English 9 · Week 2 · Identity and Story
Reading Characters, Reading People
Students analyze how a complex character develops and what motivates their choices.
- Students will
- Students analyze how a complex character develops and what motivates their choices.
- SEL skill
- Consider a character's motives before judging their actions
- What it looks like
- Students practice understanding why people act the way they do before judging them.
- Content focus
- Complex characters and their motivations
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
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
- RL.9-10.3: Reading: Literature, Grades 9 to 10, Standard 3
- 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 1: Empathy
- HMH Collections Grade 9, Collection 1: Finding Common Ground
- HMH Collections Grade 9, Collection 3: The Bonds Between Us
- HMH Collections Grade 9, Collection 6: Heroes and Quests
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More social awareness activities for English 9
- 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.
- Rights and Responsibilities Social awarenessStudents analyze seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance and how they address related themes.
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