Unit1WhatshapesourIdentity？Section1section1newwordsandideasthewordidentityisadifficultwordtobetranslatedintoChinese.TherearemanydifferentdefinitionsofthiswordinanEnglishdictionary,including:1.asamenessofessentialorgenericcharacterindifferentinstances;bsamenessinallthatconstitutestheobjectiverealityofathing.2.athedistinguishingcharacterorpersonalityofanindividual;btherelationestablishedbypsychologicalidentification;3.theconditionofbeingthesamewithsomethingdescribedorasserted.4.anequationthatissatisfiedforallvaluesofthesymbols.Nomatterhowmanydefinitionsthereare,identitybasicallymeans:a.whoyouare;b.allthequalities,beliefs,andideaswhichmakeyoufeelthatyouaredifferentfromeveryoneelseorthatyoubelongtoaparticulargroup/Indailylife,one’ssenseofidentityisascomplicatedas,ifnotmorecomplicatedthan,definingtheword.Youareexpectedtoleadthestudentstothinkoftheissuesconcerningwhotheyareorwhattheywanttobeastheygrowtomaturity.WHATSHAPESOURIDENTITY?Beginthisunitwithaclassdiscussionabouttheconceptofidentity.TeachingtipAlwaysintroduceunknownconceptsandvocabularythatarecriticaltothecomprehensionofthetext,thereforereducingbarrierstocomprehension.Ruddell,Martha.2001Startwiththewords“identificationandidentify”.Usingthereallifeexamples,theteacherneedstobringitemssuchasIDcards,librarycards,citizencards.Explainthatthesecardsverifyyouridentity;theygiveinformationaboutwhoyouare.Useanotherexample,fingerprints,toshowidentity.ReviewthesewordsfromModule,3,unit7:DNAandgenetic.ElicitresponsesfromthestudentsabouthowourfingerprintsareconnectedtoDNAandgenetics.Discussthetitle:whatshapesouridentity?QuestionsWhatisthetitlesaying?Whatwouldbeanotherwordfor“shape”?
Cansomethingelse,besidesgenetics,helpmakeyouridentity?Howcanpeople,likeparents,teachersandfriends,shapeyouridentity?Explaintotheclassthattherearetwoarguments,theories,oropinionsaboutidentity.dividetheboardorflipchartpaperinhalf.Usethesethreewordsinterchangeably:theories,opinionsandargumentstoexplainnaturevs.nurture.Ononehalfwritephysicalcharacteristicsandasktheclassforexamples.Thisiswhatwerebornwith:ourDNA,genetics.Introducethewordinherit.Ontheothersidewritetheword“experiences”.Askthestudentsforexamplesofhowpeopleexperiencelifedifferently.Theteachermightwanttoprovidesomeexamples:richfamilies;livingonafarm,livinginacity,speaking3languages,travelingetc.recordthestudentsresponses.refertothelistofresponsesandaskthestudents:howdotheseexperiencesshapeyouridentity?”Writethefollowingcategoriesonthesamesideastheexperiences.Theteachersharesher/hisidentityinformationwiththeclass.MeGender___________Family______________Friends____________________Community_____________School_____________City__________________Province_________________Country__________________ExplaintothestudentsthatallofthisidentityinformationtellsyouwhoIamandthepeopleandexperiencesthathaveshapedme.Thisiscallednurtureandthefirstcolumniscallednature.Nowusingtheidentitymodelprovidedbelow,havethestudentswritetheiridentityinformationinsideeachcircle.thecenteronlyhasthewordMEwritteninthemiddle.Dividethestudentsintogroupsof4or5andhavethestudentssharetheiridentitymodelwitheachother.NOWhavethestudentsopentheirbookstoreadthetext.Eachgroupwillreadthetextparagraphbypara.Silently,thendiscussthemeaningofeachpara.Together.UsetheVocabularySelf—CollectionStrategyasapost---readingactivity.Choosetwowordsthatshouldbeonthevocabularylistofwordstheythinkthewordsmeanandexplainwhytheythinktheclassshouldlearnthesetwowords.Onceallthewordshavebeenpresentedtheclassmustnarrowthelisttoonlytenwords.theclassmustdecidewhichwordstochooseandwhy.
