Workbook & Identity mini-lesson for “Where I'm From” by Misa Sugiura
A short story from Come On In: 15 Stories About Immigration and Finding Home.
Pgs. 1-6: Reading comp. questions short response. Sketching activities.
Pg. 3: Extended writing response with two options
Pg. 7: Identity mini-lesson & short writing activity
Pg. 8: Plot graphic organizer
Pg. 9: Character graphic organizer
Pg. 10: Story review form
Pg. 11: Key
WORKBOOK
> 30 reading comprehension questions
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Three types of questions:
- Short Response (complete sentences not required)
- Written Response (complete sentences required)
- True/False
> Students will have to dig deeper into the text with this resource.
> Questions are designed to push students to think critically about character development, culture, and identity.
> Extended response question has two topics for S to select from. Each has warm-up questions to get students' ideas 'rolling.'
> Use of the extended response/essay activity may add 1-4 days, depending on length and formatting requirements of the teacher.> "Written Response" questions are great for discussion as they're often reflective/no wrong answer style to encourage independent thinking and interpretation.
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5Ws character graphic organizer is
customized to the story.
> Story review form AND plotline graphic organizer are career-long re-usables (can be reused with no changes for stories, books, film, and epic poetry)..
Pre-reading...
> Teacher may want to use the identity mini-lesson & short writing activity prior to reading the story. It can be used as a starting point for a variety of self-reflection activities having to do with identity.
> Provides definitions & detailed examples of: ethnicity, nationality, culture, and, race.
> Use to provide or clarify background knowledge 1-2 weeks before reading.
> Use it to deep dive into characters' identities when it is a story/book/play/film/poem theme.
During or post-reading...
> Use it to compare characters' self-identity to how they are treated by others characters. Use it to consider how & why a character identifies themselves. (Example questions: If a character's nationality is Peruvian, is it "wrong" if other characters assume their race to be Mexican? How much does the protagonist care how they are identified by others? In this story, should the protagonist correct others or would that make situation X worse? What seems to carry the most weight in the protagonist's self-identity -- their ethnicity, nationality, culture, or, race?)
> The mini-lesson is a career-long reusable.
> Themes: finding one's identity, self-reflection, self-acceptance
> Identity mini-lesson purchased separately:
$13
<>Resources are designed for struggling learners. Perfect modified resources for special education or below-level learners. Workbook questions are not all higher order thinking (a few are); they are roughly 7-8th grade level. The extended response/essay activity is roughly 8-9th grade.
Same resource on TeachersPayTeachers: $18
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