1. Agenda Film Clip Friday Intro to Unit
QHT vocabulary (2nd bl: started yesterday/4th block: start from beginning)
Unit Overview – GIST statement
“Ethnic Hash”
Discuss
Intro to Reflective Essay assignment/Traffic Light activity
“What is Cultural Identity” essay
HW: Read

2. Welcome and Reminders (8/3/18)
HW: Download the FlipGrid app this weekend – it is a free app and we will use it for responses in class this semester
Pre-Course Reading
COMPLETED BY Thursday, 8/23): You will need your pre-course reading book (In class) as well as your completed work. You will use this work to complete a larger assignment for the unit. You should have the book finished – that is a given.
If you are new to Hillgrove, it is your responsibility to view the PRE-COURSE reading assignment posted on the school website and speak to me with any questions you might have. You can finish it by 8/23 as well as the assignment.

3. Film Clip Friday: Literary Element
Create a chart like this one Schindler’s List (1993) Questions: Why is the coat red and everything else black and white? Why does the director use primarily a long shot? JUXTAPOSITION and SYMBOLISM
SEE
HEAR
FEEL
BELIEVE

4. Lit Terms Definition
Symbolism - an object representing another to give it an entirely different meaning that is much deeper and more significant.
Bald eagle symbolizes….?
Red color or red rose symbolizes…?
Four Seasons in writing symbolize…?
“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players;” (Shakespeare)

5. Juxtaposition – two unlike ideas placed side by side
Why? To highlight the differences between them; point out irony
Examples:
Lion looking fearful of a mouse
Image of a grandmother holding a baby
A child’s tricycle in front of a tank

6. Exploring Culture (1.2 & 1.3)
QHT (literary/academic vocab) p. 2

7. Activity: What’s the Gist Statement?
First: Read the unit overview to yourself. (p.1) Underline what you will do and circle what you will learn.
Second: Share what you underlined and circled with your partner. Then, write a GIST statement for the unit.
Gist Statement
“This unit intends to develop my learning by
____________________________.”

8. INFORMAL VOICE
Informal Voice is similar to spoken CONVERSATION and often displays EMOTION.
Authors may use SLANG and arguments are supported by personal EXAMPLES.
Sentences are often short and SIMPLE.

9. FORMAL VOICE
Formal Voice is typically written in a LOGICAL order with limited EMOTION.
This type of writing avoids SLANG and arguments are supported by EVIDENCE.
Sentences are usually COMPLEX or contain technical LANGUAGE.

10. “Ethnic Hash” - Discuss
Formal vs. Informal
Reading Purpose Q
Find ideas that help define “cultural identity”
Find words, phrases, sentences that establish the narrator’s voice
Qs 10&12

11. Exploring Culture (1.2 & 1.3)
Review prompt and rubric – Reflective Essay assignment
Sticky Note activity: Traffic light & skills required
“What is Cultural Identity?” (collaborative groups)
I do/We do/You do
Compare/Contrast to “Ethnic Hash” (formal voice vs. informal voice)
Intro to EA #1 – Cultural Identity Writing

12. has an adequately maintained central idea to focus the topic
The essay
has an adequately maintained central idea to focus the topic
uses a sufficient range of examples/ evidence to develop the explanation of cultural identity.

13. Embedded Assessment #1 (page 57)
Brainstorm aspects of culture (culture web – race, ethnicity, personality, gender, sports, music, hobbies, etc.)
Turn those into “I am…” statements (Ex: I am…a basketball player, a Christian, a black man, a wrestling fan, a musician, etc.)
Select ONE subculture to delve deeper.
Explore values, beliefs, ideas (repeated phrase from What is Cultural Identity? Essay) then move to doing that for each I am statement
Now select another subculture and explore the values, beliefs, and ideas
Continue to do this for each subculture
Look for patterns (what subcultures have similar values, beliefs, or ideas?)
Students Free Write about these values, beliefs, and ideas (turn in for feedback)
Select a format (poem or narrative) and write.

14. Final Thoughts (If time)
Index Card Response (to turn in)
I came to class expecting…
I learned…
One question I have is…