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SEL activities for StudySync Grade 12

36 RoseThread Connect activities matched to the chapters of StudySync Grade 12 (McGraw Hill). 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: Epic Heroes

• Senior Year Intentions Self-awareness · English 12Narrative reflection on intentions for the final year.
• Epic Heroes and Everyday Courage Self-awareness · English 12Epic heroes and the courage of ordinary life.
• Literary Criticism Lenses Social awareness · English 12Reading one text through multiple critical lenses.
• 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.
• Seminar on Power Relationship skills · English 12Socratic seminar on power and responsibility.
• Satire and Social Change Responsible decision-making · English 12A Modest Proposal and satire as protest.
• The Gothic and Fear Self-management · English 12How Gothic literature creates fear and how we face ours.
• Frankenstein and Responsibility Responsible decision-making · English 12Creators' responsibility, from science to AI.

Unit 2: The Human Condition

• Ethics of Technology Responsible decision-making · English 12Arguing a position on an AI or technology ethics question.
• Research Methods for College Self-management · English 12Sustained research with a manageable plan.
• Annotated Bibliography Responsible decision-making · English 12Evaluating and citing sources with integrity.
• 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.
• Writing a Literary Analysis Responsible decision-making · English 12College level literary analysis with a complex claim.
• Peer Review Like a Professional Relationship skills · English 12Professional feedback norms.
• Presenting Research Findings Self-management · English 12Presenting research to an authentic audience.
• Semester Reflection Self-awareness · English 12Reflective letter on growth and goals.

Unit 3: An Exchange of Ideas

• The Modern Hero Self-awareness · English 12Antiheroes and complicated heroes in modern literature.
• Poetry and Grief Social awareness · English 12Elegies and supporting others in grief.
• Dystopia and Freedom Responsible decision-making · English 121984 or Brave New World and the cost of comfort.
• Surveillance and Privacy Responsible decision-making · English 12Privacy in the digital age across multiple sources.
• Workplace Communication Relationship skills · English 12Professional emails, cover letters, and tone.
• The Interview Relationship skills · English 12Mock job and college interviews.
• Resumes That Tell a Story Self-awareness · English 12Turning experiences into a resume that reflects strengths.
• Financial Literacy Texts Responsible decision-making · English 12Reading contracts, leases, and loan terms carefully.
• Civic Voice Social awareness · English 12Writing to influence a local or state decision.

Unit 4: Emotional Currents

• Spoken Word Self-awareness · English 12Writing and performing spoken word about identity.
• Senior Project: Plan Self-management · English 12Planning a senior project that serves others.
• Senior Project: Collaborate Relationship skills · English 12Team roles and resolving conflict on long projects.
• Senior Project: Present Relationship skills · English 12Presenting projects to the community.
• Letters Across Time Self-awareness · English 12Letters to their younger and future selves.
• Commencement Speeches Self-awareness · English 12Analyzing famous commencement speeches.
• My Commencement Speech Self-awareness · English 12Writing their own two minute commencement speech.
• Portfolio and Growth Self-awareness · English 12Reflecting on four years of reading and writing.
• Thank You and Farewell Relationship skills · English 12Farewell letters thanking people who shaped them.

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.