Description:
For our opening activity, students will read the poem “Where I’m From” by George Ella Lyon. After reading this poem, students will create their own identity poem that mirrors the format of Lyon's poem. I will share my personal example first before students create their own identity poems. After students write their poems, they will break into small groups to discuss and share their poems. The class will then join together to discuss what different elements make up a person's identity.
This activity will attempt to get students to start thinking about identity. During discussion, they will attempt to answer 2 Essential Questions:
1) What makes up a person's identity?
2) Where does identity come from?
This activity allows students to start thinking about their own identity and what makes up their identity. More than likely, students will have many different aspects that make up their identity. In their discussion groups, they will explain where their identities come from and as a larger group, we will begin to complicate the elements of a person's identity and what it is composed of.
For our opening activity, students will read the poem “Where I’m From” by George Ella Lyon. After reading this poem, students will create their own identity poem that mirrors the format of Lyon's poem. I will share my personal example first before students create their own identity poems. After students write their poems, they will break into small groups to discuss and share their poems. The class will then join together to discuss what different elements make up a person's identity.
This activity will attempt to get students to start thinking about identity. During discussion, they will attempt to answer 2 Essential Questions:
1) What makes up a person's identity?
2) Where does identity come from?
This activity allows students to start thinking about their own identity and what makes up their identity. More than likely, students will have many different aspects that make up their identity. In their discussion groups, they will explain where their identities come from and as a larger group, we will begin to complicate the elements of a person's identity and what it is composed of.