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SEL activities for myPerspectives English Language Arts Grade 12 (British and World Literature)

16 RoseThread Connect activities matched to the chapters of myPerspectives English Language Arts Grade 12 (British and World Literature) (Savvas (Pearson)). Each one teaches the chapter's content and builds one Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) skill in about 20 minutes.

We look only at each book's table of contents (chapter titles and topics) to suggest activities that fit the flow of your course. We don't use or reproduce any textbook content, and your edition's chapter order may differ slightly. RoseThread Connect is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by these publishers.

Unit 1: Forging a Hero

• Epic Heroes and Everyday Courage Self-awareness · English 12Epic heroes and the courage of ordinary life.
• The Modern Hero Self-awareness · English 12Antiheroes and complicated heroes in modern literature.
• Seminar on Power Relationship skills · English 12Socratic seminar on power and responsibility.

Unit 2: Reflecting on Society

• Satire and Social Change Responsible decision-making · English 12A Modest Proposal and satire as protest.
• Seminar on Power Relationship skills · English 12Socratic seminar on power and responsibility.
• Surveillance and Privacy Responsible decision-making · English 12Privacy in the digital age across multiple sources.

Unit 3: Facing the Future, Confronting the Past

• Shakespeare and Ambition Responsible decision-making · English 12Ambition and its costs in Macbeth or another tragedy.
• Guilt and Conscience Self-awareness · English 12How guilt shapes characters and how we handle our own mistakes.
• Literary Criticism Lenses Social awareness · English 12Reading one text through multiple critical lenses.
• Writing a Literary Analysis Responsible decision-making · English 12College level literary analysis with a complex claim.

Unit 4: Seeing Things New

• Satire and Social Change Responsible decision-making · English 12A Modest Proposal and satire as protest.
• Literary Criticism Lenses Social awareness · English 12Reading one text through multiple critical lenses.
• Letters Across Time Self-awareness · English 12Letters to their younger and future selves.

Unit 5: Discovering the Self

• Frankenstein and Responsibility Responsible decision-making · English 12Creators' responsibility, from science to AI.
• Identity and Belonging Self-awareness · English 12Characters caught between cultures.
• Senior Year Intentions Self-awareness · English 12Narrative reflection on intentions for the final year.
• Spoken Word Self-awareness · English 12Writing and performing spoken word about identity.
• The Gothic and Fear Self-management · English 12How Gothic literature creates fear and how we face ours.
• Literary Criticism Lenses Social awareness · English 12Reading one text through multiple critical lenses.

Unit 6: Finding a Home

• Postcolonial Voices Social awareness · English 12Things Fall Apart and stories told from the other side of empire.
• Identity and Belonging Self-awareness · English 12Characters caught between cultures.
• Seminar on Power Relationship skills · English 12Socratic seminar on power and responsibility.

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.