Lesson Plan

Identity: Characterization/Character Traits

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"Who am I?" Guy de Maupassant's short story "The Necklace," Julio Naboa Polanco's poem "Identity," and a clip from a Jason Bourne film provide learners with a context to consider the traits that makeup identity. Scholars create a biography for one of these characters and craft a poem that reveals their identity.

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CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Ideas
  • Use the lesson at the beginning of the school year and post the body paragraphs about the classroom
Classroom Considerations
  • While the links to Julio Naboa Polanco's poem and Gary Soto's story do not work, both can be found on the internet
  • Projection equipment is required for the videos and the slideshow
Pros
  • Links are provided to resources that detail the learning strategies used in the lesson
Cons
  • None