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Becoming Ourselves ActivityBecoming Ourselves Activity
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Facing History and Ourselves
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6th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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1 hr
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Collaborative Learning
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Becoming Ourselves

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This Becoming Ourselves activity also includes:
  • Overview of Activities for the First Days of School (.html)
  • Overview of Activities for the First Days of School (.pdf)
  • Overview of Activities for the First Days of School (Google)
  • Becoming Ourselves (Pear Deck)
  • Becoming Ourselves (.pptx)
  • Reading: The Wooden Shoes
  • Reading: Blackbelt
  • Reading: Computer Keyboard
  • Reading: Chameleon
  • Handout: Becoming Ourselves Group Work (.pdf)
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Here's a great way to build community during the first days of the new school year. Participants read personal narratives, then craft and share their stories with others.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

social-emotional learning, the first day of school, building community, school community, personal narratives, narratives, self-awareness, Social & Emotional Learning

Instructional Ideas

  • Enlarge and post the quotation from Michelle Obama
  • Share one of your personal narratives to launch the lesson

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires copies of the readings and the group work handout
  • Sixth of 10 lessons in the First Day of School series

Pros

  • Provides a link to the "Notable Quotable" opening routine for those unfamiliar with the technique
  • Includes links to more challenging text for advanced readers

Cons

  • None

Common Core

W.6.4 W.7.4 W.8.4 W.9-10.4 W.11-12.4

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