Transcript Cultural Identity

WELCOME BACK!
Do Now: Journal.
Last class we defined cultural identity as our
values, beliefs, ideas about acceptable and
unacceptable behaviors, and social norms.
Write: Is food an important part of your
culture? Why or why not?
As we go through the following slides, you will
see several images of food. Make a 2-column
graph of foods that you identify with and
foods that are not part of your culture.
Foods that ARE part of Foods that are NOT
your culture
part of your culture
Journal: What foods are an
important part of your culture?
List as many as come to mind.
Why did you pick this food? Write
one paragraph about why and how
this food plays a significant role in
your culture.
Welcome back. Adjust to school life. No
homework.
WELCOME TO CLASS!
Do Now: Grammar Questions.
Read the paragraph on the grammar
handout and answer the corresponding
questions.
You will need your copy of
Springboard today.
What is tone in writing?
How is tone developed?
Is tone dynamic?
Why or why not?
 hash1
 noun: hash; plural noun: hashes
 1. a dish of cooked meat cut into small pieces and cooked
again, usually with potatoes.
 NORTH AMERICAN a finely chopped mixture."a hash of
raw tomatoes, chili peppers, and cilantro"
 a mixture of jumbled incongruous things; a mess.
 synonyms:
mixture, assortment, variety, array, mix,
miscellany, selection, medley, mishmash, ragbag,
gallimaufry, potpourri, hodgepodge "a whole hash of
excuses"
We will read “Ethnic Hash”
together. Take notes and annotate
as we read.
Answer questions 8-11 on p.13. Use
complete sentences.
Complete questions 8-11 on p.13
of Springboard, if you did not
finish in class.
WELCOME TO CLASS!
Do Now: Grammar Questions 2.
Read the paragraph on the grammar
handout and answer the corresponding
questions.
You will need your copy of Springboard.
 Voice is the way a writer or speaker uses
words, syntax, and/or tone to express ideas as
well as persona or personality.
 Today, we will review voice in terms of it being
either formal or informal.
 Formal (academic):
 Informal:
 From “What Is Cultural Identity?” by Trumbull and Pacheco:
“In this way, we often talk about other people’s cultures,
and not so much about our own. Our own culture is often
hidden from us, and we frequently describe it as ‘the way
things are.’ Nonetheless, one’s beliefs and actions are not
any more natural or biologically predetermined than any
other group’s set of beliefs and actions; they have
emerged from the ways one own group has dealt with and
interpreted the particular conditions it has faced. As
conditions change, so do cultures; thus, cultures are
considered to be dynamic.”
Compare the voice we identified in the previous
essay to Patricia J. Williams’ “Ethnic Hash”:
“Throw in as many exotic-sounding spices and
mysterious roots as you can lay your hands on—
go on, use your imagination!—and garnish with
those fashionable little wedges of lime that
make everything look vaguely Thai. Watch
those taxis screech to a halt! A guaranteed
crowd-pleaser that can be reheated or rehashed
generation after generation.”
Tone and voice are similar. Often tone
refers to the attitude within a work.
• Tone can be formal or informal.
• Tone can be sarcastic, cheerful,
aggressive, etc.
• Your voice is consistent, but tone is
dynamic.
EXPLAIN THIS—
FRIDA KAHLO
 Turn to p. 27 to take notes on The Life and Times
of Frida.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYWKoMFjnbs
 Frida, a Biography, p. 27
FRIDA KAHLO
Biography, p.27.
Complete all Key Ideas and Details
sections.
HOMEWORK
 Finish reading the Frida biography on p.27 in
Springboard.
WELCOME TO CLASS!
Do Now: Grammar Questions 3.
Read the paragraph on the grammar
handout and answer the corresponding
questions.
You will need your copy of Springboard.
What are important aspects of her
culture?
How does this compare to the author of
”Ethnic Hash”?
What does this painting reveal about
Frida Kahlo’s culture?
In what ways is your own culture
divided/split?
Finish questions 5-7 in Springboard.
Essays will be evaluated and returned
next class.
Hearing test next class.
WELCOME TO CLASS!
Do Now: Complete the front of Lord of the
Flies Skill Review (the back will be
homework, if you don’t get to it in class).
We will have our hearing screening
today. Give your card to the hearing
screener. No talking during the
screenings.
Read through the rubric.
Read the sample essay paragraphs
(you may write on these if needed).
Complete the questions on the
Comparative Analysis Reflection.
Be prepared to discuss your ideas as
a class.
What did you do well?
What writing skill do you need to improve?
What was difficult about completing this
assignment?
What could have been done differently to
make the process better?
HOMEWORK
 Finish the grammar questions on the LOFT
review.
Do Now: Take out the Grammar review handout
for LOTF.
Each table has a sentence from the homework
and a piece of chart paper. Write the sentence on
the white paper INCORRECTLY. Then, under the
incorrect sentence, use a different color to write the
sentence CORRECTLY.
Before you begin writing, talk to your group
about your different answers. As a group, pick
the BEST answer to write on the chart paper.
Last class we looked at Frida Kahlo’s painting.
This painting had two distinct sides.
Juxtaposition means arranging two or more
things for the purpose of comparison.
How does your cultural identity include
juxtaposition?
P.31 in Springboard
Complete questions 8 & 9.
Then we will read “Legal Alien.”
Are two worlds better than one?
What is revealed in the author’s voice?
