DP English B Unit 1:

Identities
 Unit 1 Identities

Essential Understandings:
Identities are human constructs
influenced by, and perceived through,
language and culture.
 Unit 1 Identities
Inquiry Questions:
Concept: How do you see yourself and present that vision to
others?
Skills: How can audience affect the meaningful content of our
communication?
Content: What can we do to construct identity responsibly in the
contemporary world?
Content: What does our language signal to others about our
identities?
Debatable: Should we learn English?
 Unit 1 Identities

Lesson 1: Identity Creation

Lesson 2: Accent, Dialect, and Identity
Lesson 3: Language and Identity Politics
 Unit 1 Identities

What are identities?

What is identity?
What identities can you think of?
 Unit 1 Identities

identity (noun) plural identities

a. the distinguishing character or
personality of an individual
b. sameness in all that constitutes the
objective reality of a thing
(Merriam-Webster, 2019)
 Unit 1 Identities

identity (noun) plural identities

a. the distinguishing character or
personality of an individual
How does your identity (who you are) make
you different from others? Give examples.
 Unit 1 Identities

identity (noun) plural identities

b. sameness in all that constitutes the
objective reality of a thing
How does your identity/identities (who you
are) make you the same as others? Give
examples.
Module 1: Identity Creation

Who are you?

Letter to my 12-year-old self
 Unit 1 Identities

Think, Pair, Share

How can you connect the old to the young
person?
What is similar?
What is different?
 Unit 1 Identities

Think, Pair, Share

How does your identity (who you are) make
you different from others? Give examples.
How does your identity (who you are) make
you the same as others? Give examples.
Module 1: Identity Creation

Who are you?

Module 1: Identity Creation

Who is it?
Module 1: Identity Creation

Who is it?
Module 1: Identity Creation

Answer
Activity 1
Pick a photo on the desk.
Find the younger or older person matching.
Dioscuss with your partner
Do you know who they are?
How have they changed?
How are they the same?
Activity 2 Venn Diagram

Partner A We have Partner B

What’s in What’s
different common different

Ideas: languages – culture – hobbies – sports – family – travels –

experiences – physical features
Cultural identity
Exploring Culture and Multiple Identitie
TODAY
School

Close
friends
Family

Me, personality, values,

beliefs
4 years ago
(when you
started Year 7)
Activity 3
• Create your own Multiple Identity Chart with these
steps.
• Write your name in the center of the page
• Think about all the different parts of your identity, all
the groups you belong to, all the roles you have, all of
the various cultures you represent.
• Map out your identities on the page with those
identities that feel most important to you – most
central to who you are – closer to your name and those
that feel less so farther away.
• Only place identities on the map that you are willing
to share with others in the group.
Example
Module 1: Identity Creation

Who are you?

Letter to my 12-year-old self
Who are you? Homework
Letter to my 12-year-old self
Read prompt Letter to my 16-Year-Old Self
then, in a similar style, write a letter to your
12-Year-Old Self (when you started Year 7)
including the mistakes you have made, the
advice you would give about school life
(academic results, friends, teachers, etc.) and
life in general (activities outside school, family,
etc.), how you have changed and the self-
discoveries you have made. Who you were
then, who you are now. Write 450-600 words
Homework for Wednesday 15 Jan
• Read the text Letter to my 16 year old
• Write a draft of your letter
Friday 17
January Letter Text type
writing conventions
• Format
• Content
• Audience
• Purpose
Reminder How is Paper 1assessed? (HL)

External assessments HL: Internal assessments HL:

Paper 1: 1 hour and 30 minutes

1 writing task of 450-600 words, choice of three based Individual 12-15 minute oral assessment based on
an extract from one of the literary works studied in
on the main themes, choice of text type class, followed by a discussion based on one or more
of the themes from the syllabus.
Paper 2: 2 hours

Listening skills (1 hour)

