Unit 1 What shapes our Identity？Section1section1 new words and ideasthe word identity is a difficult word to be translated into Chinese.There are many different definitions of this word in an English dictionary ,including:1.a sameness of essential or generic character in different instances; b sameness in all that constitutes the objective reality of a thing.2.a the distinguishing character or personality of an individual;b the relation established by psychological identification;3.the condition of being the same with something described or asserted.4.an equation that is satisfied for all values of the symbols.No matter how many definitions there are, identity basically means: a . who you are; b. all the qualities, beliefs, and ideas which make you feel that you are different from everyone else or that you belong to a particular group/In daily life, one’s sense of identity is as complicated as , if not more complicated than, defining the word.You are expected to lead the students to think of the issues concerning who they are or what they want to be a s they grow to maturity.WHAT SHAPES OUR IDENTITY ?Begin this unit with a class discussion about the concept of identity.Teaching tipAlways introduce unknown concepts and vocabulary that are critical to the comprehension of the text, therefore reducing barriers to comprehension. Ruddell, Martha. 2001Start with the words “ identification and identify”. Using the real life examples, the teacher needs to bring items such as ID cards, library cards, citizen cards. Explain that these cards verify your identity; they give information about who you are.Use another example , fingerprints, to show identity. Review these words from Module,3, unit 7: DNA and ge...
