“What Are the Places That Shape Who We Are?
Choice: IOOI Vocabulary Dictionary
Create an ​IOOI​ Vocabulary Dictionary
using 7-10 academic vocabulary words
studied in Unit 3 You may create your
dictionary by print or digitally.
I- Context clues within the sentence with
the word gap
O- Context clues within the surrounding
(outside) sentences of the word gap
O- Context within outside resources (look
up best word definition and look up
relating synonyms in the thesaurus)
I- Word inferences after evaluating all
clues together
Choice: Media Response
Think about the essential question,
“What are the places that shape who you
are,” and record yourself at each
location to narrate, describe, or explain
your thoughts, feelings, and interesting
facts about this place you call​ home​.
You might consider using:
- Flipgrid video response
- Storycorps interview media
response
- Google Drive Video
- Cell Phone Video responses
Choice: Product-based learning
Create a two- or three dimensional visual
representation that highlights the places
you call ​home.​ Provide facts and details
to explain the importance of these
places, and write a short description of
how each place has shaped who you are.
You might:
- Build a hands-on “Places We
Call Home” display or
Unit 3 Choice Board
Choice: Character Analysis
Choose a character from a text
studied in Unit 3.
Create a ​Character Silhouette​ that
reveals the character’s thoughts and
feelings about “home,” dialogue
(sayings), relationships, and actions.
You may use the​ FASTR​ or FARTS
mnemonic to help you create the
character map and plan for the
below key ideas you will incorporate:
F-eelings F-eelings
A-ctions A-ctions
S- ayings R-elationships
T-houghts T-houghts
R-elationships S-ayings
Choice: Double- Entry Journal
During or after reading a text studied
in Unit 3, demonstrate your
understanding and reflections using
a ​Double- Entry Journal​.
You will record 5-7 key ideas from
the text. For each quoted idea,
provide a thought-provoking
reaction and/or connection.
Choice: Vignette Adaptation
Read the following two vignettes
from the​ ​House on Mango Street​:
The House on Mango Street” (pg. 3)
“A House of My Own” (pg 108)
Reflect on the different ideas
presented between the two texts.
Notice how the main character
Choice: “If You’re Not From” Poem
Write a poem that describes a place
that you call home.
Think about the characteristics of
this place and focus on including
sensory and figurative language to
enhance your poem’s overall
message.
Be sure to write with purposeful
poem structure to include lines, line
breaks, and stanzas.
You may use the ​“If You’re Not
From” template​ to plan your ideas!
Choice: Google Slides Presentation
Create a slideshow that
incorporates places you call home
and places that you feel shape who
you are.
Go through your cell phone,
personal photos, and family albums
to help highlight these places in
your presentation.
You will need to include titles,
headings, captions, and important
information about this place that
reveals how important, this place
you call home, is to you!
Choice: “Places We Call Home”
One-Pager
Create a ​one-page​r that captures
places you call home in a one-pager.
You will need a large piece of
paper to get all of your favorite
memories and places highlighted in
one place!
You should include important
 “What Are the Places That Shape Who We Are?”
demonstration
- Create a “Places We Call Home”
exhibition using a Tri-fold board
- Create a “Places We Call Home”
storyboard
- Create a “Places We Call Home”
comic strip
- Create a “Places We Call Home”
foldable or origami
- Create a “Places We Call
Home” poster/anchor chart
Choice: Theme Reader’s Response
Self-select a text in Unit 3.
Respond to the text by thinking about
what you learned about life from what
you read, and how the speaker’s
message might affect your future.
Your response stem might be:
Reading this text taught me--
To extend your thinking, explain how you
might apply the newly learned
information in your future.
You might use the following stem to
develop your ideas:
I might use this new information in the
future by--
Unit 3 Choice Board
speaks about her present home life, quotations, captions, descriptive
and then imagines her future home. word choice, key ideas, themes, and
essential accessories (color, design,
You will imitate the first vignette (pg etc) that will help visually represent
3) and write your own by describing places that have shaped who you
characteristics, events, and key are.
details about the present place that
you call ​ home​.
Finally, conclude your writing, by
describing the futuristic place that
you will call home.
Choice: “Say-Mean Matter” Triple Choice: Independent Reading (Link
Entry Journal to digital textbook)
-Select a text of your choice from In small groups or independently,
Unit 3. read the unit recommended or a
class novel.
-Analyze the text by creating a
graphic organizer with three Prepare a ​Scholar Book Review ​that
response columns labeled as rates, recommends, and reveals
Say-Mean-Matter​: highlights about the book!
● “Say:” Quote 3 lines from
the text”
● “Mean:”Make an inference
about each line and explain
what you think the quote
means
● “Matter:” Explain how each
line contributes to the
author’s message or theme.
1. During your reading,
identify thought-provoking
lines or quotes that stand
out to you.
2. Consider your thoughts
about these line(s) or
quote(s).
3. Consider how these lines
confirm, challenge, or
change the author’s
message or theme.