Identity Unit Day #2Entrance Ticket:

• What are two things Mr. Cassidy hoped you would learn from Day #1?

• Hints:• Marilyn Manson• Metacognition• Personal Identity• Stereotypes

Definitions

• Define identity in your own words.• Now, use a dictionary to define identity.• Compare the two definitions. Combine them to make a

definition that works for you!• Find your number partner (I’ll assign), share your

definitions with each other and then choose the best definition to share with the class.

Two Identities to Consider

• First: Patel• Patel’s TED Talk• Draw a web where you identify as many of his character traits as possible.• Circle the four that seem most important.

• Second: Calvin• Calvin & Hobbes comic strip.• Draw a web to identify his traits.• Circle the most important four.

Round Robin

• In a group of 4, you will share out the 4 words you chose to represent Patel in the Word Web you created for him.

• You must have reasons for choosing those 4, as you will have to talk for the full 30 seconds while no one else in your group can speak

• Now, do the same thing, but for Calvin

Super-You Blog Post

• Both characters (one fictional and one real) based part of their identity on a superhero.

• Blog:• Blog what your four words/phrases were.• Blog how they have changed (or not) since we moved deeper into

this unit.

• Choose a Superhero that you would like to emulate and explain why on your blog.