Reading comprehension (1 hour). 3 written texts based

on all 5 themes
Common Letter Writing Conventions

• Opening Salutations
• There are a number of opening salutations available to
letter writers; these vary greatly based on audience and
purpose.
• Dear ..
• Good Day
• Hi/Hello Season's Greetings
• The first letter of any opening salutation that you
decide to choose should be capitalized.
• Following the chosen opening salutation,, write the
name of the person you are corresponding with.
Formatting

● Many personal letters have four basic parts

● information varies greatly depending on context.
● These parts can include the heading, the opening, the
body, and the closing.
● heading = depends on the purpose of the letter, a
personal correspondence may only include the date.
● opening of the letter includes the opening salutation and
information identifying to whom the letter is addressed,
● body of the letter contains all of the information to be
communicated.
● closing of a letter contains the complimentary closing and
the letter writer's signature.
● a post script (P.S.).
Opening
● Dear Mr. Smith,
● Hi, Jennifer,
● Dear Father Michael Matthews,
Closing
● Regards
● Sincerely Yours or Cordially
● Get Well Soon
● or Happy Holidays
● Love from your favourite Aunty

● + NAME
Individual Task
● Identify the four parts in the sample letter
● Identify or add the four parts in your letter
Wed 22 – Theme: Identities (with
History students)
Sub-themes
● Beliefs and values
● Lifestyles
● Language and identity

Questions
● What makes your identity?
● How do others perceive your identity?
How do others see you? How do you see
them?
We’re going to look at pictures
Visual literacy. What is it?
Visual literacy

WYSIWYG ?
what you see is NOT what you get
What do you see first? What is the message?
Look again what do you think you see?
Visual narrative = story being told
 What do you see first?
Theme: Family Look again what do you think you see?
What is the message?
 What do you see first?
Theme: Family Look again what do you think you see?
What is the message?
 What do you see first?
Theme: Family Look again what do you think you see?
What is the message?
Theme: Family … through time and values
Session with History teacher and Year 11
What do you see first?
Look again what do you think you see?
What is the message?
First they came …
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak
out—

Because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not
speak out—
Because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to
speak for me.
From prejudice to genocide,never again?
● Prejudiced views between cultures may result in
racism; in its extreme forms, racism may result in
genocide such as occurred

● in Germany with the Jews,

● in Rwanda between the Hutus and Tutsis
● and, more recently, in the former Yugoslavia between
the Bosnians and Serbs.
Examples of In-groups and Out-groups

o Northern Ireland: Catholics – Protestants

o Rwanda: Hutus and Tutsis

o Yugoslavia: the Bosnians and Serbs

o Germany: Jews and the Nazis

o Politics: Labor and the Conservatives

o Football: Liverpool and Man Utd

o Gender: Males and Females

o Social Class: Middle and Working Classes

What do you see first?
Look again what do you think you see?
What is the message?
Langston Hughes (1902–1967) was an American
poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and
columnist from Joplin, Missouri.
Text 1
The instructor said,
Go home and write
a page tonight.
And let that page come out of you—
Then, it will be true.
I wonder if it’s that simple?
I am twenty-two, colored, born in Winston-
Salem.
I went to school there, then Durham, then
here
to this college on the hill above Harlem.
I am the only colored student in my class.
The steps from the hill lead down into Harlem,
through a park, then I cross St. Nicholas,
Eighth Avenue, Seventh, and I come to the Y,
the Harlem Branch Y, where I take the elevator
up to my room, sit down, and write this page:
It’s not easy to know what is true for you or me
at twenty-two, my age. But I guess I’m what
I feel and see and hear, Harlem, I hear you.
hear you, hear me—we two—you, me, talk on
this page.
(I hear New York, too.) Me—who?
Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in
love.
I like to work, read, learn, and
understand life.
I like a pipe for a Christmas present,
or records—Bessie, bop, or Bach.
I guess being colored doesn’t make
me not like
the same things other folks like who are
other races.
So will my page be colored that I write?
Being me, it will not be white.
But it will be
a part of you, instructor.
You are white—
yet a part of me, as I am a part of you.
That’s American.
Sometimes perhaps you don’t want to
be a part of me.
Nor do I often want to be a part of you.
But we are, that’s true!
As I learn from you,
I guess you learn from me—
although you’re older—and white—
and somewhat more free.
This is my page for English B.
Theme for English B by Langston Hughes
● Theme: racial ● Written from
segregation personal experience?
● Written in 1951 ● Autobiographical
in collection details?
Montage of a
Dream Deferred
● Narrator /
Narrative voice
versus author
What happens to a dream deferred?

Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore—
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over—
like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags

like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?
Auto-biographical
details: Street name
The Harlem YMCA is a significant landmark of black culture in New York City.
Intended primarily for the use of African-American men at a time when most
YMCAs were for whites only, it was one of the best equipped YMCAs in the United
States

Auto-biographical
details: Building name
 Auto-biographical
details: music
Bessie, bop and Bach
Bessie Smith (April 15, 1894
– September 26, 1937) was
an African
American blues singer.
Nicknamed the Empress of
the Blues, she was the most
popular female blues singer
of the 1920s and 1930s.

Bebop or bop is a style of jazz developed

in the early to mid-1940s in the United
States, which features songs characterized
by a fast tempo,
Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach[a] (1685 – 1750)
was a German composer and musician of
the Baroque period.
He is known for religious instrumental
compositions, and for vocal music such as
the St Matthew Passion and the Mass in
B minor.
Text 2
What do you see first?
Look again what do you think you see?
 TEXT TYPES
Essay Report
Brochure Review
Blog Interview
Letter Speech
Article Guidelines
Wed 5 Feb – personality
Go to
https://my-personality-test.com/
Save your results in a
word document.
Do you agree with the
results?
Why? Why not?
Identities - Glossary
Identities - words write correct definition mixed definition
find the ones missing
write sentences with some
1. belong (belonging) beliefs of a group in which they have emotional investment

2. multicultural
3. unchanging all the knowledge and values shared by a society

4. participate believe in and follow the practices of

5. interact make alike

6. marginalise (marginalisation)

7. self-esteem
8. culture be owned by; be in the possession of

9. values regulate so as to conform to a standard

10. alienation feeling of pride in yourself

11. foreign showing no or little change

12. disassociate do something together

13. adhere causing to feel unwelcome, estranged

14. conform
15. assimilate including diverse nationalities or customs

16. adjust
17. discriminate put to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people

18. identify
19. prejudice be similar, be in line with
20. inhibit be involved in
Wed 5 Feb – Socratic seminars
Why Do Socratic Seminars?
-To think out loud
-To share ideas
-To learn from each other
-To change our minds
Socratic seminar Preparation

Conversation between students

• Teacher only facilitator
• Read or watch prompt
• Write your own questions coming
after reading or watching
• Discuss
• Report to the other groups
 IB Language B Guide
Identities
Possible topics and questions
• Lifestyles What is the individual’s role in
the community?
• Health and wellbeing • What role do rules and
• Beliefs and values regulations play
• Subcultures in the formation of a society?
• What role does language play
• Language and identity in a
society?
• What opportunities and
challenges does
the 21st-century workplace
bring?
Identity
mind map
Identity
mind map
Socratic seminars
3 texts – 3 groups
Prompts- Guiding questions

Answer and provide evidence

Text type?
Main idea?
Context?
Audience ?
Purpose?
Tone?
What questions do you ask yourself?
(I don’t know … I would like to know… What if …)
Socratic seminars
Do you agree with Calvin? Why? Why not?
Are conversations contests?

What are conversations?

