How does one form an identity that remains true and authentic to one’s self? 8/8/16

The definition of identity who someone is : the name of a person the qualities, beliefs, etc., that make a particular person or group different from others

Turn & talk Turn and talk to your shoulder partner about what qualities you have that make you different from others. 2 mins.

QUICKWRITE: RESPOND IN YOUR WRITER’S NOTEBOOK. Write about what comes to your mind when you read it, what stands out to you, and what you think it means. QUICKWRITE: RESPOND IN YOUR WRITER’S NOTEBOOK.

Maya angelou http://www.biography.com/people/maya- angelou-9185388

Vocabulary Are there any words that are unknown to you?

Multi-Draft Reading 1st Reading: Look for key ideas and details that unlock basic meaning For poetry, read to get an overall sense of the poem and its speaker. Look at point of view and consider how that affects the meaning of the poem.

Multi-Draft Reading 2nd Reading Read for deeper meaning Look for ways in which the author used text structures and why the author chose those organizational patterns. Look at the speaker’s tone/mood and how or if it changes throughout the poem.

2nd Reading Listen to the poem being read aloud – remember, you’re reading for deeper meaning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89dLNzE hIz4

With your shoulder partner Closely read the poem together, stanza by stanza, and mark the patterns you are noticing. - these patterns can include things like literary devices (similes, metaphors, personification, onomatopoeia) or any structural or organizational patterns the author used (rhyme scheme).

class Talk What are some things that made better sense to you the second time you heard/read the poem? What stanza of the poem stands out the most to you? What confusions do you still have?

Multi-Draft Reading 3rd Reading Read to integrate your knowledge and ideas. Connect the text to other texts of its kind and to your own experiences. Note areas in which you or someone you know can relate to the work. Mark areas that remind you of the different characters that we have met this week.

humumet Reread the poem and box in the words that contribute to the mood of the poem. Once you have finished boxing in the mood words, you are to create an image that visually represents the mood of the poem. However, do not let the image cover your mood words.

Text-Based Evidence Claim – a statement that you have to prove Evidence – proof of the claim from the text YOU MUST HAVE 1-2! Impact- your final comment or conclusion about how the evidence supports the claim

Argument writing In your writer’s notebook, answer the following questions: Do our fears define us? Can fear be a good thing? How can fear affect our identity? You must use 2 examples from your life where fear played a major role and connect those examples to the poem. It must 3-5 sentences.

Narrative writing In your writer’s notebook, write a narrative about a time when your fears caused you to become something that wasn’t true to who you are.