An LES for Secondary Cycle One, Year Two
Scott Emery
Carmen Bowles
Anne Lemay

This LES assists secondary Cycle 1 students to explore self identity.  Students will contribute to a mind map throughout their exploration of activities and issues such as nature vs nurture, influences of friends, and esoteric theories like numerology and astrology. 

Talking to learn is the major focus of evaluation and, as the LES evolves, a media component is introduced with a writing component as the final complex task. Assessment tools such as rubrics and checklists are included.

This LES can be used in whole or in part. Text suggestions are provided for the literature circles.  The text types are varied and include novels, graphic novels, magazines, articles and internet video clips.

CCC – Exercises Critical Judgment
BAL – Health and Well-being
SS Comp – I. Uses Talk to communicate and learn, III. Writes a variety of genres for personal and social purposes

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Overview
3_1 Pieces of Me
4_1 Mind Map
5_1 Literature Circle Self-Evaluation
5_2 Lit Circle Tasks
6_1 Observation Grid
8_1 Believe it or Not
9_1 TChart
10_1 Character Sketch Checklist
10 Rubrics
11_1 Worksheet - Advertising
11_2 Evaluation Rubric
11_3 Storyboard
12 Checklist and Rubric

Copyright and Creative Commons:

The teacher will have to be aware that some of the included learning activities require graphics, media and topical articles that have not been included due to copyright issues. The teacher is responsible for respecting the copyright of the sources they choose. It is highly recommended that the teacher explore the resources that are protected by Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike licenses. An abundance of Creative Commons material is offered on the Internet and can be found using the following search engine: http://search.creativecommons.org/. More resources are available on the LEARN website: http://learnquebec.ca/en/content/student/studentcr.html

LA = Learning Activity
CT = Complex Task

Purpose:

This opening activity aims to engage the students’ interest and get them thinking about how appearances may be deceiving. Students will engage in discussion (think-pair-share) at end of activity in order to discuss their ideas.

Purpose: 

The anchor novel is used to model reading strategies, response and to help develop students’ understanding of the codes and conventions (literary elements) of the novel.

Purpose:

Students will begin thinking about their own identity and how they may represent themselves to others.

Purpose:

Students will gather ideas about the different aspects of their own identity as they explore characterization in their novel and do various activities. This will help them write about their own identity at the end of the LES.

Purpose:

Students will be given a clear explanation of how literature circles work and how they will be evaluated.

Purpose:

Students will practice what the teacher demonstrated during the modelling sessions using the anchor novel.

Purpose:

Students explore the influence of heredity and upbringing on who they are.

Purpose:

Students reflect on whether when they were born, what name they were given or birth order influences who they are.

Purpose:

Students explore how friends and foes influence who they are.

Purpose:

Students demonstrate their understanding of the characterization in their novel with a detailed analysis.

Purpose:

Students explore how the media, and more specifically advertisers, influence who they are by tapping into and creating their new wants and needs.

Purpose:

Students use what they have learned throughout the LES about identity and influences, to analyze who they are, and what has influenced them to become who they are.