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Night , Day 1. By Elie Wiesel. In your notebooks – new page – title “Night”. Copy the Essential Questions: How is our identity shaped by the circumstances we encounter? How do tragedy and trauma influence an individual’s identity and choices?. Defining identity. In your notebooks:
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Night, Day 1 By Elie Wiesel
In your notebooks – new page – title “Night” • Copy the Essential Questions: • How is our identity shaped by the circumstances we encounter? • How do tragedy and trauma influence an individual’s identity and choices?
Defining identity • In your notebooks: • In your own words, explain what the word identity means to you. • Look up and write down the dictionary definition of the word identity.
“I am myself and my circumstances.” – Jose Ortega y Gasset • Copy this quote in your notebooks and answer the following questions. • 1. How could you put Ortega y Gasset’s words into your own? Restate this idea in your own words. • 2. What do you think he means by “circumstances”? • 3. What is he trying to say about where identity comes from? • 4. Is there a time when his observation has been true in your own experience (either personally or what you have personally observed)? Explain.
Homework – create identity chart • See directions.
Identity Chart & Paragraph- Homework • 1. Create an identity chart that represents who you are. Write an insightful, detailed paragraph that connects the ideas and explains how you see yourself. • Grading Rubric • A (30) – Specific, highly personal, original words and phrases that define/describe your unique identity AND at least 15 words/factors/experiences with connections. Your explanatory paragraph is detailed and well-written and provides an insightful look into how you see yourself. Contains no/minor usage or convention errors. • B – (25) Personal, somewhat original words and phrases that define/describe your identity AND at least 11-14 words/factors/experiences with connections. Your explanatory paragraph is detailed and well-written and provides an thoughtful look into how you see yourself. Contains few usage or convention errors. • C – (22) Personal, but generic words and phrases that define/describe your identity AND at least 8-10 words/factors/experiences with connections. Your explanatory paragraph is simple, but and well-written and provides an basic look into how you see yourself. Contains few usage or convention errors. • D – (19) Generic/clichéd/ordinary words that define/describe your identity AND/OR 5-7 words included. Your explanatory paragraph is limited in details and provides an superficial look into how you see yourself. Contains multiple usage or convention errorsthat begin to impede understanding. • F – (15) Overly general. Generic words that could describe/identify a generic person. Not specific or detailed to you. Could be about any 9th grade student in general. No paragraph included.