Identity 10: My Neighborhood, part II

Title:My Neighborhood

Author: M. Hill

Week: 2, lesson 4

Unit/Lesson Plan #: Identity 10

Unit theme: Identity

Textbook references:

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros: "The House on Mango Street" (p. 3), "Those Who Don't" (p. 28), "A House of My Own" (p. 108)

Learning objectives:

To explore how place influcences identity; to examine descriptive language and descriptive paragraphs by describing our neighborhoods; to use the 5 senses to describe a scene; to identify and use personification

Key Questions, Concepts, or Themes:

What kind of language makes the best description?

How does place influence identity?

Stage 1:

JOURNAL: If you could live anywhere, where would it be, and why?

Stage 2:

A. Read "A House of My Own" and "Mango Says Goodbye" (p. 108-110)

B. As usual, encourage students to use active reading techniques (notes, underlining, questioning), and have students identify what they notice about the passage.

C. Define personification (giving human qualities to inhuman things), and ask students to identify examples of personification.

Stage 3:

Homework: (attach/link digital resources):

1. Write a descriptive narrative describing your neighborhood. Use the ideas you've come up with in your 5 senses brainstorm, as well as the examples of personification, to enhance description.

2. Read "Langston Terrace" (PHL 434-437). Answer: What does Langston Terrace reprsent for Greenfield's family? Give details from the text to support your answer.

Assessments: (attach/link copies)

_x_ Group assessment

_x_ Observation of process/student work

__ Self-assessment by student

__ Teacher generated assignment

__ Written project

__ Test/Quiz

__ Other: ____________________________________