English 9 · Week 22 · Voices and Justice
Whose Voice Is Missing?
Students analyze whose perspective a text includes and whose is missing, and how that shapes meaning.
- Students will
- Students analyze whose perspective an informational text includes and whose is missing, and how that choice advances the author's purpose.
- SEL skill
- Notice who is left out and include their perspective
- What it looks like
- Students notice who is left out of a story and practice including them.
- Content focus
- Point of view and missing perspectives
- 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
- RI.9-10.6: Reading: Informational Text, Grades 9 to 10, Standard 6
- CA ELD standards: ELD.PI.9-10.7 Evaluating language choices
- CA ELA/ELD Framework theme: Meaning Making
- Works with: Any text
Fits these textbook chapters
- StudySync Grade 9, Unit 3: Dreams and Aspirations
- HMH Collections Grade 9, Collection 2: The Struggle for Freedom
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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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