Individuals and Groups

Big Ideas: How do individuals and groups shape our identity? How do we become a confident individual?

Reading: How are the characters in your book connected?

Agenda:

1. Grade your Sweltering Words of Summer vocabulary
2. Roundtable discussion: Individuals and groups
   
3. Hand out textbooks. Put your names on the spine.
4. Read Music for My Mother.
1. The text of the nonfiction narrative.
2. The audio of the nonfiction narrative.
3. Look for Contrasts and Contradictions. Who shapes the main character?
5. English Journal #3: Music for My Mother
1. Write a one-sentence summary.
2. Describe how individuals and groups shape the narrator of the nonfiction narrative. Make a list.
6. 100 Words every middle schooler should know.

Success Criteria:

1. I finished my vocabulary from last week.
2. I am starting to understand how individuals and groups shape me.
3. I understand what I should look for in a fictional narrative.
4. I am working on getting my list to 100%

Homework:

1. Work on 100 words every middle schooler should know.
2. You should have your first book read