English 9 · Week 31 · Poetry, Drama, and Resilience
Same Story, New Medium
Students analyze how a scene is represented in two different mediums and what each emphasizes or leaves out.
- Students will
- Students analyze how a scene is represented in two different mediums and what each emphasizes or leaves out.
- SEL skill
- Appreciate that people interpret the same experience differently
- What it looks like
- Students appreciate that people can interpret the same experience differently.
- Content focus
- Analyzing a subject in two artistic mediums
- Format
- Collaborative analysis
Social awareness
Social awareness means understanding the perspectives of other people and empathizing with them, including people from different backgrounds. 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.9-10.7: Reading: Literature, Grades 9 to 10, Standard 7
- 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 4: Sweet Sorrow
- HMH Collections Grade 9, Collection 6: Heroes and Quests
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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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