Unit 1 All About Me Essential Question Who

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 ____________________

Vocabulary Word Examples Elaboration Personality (noun) Personalities person 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) families familiar (adjective) A family is a group of people Is your family small or who are related to each other. large? Picture

Vocabulary Synonyms words ARE related (same or similar meaning) small=minuscule=miniature Antonyms words ARE opposite minuscule enormous

Practice Relating Words Synonyms or Antonyms 1. big_______ small 2. big ______ large 3. large_______small 4. small_____little

Call, verb Family words: calls, calling, called caller (noun) What do your friends call you? My friends call me _____.

Different, adjective Family Words: differently (adverb) difference (noun) differences Are you different than your friends? I am different because I like ______ and my friends like _______.

Everyone, pronoun Family 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, verb Family Words: likes, liking, likely (adverb) unlikely (adverb) alike (adjective) unalike (adjective) What do you like?

Other, adjective Family Words: another (adjective) What other sports do you like? Other sports I like are ______and______.

Unique, adjective Family Words: uniquely (adverb) How are you unique? I am unique because _______.

Reading Strategy: Visualize visualize=imagine family tropical island A rock concert

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.

Journal- September 14, 2015 � Write a sentence for everywhere and friend

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