Where We're From: January 13, 2020

Focus: What role does cultural identity play in the way we speak?

1. Warming up with three good things

2. Considering how you cultural identity impacts the way you speak: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/dialect-quiz-map.html

• What does the way you speak reveal about where you're from?

• Can you think of any personal experiences with this?

• Did you like being put into a group of people on a map?

3. Downloading the reading apps, going over reading reflection choices, and starting to read

• What does the way a narrator/character speaks reveal about where he or she is from?

• If you have an iPhone, you will use Leio

• If you have an Android, you will use Read More

HW:

1. By FRIDAY: Spend 60 minutes reading your independent reading book OUTSIDE of class. That's 15 minutes of homework a night. On Friday, you will be completing Thought Log #1 and taking a screenshot of your reading app log.

2. WEDNESDAY: Bring your book to class.