Lesson Title: Getting the Pieces Lesson #:2 General Objective: Taking someone elses perspective Specific Objectives:

looking at issues from someone elses perspective helps us grow in understanding and empathy Knowledge: understand that immigration experiences vary over time and background Skill: discuss personal understandings of the lives of others in connection with context Language: conventions of journal writing; using detailed description and explanations in their work Introduction (i.e. Bridge): Yesterday we Looked at The Matchbox Diary and defined emigration and immigration. If you remember I told you we would be creating a diary or journal.. Pre-Assessment: Ask students what the purpose of journal writing is? Brainstorm I am going to let you look at some example and discuss in groups what journals of Participatory Learning: Time Participation (teacher) Participation (student)
10 minute Introduce todays main activity connecting to yesterday; explain that these journals will be presented at an Authors conference at the end of the unit read/ show excerpts for immigrant journals; pass out examples of journals allow students to discuss in table groups; then have class consider what is an integral part/ component of a journal and what can be a component bring out blue box & red box, explain that roles will be pulled out of boxes (boys blue; girls red) and that they will regularly receive puzzle pieces with more info about their characters story. Important: puzzle pieces have # that corresponds to character #. Today they will also have a chance to invent some characteristics of their character; teacher monitoring brainstorming

listening; viewing viewing; reading; discussing note taking

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drawing character role read the info you have on your character brainstorming some more characteristics (what look like, what is personality like, what do you know about where character is from about when he/she came to Canadalook things up/ talk to friend) Write the introduction to your journal My name is.. and I came to Canada from

homework: if you havent finished introducing your character please do. I encourage you to think about how your immigrant might have come to Canada and to locate his/her home on a map Post-Assessment: assess character introductions tomorrow Transition: Tomorrow we will be looking more closely at early settlers, how they got here, whom and what they found, the difficulties they had. Possible Modifications: Provide a Introduction template, or a list of adjective/ verbs etc. allow for a passport format or cartoon introduction. 5 minute

Research Connections: Bromley, Karen. (1993). Journaling Engagements in Reading, Writing and Thinking. Teaching Strategies. Montana: Scholastic Books. This work provides good tips on how and why to use journaling. Dunlop, Joanna. (2006). Using Guided Reflective Journaling Activities to Capture Students Changing Perspectives. Tech Trends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning.Vol

50. Nr.6. This goes into depth about advantages and difficulties of journaling.