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**Unit Title: ** **Beyond the Surface of Marjane: Journal Writing From Another’s Point of View** Unit Created By: ** Ann White, Western Michigan University Grade Levels: ** This assignment can be used in creative writing classes in grades 10- 12. Students of all H.S. English classes can do this assignment, but the length and requirements can be changed to fit different grade levels and classes. Estimated Timeline for Teaching ****: ** This unit will take place over the course of three weeks. The book (Marjane Satrapi’s __Persepolis__) will be assigned day one and will be required to be completed by the end of week two. Students will work on other projects and activities in addition to reading the book. Unit Overview: ** In this Unit students will become more familiar with a certain cultural context that is unfamiliar to them and learn to empathize with a character. This will be done through the reading of a text and reflecting through writing in a journalistic style. Students will begin this unit by reading the graphic novel __Persepolis__ by Marjane Satrapi, which is a memoir about a girl’s transformation from childhood into adulthood during the Iranian Revolution (1970’s). This three week unit will begin with reading the book and after the book is completed students will write a minimum of 10 journal entries from Marjane’s (the main character in __Persepolis__) point of view. These entries will reflect on Marjane’s personal reactions (emotionally, physically and mentally) to the events occurring in her life. There will be many different ways to write the journal entries and students will choose how they would like to write their journal/diary (i.e. 10 consecutive days during a significant time in Marjane’s life, 10 moments from 10 different times in Marjane’s life etc.). Journal entries will be assigned a few at a time, and throughout the 3 week unit students will take part in peer review sessions. Over the course of this unit students will also create different poems from their own and Marjane’s points of view. Their journal entries and their poetry will be compiled into a neat and creative journal created by each individual student and presented to the class in a read around. Technology will be utilized throughout the unit and a good understanding of word processor is mandatory. Theory into Practice: ** This assignment will help students to empathize with people of different backgrounds. The graphic novel __Persepolis__ is a true representation of a young girl experiencing and struggling through life during a war in Iran. Marjane experiences discrimination in many different forms including sexual and racial, and by allowing students to reflect on these events from her point of view they will learn how important it is to respect all cultures, races, and sexes. This lesson will also teach my students how important social justice is to our world, our society, and our classroom. In __Reading, Writing, and Rising Up: Teaching About Social Justice and the Power of the Written Word,__ Linda Christensen writes “To become a community, students must learn to live in someone else’s skin, understand the parallels of hurt, struggle, and joy across class and culture lines, and work for change. For that to happen, students need more than an upbeat, supportive teacher; they need a curriculum that encourages them to empathize with others” (pg. 2). This is what I believe this writing project can do for my students; it will help them see the hardships of a person from another culture and to empathize with her. The process of writing journal entries from Marjane’s point of view will put the students in her skin and allow them think of life from a different perspective. · //Persepolis //By Marjane Satrapi · //Reading, Writing, and Rising Up // By Linda Christensen These texts will be utilized a great deal to my unit plan. //Persepolis// is the text in which the final project is based and students will be working with this novel throughout the entire unit. Students will need to read the entire book and analyze the character Marjane in order to write a journal/diary from her point of view. The text by Christensen will be very valuable to my unit plan. Her ideas about promoting social justice in the classroom will be used a great deal to generate discussions and ideas for student writing. I will also utilize some of her lessons on poetry that will also involve the theme of social justice. Student Objectives: ** · Students will learn how to read and understand graphic novels. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will read parts 1 and 2 of __Persepolis__ and discuss and write creatively about what the character is going through. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will gain the ability to read and analyze a text in order to write creatively about a topic in detail. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will gain critical thinking strategies. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will gain a greater perspective of what social justice means and why it is important. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will improve certain grammar skills that teacher identifies students are having problems with. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Student will create poetry from a different point of view than their own and from their own POV as well. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will improve skills of collaborative work through peer review and discussion. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will show skills of organization and creativity through writing and compilation of writing as a final project. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will use technology to produce neat work. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will reflect on the writing and reading process.
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 8pt;">**CE 1.1.3** ** <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 8pt;">CE 1.2.4 ** ** <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 8pt;">CE 2.1.4 **** <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 8pt;">CE 2.1.8  ****<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">CE 2.1.9 Examine the intersections and distinctions between visual (media images, painting, film, and graphic arts) and verbal communication.** <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 8pt;">**CE 2.2.1** <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">**CE 2.2.3** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: KJAZFM+GillSans;">Interpret the meaning of written, spoken, and visual texts by drawing on different cultural, theoretical, and critical perspectives. ** <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">**CE 2.3.6** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: KJAZFM+GillSans;">Reflect on personal understanding of reading, listening, and viewing; set personal learning goals; and take responsibility for personal growth **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: KJAZFM+GillSans;">. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 8pt;">**CE 3.1.1** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: KJAZFM+GillSans;">. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">**CE 3.1.2** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: KJAZFM+GillSans;">Demonstrate an understanding of literary characterization, character development, the function of major and minor characters, motives and causes for action, and moral dilemmas that characters encounter by describing their function in specific works. ** <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">**CE 3.4.2** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: KJAZFM+GillSans;">Understand that media and popular texts are produced within a social context and have economic, political, social, and aesthetic purposes. ** ** <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 8pt;">CE 4.2.5 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Michigan Content Expectations: Top 10 Bolded **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">CE 1.1.1 ****<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: KJAZFM+GillSans;">Demonstrate flexibility in using independent and collaborative strategies for planning, drafting, revising, and editing complex texts. **
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 * CE 1.1.4 Compose drafts that convey an impression, express an opinion, raise a question, argue a position, explore a topic, tell a story, or serve another purpose, while simultaneously considering the constraints and possibilities (e.g., structure, language, use of conventions of grammar, usage, and mechanics) of the selected form or genre.**
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">CE 1.2.2 Write, speak, and visually represent to develop self-awareness and insight (e.g., diary, journal writing, portfolio self-assessment).** ** <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 8pt;">CE 1.2.3 **
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">CE 1.3.6 Use speaking, writing, and visual presentations to appeal to audiences of different social, economic, and cultural backgrounds and experiences (e.g., include explanations and definitions according to the audience’s background, age, or knowledge of the topic; adjust formality of style; consider interests of potential readers).**
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">CE 1.5.1 Use writing, speaking, and visual expression to develop powerful, creative and critical messages.** ** <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 8pt;">CE 1.5.3 **** <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 8pt;">CE 1.5.4  **** <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 8pt;">CE 1.5.5  ** ** <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 8pt;">CE 2.1.3  **
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Each student will need their own copy of parts 1 and 2 of the graphic novel //Persepolis// by Marjane Satrapi. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Access to technology. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Word processor capabilities. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Ample copies of necessary handouts: Project Expectations, Pre-writing activity, “Name Poetry” examples, “I am From” poem worksheets, discussion prompt, Peer Review, Project Rubric, Persepolis Discussion prompt, Self-Reflection worksheet <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Discussion Starters/ Ideas <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Each student will need a three ring binder or something similar to put the final project together in, in the end. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Some crayons and/or markers to work on final project in class. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Note book paper, pens and pencils. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· __<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Persepolis __<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> movie.
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All Necessary Documents (be sure you have ample copies of each document)

