27 janvier : IDU "my identity in a suitcase" - parts 1 and 2

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• Middelbare school
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27 janvier : IDU "my identity in a suitcase" - parts 1 and 2

IDU: My identity in a suitcase

"A creative composition can express messages related to personal and cultural identity"

Purpose of this unit

At the end of this project, you will be able to creatively introduce yourself giving personal information in the target language. 

ATL: You will create a plan to create your video.

Imagine...

 You are traveling to a country where nobody knows you and where they only speak the language you are learning at school. 

One way you could show them who you are could be to open a suitcase and pull out  A WORK OF ART (an identity sculpture) that represent you, your most significant character traits and your personal preferences, while you explain each in either French, Spanish or German.

You can do it!

Here is when learning the knowledge and skills of two subjects can come in handy! 

This is what we call interdisciplinary learning.

End products

• Video: You will create a 2-3 minutes long video in which you express your personal and cultural identity by using elements of the two subjects involved in this IDU.  Spanish/French or German AND Visual Arts. 
• You will upload you video to a Google Drive.  

• Report: You will write a report that is structured following certain criteria. For each criteria you will get some guiding questions. You will get info about this later.

BOTH ARE EQUALLY IMPORTANT

Inquiry questions

Factual:
What forms of communication can be used to express different aspects of identity?

Conceptual:
How can I define identity?
How can I express my identity through visual arts?
How is art an expression of identity?

Debatable:

Do I need a cultural identity?

Interdisciplinary criteria

CRITERION A: EVALUATING

In short: Knowledge and skills from both disciplines

CRITERION B: SYNTHESIZING

In short: The product itself

CRITERION C: REFLECTING 

Explaining your new interdisciplinary understanding

 

Assessments

You will do two ATL formative activities: (one Communication + one Transfer skill). The goal is that these skills help you write the report. 

 

 A Summative Report: you follow guiding questions that address all the three interdisciplinary criteria (note that the product only addresses one strand of one criteria). 

When and where

The due date to submit your video is the 13th February.

Both formative and summative will be completed at the same time on 28th of February. 

 

All teachers involved in the IDU will be off meetings and lessons to assist and give feedback to students as they complete the report. 

Students upload their reports on that day to a google classroom (you will get the link to it later)

What is backwards planning?

Backwards planning

Draw in your notebook a timeline as this one.

Example

Let's apply this approach to our own 'destination'

1.  What is your end goal (destination)? How do you know when you've reached it? 
   
2. What is your starting point? (What do you have so far?) 
   
3. Identify the steps you need to take to get from your starting point to your destination (you'll need to think about all the things you need in your summative!)
   
4. Now look at your calendar and schedule each step from the end goal (so work backwards!). Read it forwards - will you meet the deadline in an efficient and effective way?
   

Look at the example on the next slide...

IDU: My identity in a suitcase

"A creative composition can express messages related to personal and cultural identity"

Remember?

In the video, you need express the following elements of your identity:

Name, age, birthday, origin, nationality, culture and gender.

Show and talk about your SCULPTURE and how it shows who you are and what you like: art, sport or any other activities or hobbies.

The video should convey the knowledge and skills you have acquired in the two disciplines involved. Both subjects should help you when solving the problem of expressing who you are.

Elements of your identity

Elements of your identity:

Name, age, birthday, origin, nationality, culture and gender.

Do you remember how to express that?

Let us go step by step. 

Your name

Comment tu t'appelles ?
Answer with a full sentence

Your age and birthday

Tu as quel âge ?
Quand est ton anniversaire ?

Nationality

You can tell your nationality in two different ways.

Example:

I am French

I am from France

Quelle est ta nationalité ?

Gender and culture

To express your gender you can say: 

Je suis un garçon / Je suis une fille

Maybe that is not important for you, in that case you can say:

Mon genre n'est pas important

Culture

Talking about your culture can be complex, one way you can do it is by mentioning some values of your culture. 

What is important in your culture?

food?

celebrations?

religious celebrations?

the weather?

CHOOSE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN YOUR CULTURE

Qu'est-ce qui est important dans ta culture ?
Dans ma culture, ____ est très important(e).
Dans ma culture, _____ et _____ sont très important(e)s.

Now...

Put everything together and you will have a good starting script for your video. 

Create a Google Doc and start writing. 

When done, practice by saying the sentences again and again.

In your video you should not be reading from a document. 

Homework for next class:

Complete your own backwards planning