What are conversations?
 Common questions used during a Socratic seminar may include:
Where does that idea come
from in the text?
What does this word or phrase
mean?
Can you say that in another
way?
What do you think the author
is trying to say?
What else could that mean?
Who was the audience for this
text?
How does that shape our
interpretation of these words?
Who was the author of this
text?
What do we know about
him/her?
How does that shape our
understanding of these words?
Examples
Paris Hilton
Where does the idea that Paris
Hilton is a comic genius come
from?
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
What does the phrase
“linguistic relativity” mean?
( the structure of a language
determines a native speaker's
perception and experience) in the
text “language determines our
experience of reality”
American Born Chinese
What do you think the author
Gene Luen Yang is trying to
say?
ROUND 1
Socratic seminars 3 texts – 3 groups
Prompts- Guiding questions
Answer and provide evidence
Text type?
Main idea?
Context?
Audience ?
Purpose?
Tone?
What questions do you ask yourself?
(I don’t know … I would like to know… What if …)
ROUND 1
Socratic seminars 3 texts – 3 groups
Prompts- Guiding questions
Answer and provide evidence
Text type?
Main idea?
Context?
Audience ?
Purpose?
Tone?
What questions do you ask yourself?
(I don’t know … I would like to know… What if …)
Connection with theme Identities
Fri 7 Feb
ROUND 2
Socratic seminars 3 texts (A B C) – 3 groups
Prompts- Guiding questions

But first …
Write any words or
questions that come to you
after looking at this drawing.
Who? A doctor
Where? China
When? Now (see date)
Meaning? Message?

Chinese doctor, Dr. li,

warned the Chinese
authorities about a new
coronavirus strain on 30
December 2019. He died of
that virus on 7 February
2020, infected by one of his
patients.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/02/shameless-outrage-
china-coronavirus-outbreak-mask
https://twitter.com/zlj5
17/status/12257087102
21221888

https://twitter.com/i/stat
us/12256235073016258
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Wed 7 Feb
No class
Homework – Go back to your Identities
Glossary

Write 6 sentences with some of these

words.
Remember ? Identities - Glossary
Identities - words write correct definition mixed definition
find the ones missing
write sentences with some
1. belong (belonging) beliefs of a group in which they have emotional investment

2. multicultural
3. unchanging all the knowledge and values shared by a society

4. participate believe in and follow the practices of

5. interact make alike

6. marginalise (marginalisation)

7. self-esteem
8. culture be owned by; be in the possession of

9. values regulate so as to conform to a standard

10. alienation feeling of pride in yourself

11. foreign showing no or little change

12. disassociate do something together

13. adhere causing to feel unwelcome, estranged

14. conform
15. assimilate including diverse nationalities or customs

16. adjust
17. discriminate put to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people

18. identify
19. prejudice be similar, be in line with
20. inhibit be involved in
ROUND 2
Socratic seminars 3 texts – 3 groups
Prompts- Guiding questions

Round 1 : A B C
A American Born Chinese
B Paris Hilton YouTube
C Sapir Whorf Hypothesis
Round 2 Make new groups
1 or 2 students from previous groups
2 A + 2 B + 2C
Fri 12 Feb
ROUND 3
Socratic seminars 3 texts (A B C) – 3 groups
Prompts- Guiding questions

But first … Letter to myself 3rd draft

feedback
Writing Mini workshop

Check your sentences

Use the Writing Correction Code to
understand my comments
Try to fic your mistakes
Consult with a partner / partners
If still can’t find them, ask me.
ROUND 3
Socratic seminars 3 texts – 3 groups
Prompts- Guiding questions

Round 2 : 2 A + 2 B + 2C
A American Born Chinese
B Paris Hilton YouTube
C Sapir Whorf Hypothesis
Round 3 Make new groups again
1 or 2 students from previous groups
2 A + 2 B + 2C
Socratic Seminars – Concluding
Discussion
A American Born Chinese – Social / group identity – “To fit in”
B Paris Hilton YouTube – Social media identity - Celebrities
C Sapir Whorf Hypothesis – Identity(ies) and language(s)

In your (round 3 ) group

>> Summarise what the main theme of your respective text was
>> Main characteristics of the text type
>> You will report your ideas to the class