Unit 1 All About Me

Essential Question: Who

Am I?

Essential Question: Who Am I?

Be friends with good people and you will become a good person.

-Mexican Proverb The child of a snake is also a snake.

-African (Bemba) Proverb

Warm-up: Answer in complete sentences on your white board.

What is your personality?My personality is ______

I am ____________________________________ My parents and I both

_______________________________________ My parents are________________________, but I

am ____________________________________ My friends and I all

_______________________________________ I believe the first/ second is true because

_______________________________________

VocabularyWord Examples Elaboration Picture

Personality (noun)Personalitiesperson

Your personality is what you are like. It includes how you act and what you do.

What are words that describe your personality?

Name (noun)names

Your name is how people know you.

My name is _____.What is your name?

Family (noun)familiesfamiliar (adjective)

A family is a group of people who are related to each other.

Is your family small or large?

Synonyms

Vocabulary

words ARE related(same or similar

meaning)

small=minuscule=miniature

Antonymswords ARE opposite minuscule enormous

Practice Relating WordsSynonyms or Antonyms1.big_______ small2.big ______ large3.large_______small4.small_________little

Call, verb

Family words:calls, calling, calledcaller (noun)

What do your friends call you?

My friends call me __________.

Family Words:differently (adverb)difference (noun)differences

Are you different than your friends?I am different because I like ____________ and my friends like _____________.

Different, adjective

Everyone, pronounFamily Words:everybody

(pronoun)

Is everyone in the picture?

Yes, everyone is in the picture.No, not everyone. My friend was sick.

Everywhere, adverb

Family Words:every place

Is the mess everywhere?Where are the tattoos?

Friend, noun

Family Words:friends friendly (adjective)friendlier, friendliest

What type of friend are you?

like, verbFamily Words:likes, liking, likelikely (adverb)unlikely (adverb)alike (adjective)unalike (adjective)

What do you like?

Other, adjectiveFamily Words:another (adjective)

What other sports do you like?

Other sports I like are ______and______.

Unique, adjectiveFamily Words:uniquely (adverb)

How are you unique?

I am unique because

_____________.

Reading Strategy: Visualizevisualize=imagine

family A rock concert

tropical island

What do you visualize about these teenagers?

I visualize ______________________

Warm-up: Copy the question and answer the question in a complete sentence.1. What do you call your parents?

1. I call my parents _____________________________.

2. Who are you different than and why?

1. I _______ am _____________ than my ____________ because ________________________.

3. Is everyone here today in class?

1. ___________________ _____________ in class today.

4. What do you see everywhere in school?

1. I see ___________________ ________________ in school.

Write a sentence for everywhere and friend

Journal- September 14, 2015

Answer each question in a complete sentence on a separate white board.

1. Are you a good friend? Tell Why.

2. Are you different from your friends?

3. How are you unique?

4. Is everyone here in class today?

5. What is something you like? What other

thing do you like?

6. What is something you see everywhere?

Beautiful, adj.Family Words:

Beauty, n.more beautiful, most beautiful

Grow, v.Family Words:

Grows, growing, grew, grown

Grown (adj.)

Grower (n.)

Hard, adj.

Family Words:Harder, hardest

Home(s), n.

Family Words:Homely, adj.

Leave, v.

Family Words:

Leaves, left (past), leaving (progressive)

Synonms: go away

Miss, v.

Family Words:

Miss, missed, missing

Together, adv.

Synonym: united, whole

Antonym: apart, alone, solo

Wait, v.

Family Words:

Waits, waited (past), waiting (progressive)

Waiter, waitress (n.-person)

Cluster #2 Visualize- Imagery

What do you visualize?

Sight, see

Taste (sweet, sour, spicy, hot, cold)

Smell (odor)

Sound, hear

Feel, touch

“Growing Together”by Carmen Agra Deedy

groww

What are the differences between Cuba and Georgia?

Cuba Georgia

What are the differences between your home country and Arizona?

My Home Country

Arizona