Identity

Unit Timeline
Week 1: March 4 8 Monday
Do Now What has made you the person you are today? 10 minutes Introduce Unit Watch Made Up Of o Have students write down what she mentions o Discuss the influences Discuss focus on identity o Describe culminating project Bronx Masquerade o Give overview of the book 20 minutes Figurative Language Review figurative language vocabulary words Read Harlem by Langston Hughes and identify figurative language 40 minutes Homework Figurative language worksheet based on Edgar Allen Poes Tell-Tale Heart.

Tuesday
Do Now Onomatopoeia group activity. 20 minutes Figurative Language Game Work in groups to identify type of figurative language 50 minutes Homework Find 5 examples of figurative language in song lyrics

Wednesday
Do Now Identify examples of figurative language and explain meaning. 10 minutes Bronx Masquerade Give background on the Harlem Renaissance & Langston Hughes Preview book Discuss habits of a good reader Read Wesleys chapter Make character chart of details & inferences Have students identify figurative language use in groups then review as class Read Tyrones chapter 60 minutes Homework Worksheet on figurative language

Thursday*
Do Now School aint nothing but a joke. Do you agree with this statement? Explain. 10 minutes Constructed Response Finish reading Tyrone UNPACK the constructed response question (identify theme in poem & 2 examples to support) Read poem together Answer question 35 minutes Homework Idiom worksheet *half day 45 minute periods

Friday
Do Now Study for the quiz 10 minutes Figurative Language Quiz 20 minutes Rest of Class Finish constructed response Achieve 3000 30 minutes


Week 2: March 11 - 15

Monday
Do Now What are three things people might not know about you? 10 minutes Vocabulary Review vocabulary words for the week 15 minutes Identity Project Introduce and give overview of assignment Class brainstorm of ideas to draw upon (writers notebook) 10 minutes Bronx Masquerade Read Chankaras chapter Discuss use of figurative language in poem Have students make character chart in groups 35 minutes Homework Vocabulary quadrant

Tuesday
Do Now List three ways you identify yourself. When finished, write one of your identities on a post-it and place it on the board. 10 minutes Identity Project Iceberg exercise Discuss what shaped the characters in Bronx Masquerade Fill out the iceberg chart using their own aspects of their identity 40 minutes Figurative Language Review Simile, Personification and Alliteration in Hoops 20 minutes Homework Figurative language examples

Wednesday*
Bronx Masquerade In small groups: Read Diondra and Devons chapters and create a venn diagram comparing and contrasting the two characters 30 minutes Homework Bronx Masquerade interview

Thursday
Do Now What does the expression The grass is always greener on the other side mean? 10 minutes Constructed Response Read Lupe and Glorias chapters Compare Lupe and Glorias outlook on life. What drives them? Support your answer with 3 examples from the text. 60 minutes Homework Study for quiz

Friday*
Do Now Study for quiz 10 minutes Vocabulary Test 20 minutes Finish Constructed Response Achieve3000

*plan for 30 minute class period

Week 3: March 18 - 22

Monday
Do Now 10 minutes Overview of the week Identity project Show them schedule 15 minutes Review Metaphors Give examples and create together as a class Have students come up with own about school, family, love, home, life, etc Whip around have each student share 20 minutes Bronx Masquerade Read Rauls chapter and complete T-chart Discuss stereotypes 40 minutes Homework Metaphor worksheet

Tuesday
Do Now Partner pair share activity 15 minutes Bronx Masquerade Pair share Janelle Compare how their physical appearance influences them Share inferences & quotes 45 minutes Brainstorm ideas for their poems 10 minutes Homework Portrait poem

Wednesday
Do Now Write a question for three different characters on three separate slips of paper and place them in the front when finished 15 minutes Bronx Masquerade Review Interview/talk show review activity (students play the characters and I asked them the questions they submitted through the Do Now as the talk show host) Discuss themes & characters 55 minutes Homework I am poem

Thursday
Do Now Look over the character notes 10 minutes Bronx Masquerade and Figurative Language Review Jeopardy game 60 minutes Homework Study for test

Friday
Bronx Masquerade Quiz 30 minutes Open Mic Performances 30 minutes Open Mic Reflection Vote for favorite poem (ask Ramos to tally) Who surprised you the most? Why? What did you learn about someone that you didnt expect? 10 minutes