness
Social awareness is seeing a situation through someone else's eyes, including people whose backgrounds differ from yours, and caring about what they experience. 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
- W.9-10.7: Writing, Grades 9 to 10, Standard 7
- CA ELD standards: ELD.PI.9-10.10 Writing; ELD.PII.9-10.7 Condensing ideas
- CA ELA/ELD Framework theme: Content Knowledge
- Works with: Research
Fits these textbook chapters
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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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