Teaching An Island Like You one day lesson

Creating Your Piece of the Island

LENGTH OF LESSON:
2 days

GRADE LEVEL:
9-12

OBJECTIVES:
Students will understand the following:

1. The importance of understanding diversity.

2. Understanding implications of the differences in heritage and ethnicity.

3. Learn the complexities of what every individual brings to the table with them according to their background.

MATERIALS:
An Island Like You
The House on Mango Street

PROCEDURE:
1. Have the students pick a story from ‘Island’ or a chapter from ‘Mango Street’ that they enjoyed or fee that they can relate to.
2. Allow students to get in groups and read or summarize their piece.
3. Students will then formulate their own story by modeling the one that they picked.
Students will have two days to work on this project. Upon completion all stories will be compiled in one final book and given to the students. As a class, students will decide and or vote on a book title.
Extra: Students can also make a visual presentation to show the rest of the class their personal section of the classroom book.