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Mini-Lesson: Exploring Personal Identity I AM… Poem Work on writing your poem.

==‍‍Unit Overview- Where is this going? == The Final Performance Task: to write a memoir consisting of the vignettes recounting events at a specific location. You will purposefully organize your writing to link the vignettes together, including reflection to convey the significance of the events/place to you and to relate a larger idea to the reader. You will publish this memoir online, using formatting and multimedia elements to enhance ideas.

Skills Leading Up to This...
 * Analyzing word choice, connotation, and tone
 * Analyzing figurative language
 * Analyzing narrative structures
 * Making inferences and supporting with text evidence
 * Descriptive writing with reflection

Formative Assessments...
 * "PEE" Paragraphs
 * Socratic Seminar
 * Reading Journal
 * Text Annotations
 * Short Descriptive and Narrative Pieces
 * Peer and Self Evaluations
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1 page analytical essay

‍‍<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Homework

 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Finish your I Am... Poem