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">As the educator you will need to be familiar with the text //Persepolis// and some basic information about the Iranian war. Some of the basic information you should know about this war is; the date, reason why it took place, who was involved, some information about the country’s leaders, and what state the country is in today. This information can be found online or in book stores and the library. You should also have a good understanding of how to read graphic novels. It is very different than reading a novel with only text. The pictures in the graphic novel are very important and play a huge part in the interpretation of the text and it is essential that the students know how to look at both the text and the pictures to generate knowledge from the novel. You will need to be sure you have ample copies of the necessary handouts, especially the peer review work sheets because these sessions will take place multiple times. Also you will need to be sure that the students are keeping up with the reading, and a good way to do this is by paying attention to who is participating in the daily class discussions. Detailed Daily Plans for the Unit: ** <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Assign the graphic novel //Persepolis// by Marjane Satrapi and distribute each student their own copy of the book. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Show and discuss how to read graphic novels. (A good resource for this is Scott McCloud’s //Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art.)// <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Read the first few chapters together in class and talk about the ways the pictures help us understand the text. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">4. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Assign homework to read up to page 46 in //Persepolis.//
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<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Pre-writing Activity <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">a. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Hand out worksheet and allow students time in class to work. (this is a good activity to do in groups of 2-3). <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">b. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Allow ample time to talk about the different pages students chose to write about. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Read a few pages together as a class and discuss the text. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">a. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Explain difficult parts of the text, for example, the transition the government made from secular to religious and what was happening to the people throughout this transition. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Assign homework to continue reading the text (Part one needs to be completed by the end of the week).
 * Day 2**

