English 9 · Week 32 · Poetry, Drama, and Resilience
Stories Built on Stories
Students analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material from an earlier work.
- Students will
- Students analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material from an earlier work.
- SEL skill
- Recognize how you build on others' ideas
- What it looks like
- Students recognize how they build on others' ideas to create something of their own.
- Content focus
- How authors transform source material
- Format
- Partner exchange
Self-awareness
Self-awareness is noticing what you feel, think, and value, and understanding how those things shape your actions. More self-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.9-10.9: Reading: Literature, Grades 9 to 10, Standard 9
- CA ELD standards: ELD.PI.9-10.6 Reading and viewing closely
- CA ELA/ELD Framework theme: Content Knowledge
- 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 self-awareness activities for English 9
- Who Tells My Story? Self-awarenessStudents choose a meaningful moment and draft the opening of a personal narrative with a clear point of view.
- What Lies Under the Surface Self-awarenessStudents cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support inferences about characters' emotions.
- Slowing Down a Moment Self-awarenessStudents use pacing and precise sensory details to slow down the most important moment of a narrative.
- Words with Weight Self-awarenessStudents analyze nuances in word meanings, including connotation, and use context clues to determine meaning.
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