Bell Ringers and Exit Tickets Death of a Salesman Bell Ringers and Exit Tickets

Who or what has had the most defining role in shaping your identity?

Pair-Share Why are you the way you are? Turn and talk to your group of three or four. What identities do you have in common? What identities are different? How do these identities contribute to who we are as people?

Personal Identity vs. Social Identity Personal Identities: Individual traits that make up who you are, including your birth order, hobbies, interests (favorite music, food, hobbies, etc), experiences, talents, abilities and personal choices. Social Identities: Primarily group identities, aspects of ourselves where we belong to a particular group (gender, age, religion). These could include common history, shared experiences, day-to-day interactions, etc. Does one of these identities shape you more than the other?

Exit Ticket Day Two Biff is clearly struggling with an inner conflict when he says, “I don’t know what the future is. I don’t know—what I’m supposed to want.” What does society tell you that you are supposed to want as a teenager? How does this align with what you personally want in your life? What prevents Happy from latching on to Biff’s idea to move out West and work together on a ranch? If you were in Happy’s position, which would you choose? To pursue a life more fitting to your desires or one-up the people around you and prove yourself?

The Pursuit of Happiness Look at the relationship between father and son in “The Pursuit of Happiness.” How is this similar to and/or different from the relationship between Willy and his sons? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvtxOzO6OAE

Well-liked vs. Respect vs. Popularity At the end of the section we read on Friday, Willy says about Charley, “Other men—I don’t know—they do it easier…A man oughta come in with a few words. One thing about Charley. He’s a man of few words, and they respect him” (37). This is the first time he has talked about respect instead of being well-liked. Bell Ringer: What does it mean to be respected? What does it mean to be well- liked? Are they they same? Which would you prefer to be--well-liked or well-respected? Draw a line down the middle of your page (sixish lines) On one side write “Well-liked” on the other side write “Well- respected

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Lady Gaga

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Well-liked vs. Respect vs. Popularity At the end of the section we read on Friday, Willy says about Charley, “Other men—I don’t know—they do it easier…A man oughta come in with a few words. One thing about Charley. He’s a man of few words, and they respect him” (37). This is the first time he has talked about respect instead of being well-liked. Bell Ringer: What does it mean to be respected? What does it mean to be well- liked? Are they they same? Which would you prefer to be--well-liked or well-respected? Draw a line down the middle of your page (sixish lines) On one side write “Well-liked” on the other side write “Well- respected

Somebody Wanted But So Somebody Wanted But So The Big Bad Wolf    The Big Bad Wolf  Anne Frank Biff Pigs for dinner To hide from the Nazis … They hid in the brick house. Someone turned her in. He went hungry. She died in a concentration camp. On the back of the reading questions, create a chart that looks like the one to the left. Fill in the chart for Biff, Happy, Linda, and Willy. Be ready to share.

Compare and Contrast After watching this video, what similarities and differences do you see between Christopher and Willy from the short clip in The Pursuit of Happiness? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ep-ieEG06qg

How do you define success?