Prompt Title: What’s in a Name? 11-12 Grade Level: (11-12) Writing Standard 3: Write narratives to develop real or ELA Writing imagined experiences or events using effective technique, Standard(s) details, and well-structured event sequences. Content Standard(s) XWritten Source Title Insert Link Here Text(s) Planet Publish Great ☐ Audio Expectations 1st three paragraphs of ☐ Visual by Charles chapter 1 Dickens XWritten Source Title Insert Link Here Commonlit Romeo and X Audio Juliet Act II Scene II, Lines 15 - 31 ☐ Visual by William Shakespeare XWritten Source Title Insert Link Here Commonlit “Names/ X Audio Nombres” by ☐ Visua Julia Alvarez Audio XWritten Source Title Insert Link Here Commonlit “Hello, My X Audio Name Is” by ☐ Visual Jason Kim How do we create our identities through our names? After reading, the Writing Prompt excerpts from Dickens and Shakespeare and the personal essays by Alvarez and Kim, write an essay or a short story in which you describe the history of your name and how it formed your personal, familial, or cultural identity. See Scoring Rubric Jennifer Lattin, Mindy Dummer, Janice Johnson Prompt Authors
Prompt Title: What’s in a Name? Grade Level: 11-12 ELA Writing Standard(s) (11-12) Writing Standard 3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, details, and well-structured event sequences. Content Standard(s) Text(s) XWritten ☐ Audio ☐ Visual Source Planet Publish Title Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Insert Link Here 1st three paragraphs of chapter 1 XWritten X Audio ☐ Visual Source Commonlit Title Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Insert Link Here Act II Scene II, Lines 15 - 31 XWritten X Audio ☐ Visua Source Commonlit Title “Names/ Nombres” by Julia Alvarez Insert Link Here Audio XWritten X Audio ☐ Visual Source Commonlit Title “Hello, My Name Is” by Jason Kim Insert Link Here Writing Prompt How do we create our identities through our names? After reading, the excerpts from Dickens and Shakespeare and the personal essays by Alvarez and Kim, write an essay or a short story in which you describe the history of your name and how it formed your personal, familial, or cultural identity. Scoring Rubric See Prompt Authors Jennifer Lattin, Mindy Dummer, Janice Johnson
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