Underline key lines or phrases that
establish Pat Mora’s voice.
What juxtaposition do you see here?
Is this about an internal or external
conflict?
Think of the words and phrases that
make up your own voice. Be prepared
to share these tomorrow.
Do Now: READ and ANNOTATE the text
about Jesse Washington.
Think: Does race play an important role in
culture?
Today we will explore connections
between race and culture.
Next week we will write a paper
addressing the ways culture shapes
perspective.
RACE
Does race (your own or the race of
others) play a significant role in
culture? Why or why not?
What stood out to you about the Jesse
Washington text? Is this relevant
today? Why/why not?
Named Poet Laureate in 2015
Son of migrant workers
Critic Stephen Burt praised Herrera as one of the first
poets to create “a new hybrid art, part oral, part
written, part English, part something else: an art
grounded in ethnic identity, fueled by collective
pride, yet irreducibly individual too.”
 Trayvon Martin
 Eric Garner
 Freddie Gray
 Michael Brown
Read and annotate
Look for VOICE
Summarize stanzas
Think about Herrera’s message in
writing this poem
Underline lines that seem especially
meaningful to you
We used the OPTIC strategy for
Kahlo’s painting. Now we’ll use it to
analyze Herrera’s poem.
This is due before you leave today.
Be thoughtful with your answers. What
is the conclusion Herrera wants you
form?
PSAT Tomorrow! Do your very BEST!
Finish OPTIC, if you did not finish it
for today.
Do Now: Write down your definition of
multiculturalism on a post-it. Place
these on the front door.
Think: What other writer(s) described
their multicultural background(s)?
What is the denotation (dictionary
meaning)?
What is the connotation
(association of the word)?
Read “Multi-Culturalism Explained in
One Word: HAPA,” p.41
As we read, complete the key ideas
and details sections.
When finished, complete the
SOAPSTONE activity on p.43.
No homework tonight due to PSAT
schedule.
Check Skyward.
Student support hours tomorrow!
Do Now: Take out your OPTIC
strategy for “We Are Remarkably
Loud Unmasked.”
Write your conclusion about the
poem on a post-it note and post it to
the door.
Has anyone mispronounced your name?
How does that make you feel?
Open Springboard to page 34. Answer
question 1 in your groups.
What do you already know about
India, or Bharatavarsha, as its people
refer to it in the Hindi language?
You are reading for conflict and elements of cultural
identity. Mark these in the Key Ideas and Details
section.
One person will read a section (a page or so) and
the other person/people will take notes in the Key
Ideas and Details section. Then rotate the reader.
Everyone should read and write at least once.
Before you leave, complete questions 4 &
5 on p. 40 (or complete for homework).
You will have a quiz over all the texts we
have read in this unit on Monday.
Do Now: Take out your journal.
Write: The story “By Any Other Name” was
set in India in the 1920s. How do the events
in the story connect to events that still
happen today? Be specific.
You will hand this paragraph in.
What was the conflict of this story?
How does this conflict relate to
culture?
How do you incorporate music in your
lifestyle?
How does music change your mood?
How does music change your view of the
world?
How does music define you?
 We will read a short online article about music
and youth culture across time.
 Complete the questions
 Please avoid playing the weird games connected
to the site. You want to finish the handout before
the bell rings today.
 We will be going to Lab C to complete this
assignment.
Review the texts we have read in class. You
will have a test over these texts on Tuesday.
Check Skyward. Hand in any missing
assignments.
 Do Now: Take out your journal and your copy of
Springboard.
 In your journal, write this sentence correctly.
 At the garden store, Larissa bought pink plastic flamingos,
ceramic gnomes, and then she impulsively added a
concrete mermaid to her cart.
What did you fix? Why?
Rewrite this sentences to make it better.
1. My best friend took me dancing
and to a show.
Place the parts of argument in the correct
order (there may be more than one
correct answer for this).
Read the argument “An Indian
Feather’s Plea” on p. 75.
In the “My Notes” section, complete
the Key Ideas and Details questions.
When you are finished reading and
annotating the text, complete the Elements
of Argument chart on p.80.
 Test over the reading passages tomorrow. Take
Springboard home to study.
 The texts that we have read:
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“What is Cultural Identity” (academic essay)
“Ethnic Hash” (informal essay)
“ Frida, A Biography of Frida Kahlo” (biography)
“Self-Portrait of the Borderline of the United States and
Mexico” (painting)
“Legal Alien” (poem)
“We are Remarkably Loud Unmasked” (poem)
“By Any Other Name” (short story)
A Variety of Song Lyrics
“An Indian Feather’s Plea” (argument)
Do Now: Take out your journal. Revise
these sentences for parallel structure.
1. My dog not only likes to play fetch,
but also chase cars.
2. Jaylen likes hiking, the movies, and
to take afternoon naps.
Please do not write on the test. Only
write on the answer document.
Hand in your answer document and
your test when you are finished.
Read and annotate “Poem by Poem.”
Writing Prompt: Choose a characteristic of
your culture (language, food, music, fashion,
& sports are some options) and use it to
explain your cultural identity.
1 paragraph (8-sentences minimum).
Use an INFORMAL voice that fits your
personality. Be pointed with your word
choice.
Rewrite these sentences to make them
better.
1. My best friend took me dancing and to a
show.
2. My dog not only likes to play fetch, but
also chase cars.
3. Jaylen likes hiking, the movies, and to
take afternoon naps.