English 9 · Week 8 · Conflict and Choice
What the Story Teaches
Students determine a theme and analyze how it develops over the course of a text.
- Students will
- Students determine a theme and analyze how it develops over the course of a text.
- SEL skill
- Connect a theme to a value you hold
- What it looks like
- Students connect a text's message to their own values.
- Content focus
- Determining and developing theme
- Format
- Think write pair share
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.9-10.2: 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
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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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RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.