Unit 1 What shapes our Identity？section2Meaning through practiceBuild your skillsThis section can be assigned for homework or done as a group assignment in class. Make sure that the most important ideas related to identity are clear to the students.A BUILD YOUR COMPREHENSION.This section can be assigned for homework.ANSWER KEY 1. example only. Encourage students to list as many words as possible.NATURE CHARACTERISTICS WE ARE BORN WITH Skin/ hair color, DNA , face ---Nature:the experiences we have in life.Pre—school and school education; tradition; living in the country or city; family financial situation; parents educational background.2.a 3.True 4.a 5.personal opinion.6/a. the physical characteristics we are born with b.the experience we have.c.work to create the identity you want to haved.birth order7.answers will vary.B.BUILD YOUR VOCABULARYProvide the following examples on the board. The students must identify:I am confident in: I believe in:His driving ability myselfMath family traditionPlaying the piano hard workANSWER KEY1. match the wordsBelong be owned by ; be done, made, produced by用心 爱心 专心Shape cause a particular situation or activity to develop the way it does.Inherit take over something from someone else and use it ;receive money or property from someone who has died.2. Fill in the blanksA. confident. B.believe c.believe in D .confident in 3 Fill in the blanks.a. to b.with c.in d. inC.BUILD YOUR LISTENING SKILLSThere are two listening exercises: a dialogue and a passage. They discuss issues surrounding one’s identity, and are rather long. Depending on how much time you have, you can do one or both of them.For instance, if you choose to do the first one, which helps students...
