1. OCTOBER 14 I can use a dash correctly. I can analyze non-print sources. I can demonstrate comprehension of text. I can make inferences.

2. The dash Use a dash before and after a long interrupter. Remember interrupters may come at the beginning, middle, or end. The dash may be used to signal a substitution for parentheses or as a substitute for the phrases like “it is” or “they are.” When used as a substitute, the words after the dash become more important. * Dashes are often used in pairs. EX: All the cafeteria’s vegetables –broccoli, green beans, peas, and carrots-were cooked to a gray mush. GRAMMAR

3. Complete the worksheet. Review the answers. GRAMMAR PRACTICE

4. Last class period we analyzed 2 photos together. Today, you will use the same analysis handout and analyze a photo on your own. You will get with a partner (2 people in a group). Each person will analyze a different photo. – Only one partner will see the photo. Partner #1 turn around and face the back of the room. PHOTO ANALYSIS

5. PHOTO #1

6. Share your analysis with your partner. The partner who did not see the picture, must draw the picture based on their partner’s analysis. Partner #2 turn around and face the back of the room. SHARE ANALYSIS

7. PHOTO #2

8. Share your analysis with your partner. The partner who did not see the picture, must draw the picture based on their partner’s analysis. SHARE ANALYSIS

9. Discuss with your partner how close/or far off their picture is to the actual picture. Everybody examine both pictures. Discuss how the event/situation in each photo would effect the identity of the subject of the photo. DISCUSS

10. Keep in mind the following question: – How do the time and place in which a person lives influence his or her identity? JAMES BALDWIN’S ESSAY MY DUNGEON SHOOK

11. James’s father was a minister- he describes his father being holy James lived in Europe for most of the 1950s. He wrote novels such as Go Tell it on the Mountain and If Beale Street Could Talk. His essays are some of the greatest American essays written in the 20 th century; they often deal with issues of race, identity, and African American rights. BEFORE READING

12. Read with a pen… – Read the essay with a pen in hand. – Annotate the essay. ACTIVE READING

13. How can you relate? In what way might your country’s attitude toward you or your people affect your sense of identity? How do a person’s cultural values and sense of identity affect his or her obligation to the community? SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT…

14. Why is the word integration such an important part of the essay? What is Baldwin saying about the relationship of white people to African Americans? Why does Baldwin think “The country is celebrating one hundred years of freedom one hundred years too soon. We cannot be free until they are free”? To whom does they refer in the closing sentence? QUESTIONS

15. Write a letter to a younger sibling, cousin, niece or nephew about the ways students' identities have been affected by living in your city or town. WRAP UP