Where Do I Fit In?
Exploring Identity and Culture Through Literature
Focus Text: The Awakening
Essential Questions:
1. How does your culture shape your identity?
2. How does literature teach us about our identities?
A. Opening Assignment: Grammar Book
The Voice of a Verb
Read page 141. Then, complete exercise A on page 142. Follow the directions as they are written.
B. Conduct a gallery walk that examines the characteristics of various literary forms.
C. Model New American Notebook for chapter 1 of The Awakening (think-aloud).
D. Read chapter 2 of The Awakening and fill out New American Notebook. (guided instruction)
E. Read chapter 3 in groups of 4 and fill out the New American Notebook.
F. Closing: Discuss what we have read thus far.
Exploring Identity and Culture Through Literature
Focus Text: The Awakening
Essential Questions:
1. How does your culture shape your identity?
2. How does literature teach us about our identities?
A. Opening Assignment: Grammar Book
The Voice of a Verb
Read page 141. Then, complete exercise A on page 142. Follow the directions as they are written.
B. Conduct a gallery walk that examines the characteristics of various literary forms.
C. Model New American Notebook for chapter 1 of The Awakening (think-aloud).
D. Read chapter 2 of The Awakening and fill out New American Notebook. (guided instruction)
E. Read chapter 3 in groups of 4 and fill out the New American Notebook.
F. Closing: Discuss what we have read thus far.