Week Four

Weekly Objective: This week we will examine the question of identity. What shapes our identity? We will also examine the question of identity in context with our learning cycle theme, which is: what factors in our neighborhood, such as schools, resources, safety, etc. influence who we are as people?

Competencies Addressed:

ELA 7.2 - Pose and Respond to Questions (Discussion practice)
ELA 1.1 - Cite Evidence and Interpret the Text (practice)

Monday, September 23

Today, we will continue our exploration of factors that contribute to the shaping of our identities through video clips and a short film. This is a discussion practice task (ELA 7.2).

Agenda:

1. Journal warm-up: stereotypes

2. Journal entry expectations

3. Identity hand-out

4. Identity short film

5. Discussion

Discuss:

When and why do people wear masks? (Possible answers: Halloween, superheroes, American football/hockey players, doctors, etc.)
Do we wear “masks” at Building 21?
What parts of our social and personal identity can't always be seen?

Journal expectations

Homework:

Read and annotate the article linked below.
Complete the exit question on the last page.

Benefits of Journal: Practice Annotations

identity, part 2

Why Journal?

10 Ways Keeping a Journal Will Genuinely Improve Your LifeKeeping a diary, or journaling (as we refer to it post-puberty), can feel like the territory of pimply, hormonal teenagers crazed with fantasies about their…

Tuesday, September 24th

identity: The Danger of a single Story

Today, we will continue our exploration of factors that contribute to the shaping of our identities through video clips and a short film. This is a discussion practice task (ELA 7.2).

Agenda:

Journal entry: stereotypes, part two
The Danger of a Single Story video and notes
Single story discussion
"Just Because" poem

Single Story

Exit: "Just Because" poem

Just Because Final

The danger of a single storyOur lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.

Submit "Just Because" poems here

English 1 (Lambo)

English 3rd Period (Mercedes Benz)

English 4th Period (BMW)

English 6th Period (Tesla)

Today we will examine identity and poetry. We will first review the ELA 1.1, Reading Fiction continua to make sure we understand how we know we are using strategies effectively to help us read and citing evidence to support our interpretations. This is a practice task.

Step One: review the continua (ELA 1.1)

Step Two: review annotation symbols and expectations. Discuss what works/doesn't work

Step Three: introduce Get/Don't charts with poetry

Step Four: Read "Dinosaurs in the Hood" by Danez Smith with guided analysis.

Step Five: Exit discussion and writing.