Identity: Weeks of 10/1 and 10/8

Vocabulary List #2

Daughter of Invention

1. Describe the mother's inventions.

2. How do Yolanda and her sisters react to their mother’s inventions?

3. Why is the narrator having a hard time writing her speech?

4. How does the narrator feel about her speech? [35]

5. How does her father feel about her speech?

6. Describe the disagreement between the parents. [45-50]

7. Describe the narrator's speech.

Tomorrow:

• Opener
• Finish Vocabulary Chart
• Read Daughter of Invention
• Write Thinglink Paragraph

Vocabulary List #2

Astronomy

Recognize

Decade, Decimal

Dynamite

Gyrate

Hyperactive

Lunar

Creation

Verify, Verdict

Vest

Greek

Latin

Latin

Greek

Greek

Greek

Latin

Latin

Latin

Latin

Daughter of Invention (p.29 & Identity Section)

1. Describe the mother's inventions. [17]

2. How do Yolanda and her sisters react to their mother’s inventions? [21]

3. Why is the narrator having a hard time writing her speech? [27-28]

4. How does the narrator feel about her speech? [35]

5. How does her father feel about her speech? [40-43]

6. Describe the disagreement between the parents. [45-50]

7. Describe the narrator's speech. [56]

Thinglink Project

Choose another picture/item/list on your project.

• When did you first start liking this?
• How did this become important to you?
• What influences can you identify in your decision to like this?
• Who introduced you to like it/encouraged you to keep liking it?
• How important is this to your identity?

Write a 6-8 sentence paragraph explaining your answers to the above questions.

Vocabulary Tic-Tac-Toe

• Choose 1 row to complete.
• Any activities (quizzes, word searches, etc...) will be traded with a partner on Tuesday.
• Follow the instructions on using either the morpheme, definition, or example words
• TOMORROW: FLASH CARDS!!!

If you fail an assessment, you must complete 2 additional activities before retaking!

Daughter of Invention (p.29 & Identity Section)

1. Describe the mother's inventions. [17]

2. How do Yolanda and her sisters react to their mother’s inventions? [21]

3. Why is the narrator having a hard time writing her speech? [27-28]

4. How does the narrator feel about her speech? [35]

5. How does her father feel about her speech? [40-43]

6. Describe the disagreement between the parents. [45-50]

7. Describe the narrator's speech. [56]

Conformity

1. How does conformity develop over your lifespan?

2. What are the three major types of conformity?

3. What is the central idea of this article?

4. Explain what type of conformity the subjects in Muzafer Sherif’s moving light experiment were most likely experiencing, using evidence from the text to justify your answer.

How did you choose where the dot would go? Explain your choice.

IF you just made a random mark, were you being dismissive, impatient, or spontaneous? Explain why.

How do you normally respond to ambiguous situations?

Did you consider alternative placements? Did you make more than one dot? Why or why not?

Did you try to figure out what might be the right answer? Why or why not?

Did the fear of being wrong or looking bad stop you from choosing a different spot or size for the dot? Why or why not?

How does your dot reflect your usual approach to creative or open-ended questions?

Explain your normal process when faced with questions you don't know the answer to.

Would knowing there is no right answer change where you placed the dot? Why or why not?

Vocabulary Tic-Tac-Toe

• Complete 1 more box today

• Follow the instructions on using either the morpheme, definition, or example words

Create your flashcards using your own index cards.

*TEST IS THURSDAY, OCT 11th

Conformity

1. How does conformity develop over your lifespan?

2. What are the three major types of conformity?

3. What is the central idea of this article?

4. Explain what type of conformity the subjects in Muzafer Sherif’s moving light experiment were most likely experiencing, using evidence from the text to justify your answer.

Discussion

How is the narrator’s identity impacted by who her mother is? How much influence do you think a parent’s identity has on who their child will become? Describe a trait or hobby that one of your parents has passed on to you.

I'm Nobody! Who Are You?

1. How does the speaker feel about being a “Nobody”?

2. What do you think the theme (main idea) of the poem is?

No Man Is An Island

1. How do people interact with each other, according to the speaker?

2. What are lines 1-3 describing?

3. What do you think the theme is?

Vocabulary Tic-Tac-Toe

• Complete 1 more box today

• Follow the instructions on using either the morpheme, definition, or example words

Create your flashcards using your own index cards.

*TEST IS THURSDAY, OCT 11th

I'm Nobody! Who Are You?

1. How does the speaker feel about being a “Nobody”?

2. What do you think the theme (main idea) of the poem is?

No Man Is An Island

1. How do people interact with each other, according to the speaker?

2. What are lines 1-3 describing?

3. What do you think the theme is?

Vocabulary Tic-Tac-Toe

• Complete 1 more box today

• Follow the instructions on using either the morpheme, definition, or example words

Create your flashcards using your own index cards.

*TEST IS THURSDAY, OCT 11th

Final Draft

Rewrite your 3 paragraphs about your lists/ThingLink Project into a final draft.

Make improvements on spelling, grammar, and word choice.

I'm Nobody! Who Are You?

1. How does the speaker feel about being a “Nobody”?

2. What do you think the theme (main idea) of the poem is?

No Man Is An Island

1. How do people interact with each other, according to the speaker?

2. What are lines 1-3 describing?

3. What do you think the theme is?

Vocabulary Test

Expectations:

• Completely silent
• When finished, re-read The Mirror Stage and do your best on the pretest

When done, you may get a Chromebook and continue with NoRedInk (Google Classroom)