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SWBAT:
Cognitive (know/understand):
1. SW understand that people can express their unique identities through creative
outlets.
a. Students will know that identity can be expressed through writing
journal entries.
Performance (do):
3. Students will create and continue to work on pieces of art that show their own
identity.
a. Students will write journal entries about one aspect of their identity
SOLs:
6.7 The student will write narration, description, exposition, and persuasion.
b) Use a variety of prewriting strategies including graphic organizers to generate
and organize ideas.
CCSs:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.3
Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique,
relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Methods of Assessment:
[How will you know if the intended learning occurred?] List all methods of assessment used in
this lesson or which are related to this lesson and come in a future lesson. After each
assessment, indicate in brackets the number(s) and letter(s) of the unit objective and the related
lesson objectives that the assessment is evaluating.
Before this lesson, students The students Do Now The Found Poetry assessment
will have discussed what answers and discussion will at the end of this unit will
identity means, and have inform the teacher if they require a journal entry, from
brainstormed different facets need to revisit identity which the students will create
that make up their own conceptually before moving poetry. This writing will be
identity. This will be one of on. The students journaling there first where students
the first writing exercises of will inform the teachers next practice writing the journal
the year, so student writing lessons on mechanics / entries from which they will
readiness is not yet fully grammar, when deciding create their found poems.
determined. We will have where students may need Throughout the unit we will
looked at My Name by help revising / editing. The revise the journal entries, and
Sandra Cisneros (a story Exit Slip will inform the write at least one more which
relevant to identity), so teacher about where students can pull from for their
students have at least seen students still struggle with found poems.
identity projected through todays lessons content
art, and will now practice this (journaling, expression
for themselves. (Objective through writing).
1a, 2).
Procedures/Instructional Strategies
[Note: Any words that represent what I would say directly to students appear in italics.]
Im going to write the word sister at the top of my journal. [Write sister. In this lesson plan,
spoken instruction about each line is written above that line.]
Sister:
Now Im going to ask myself, what is a sister? Who am I a sister to? I have two sisters, so Im
going to write that.
What do my sisters mean to me? I often think of them more like my friends. Its a special
friendship because we had no choice but to have each other! But I think this connection is really
beautiful, and makes us closer. Ill write about that. [Read aloud what is being written while
writing.]
They have always been my best friends, from the day each of us was born. I did not have to
learn how to love them, because it feels like I always have. They have taught me unconditional
love in a way that I could never know otherwise. I think there is something beautiful about the
Now, how has this affected me? I think my sisters have taught me about unconditional love.
What do you guys think unconditional love means? [Allow for volunteers.] Rights, so its a love
that exists no matter what happens. My sisters give me this, and have taught me have to be
understanding as I maintain this love.
We have no choice but to extend each other our hands and our hearts when one of us is in
need. This has made me more responsible and more understanding, because no matter what
Lets see. Maybe I could talk about where I have been a sister. Im a sister all of the time, but
where have I been with my sisters, acting as a sister? Mostly in my house, when we grew up
together. We shared a lot, from the same parents, to the same experiences. We even did some
of the same activities, like playing sports after school! Im going to write about that.
We grew up in the same house, with the same parents, with the same pets. We have seen the
same fights, felt the same family pains, and played in the same yards. We played the same
How does being a sister make me feel? I think its really important and comforting to have
people who know have experienced the same childhood as me, because there are some things
about growing up that are just hard to talk about with other people.
There are no other people I could ever share my childhood with, and there are memories we
share that I could never fully explain to other people. As a sister, I understand and I feel
understood.
So this is my journal piece for today! I feel done for now because I started to uncover what it
means to me to be sister, and how that makes me feel. What questions do you all have about
the journal writing you just saw me do? [Allow for questions.] Great everyone, go ahead and get
writing! Remember to write your identity word at the top of your paper, just like I did. Go!
4. [_15_mins] Closure:
You all have been working so hard! Take a minute to look through your writing and pick your
favorite sentence. When everyone in your group has picked theirs, read it aloud to your group.
Im going to pass out some papers to each group while you discuss, but dont use them yet!
[Allow 3 minutes for group sharing, circulating and listening. While circulating, pass out the exit
tickets (Appendix D) to each table.] Would anyone like to share their favorite sentence with the
entire class? [Allow volunteers to share their sentences.] Those are all really awesome! I cant
wait to read what youve written. Now, if you pick up the Exit Slip Ive handed out, please
answer the questions Ive written with the last few minutes of class. This will help me help you in
future lessons! [Allow students to complete exit slips.] If you could all leave your slips in the
center of your tables in a neat pile, that would be so awesome! Thanks so much for your hard
work today, guys.
2. People often use art to express their identity. What are some artistic forms you
can use to convey identity?
Appendix B: Teachers Topic Blast
Sister
Friend
Cat Owner
Violinist
Woman Teacher
Topic Blast: Identity
Reader
Baker
Enjoyer of Art
Learner
Painter
Sister:
I am a sister to two wonderful women. They have always been my best friends, from the day
each of us was born. I did not have to learn how to love them, because it feels like I always
have. They have taught me unconditional love in a way that I could never know otherwise. I
think there is something beautiful about the fact that we did not get to choose each other. We
have no choice but to extend each other our hands and our hearts when one of us is in need.
This has made me more responsible and more understanding, because no matter what
same fights, felt the same family pains, and played in the same yards. We played the same
sports (though I was always the worst). There are no other people I could ever share my
childhood with, and there are memories we share that I could never fully explain to other people.
2. What new ideas did you come to about your identity today?