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Discuss text and allow time for students to ask questions. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Introduce students to “Name Poetry” <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">a. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Lesson Plan <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">b. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Poem examples <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Allow time in class to work on poems about their own names. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">4. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Assign homework to complete a Name Poem from Marjane’s point of view (POV). Students are to continue reading the text as well.
 * Day 3**

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Discussion prompt. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">a. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Hand prompt worksheet out to students and allow time for them to write their answers. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">b. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">After students have had time to write a little bring the class together for a discussion on the prompt. (Ask for volunteers but if there are none, sit in a circle and have each students discuss what they wrote.) <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Work on Name poems from Marjane’s POV in class (give credit/no credit to students that have their poems ready in class) <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Have students share their poems. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">4. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Homework is to complete a draft of their Name poems (from Marjane’s POV) for a peer review in class the following day. Also students should have part one of //Persepolis// completed by the following day.
 * Day 4**

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Peer Review of name poems written from Marjane’s POV. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">a. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will do this in groups of 2 (groups of 2 will allow for more time for each reviewer to give good advice and to focus on the ideas of the single poem). This will take approximately 20 minutes and is better if done at the beginning of class. Students can read each other’s poems or they can read their original work aloud for their peer reviewer to listen. After the poems are read the students will fill out the peer review sheet and then discuss what they have written. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Handout the worksheet for the project expectations and assign the project (details will be discussed more thoroughly the following class). <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Homework is to continue reading the novel and to think about what they want to do for the final project, and work on the final draft of Name poems.
 * Day 5**

**WEEK TWO**

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt; msobidifontfamily: Georgiamso-fareast-font-family;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Go over project expectations and discuss ideas and questions. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">*Also hand out project rubric and discuss with expectations. 2. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Allow time for questions about Name poems. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Discuss text and allow time for any questions. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">4. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Assign homework to complete final draft of Name poems (due following class) and to begin working on first two journal entries (due in two class periods).
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 12pt; msobidifontfamily: Georgiamso-fareast-font-family;">Day 6 **

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Hand in final draft of Name poem. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Discuss text <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Work on journals in class <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">4. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Answer any questions about journal entries <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">5. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Assign homework to complete rough drafts of the first two journal entries and to continue reading the graphic novel (must be completed by the end of week 2)
 * Day 7**

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Individual conference day with students about their first drafts of their first two journal entries. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will work on journals during the individual conferences. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Assign homework to read and have two more journal entry drafts completed by Friday (day 10).
 * Day 8**

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Conferences continued. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students work on journals and reading. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Assign homework to finish next two drafts and to complete the book by the following class period.
 * Day 9**

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Grammar mini lesson <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">a. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Use the Four Corners activity to work on grammar skills and to raise awareness about common grammar mistakes. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">b. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Use the discussion topics listed to conduct the activity. (include any other grammar lessons that students are having particular problems with) <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Homework is to continue working on journals and to finish the book if they have not done so already.
 * Day 10**

** WEEK THREE **

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Discuss the ending of the book. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">a. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Key concepts are how the character Marjane transforms into an adult and what the different experiences are in her life that affect this transformation. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">b. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">A great activity for students to do here is to pick out specific panels in the novel that they believe are important in Marjane’s transformation and discuss why. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">c. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Teacher should also encourage students to share a panel that is important to their journal entries and allow for discussion to continue through these examples. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Next students will see examples of “I am From” poems and begin generating ideas for their own “I am From” poems from Marjane’s POV. **Where I’m From mini lesson.** Poem example: Lesson Prompt: <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Assign homework to continue working on journal project (due at the end of the week, day 15) and to complete a rough draft of an “I am From” poem from Marjane’s POV. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Peer review with “I am From” poem (conduct in the same way as the first peer review). <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Work on journals <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Assign homework to work on journals and complete final draft of “I am From” poem.
 * Day 11 **
 * Day 12**

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Computer Lab day. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Allow this day for students to work on any last drafts, to print photos needed for their final project and to do any last research necessary for their project. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Final project due the following class period.
 * Day 13**

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">FINAL PROJECT DUE!! <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students participate in a read around with the entire class. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">a. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Each student will read one of their journal entries <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">b. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will explain why they chose this time in Marjane’s life for their entry and what significance this journal entry has with regards to Marjane’s transformation. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will give praise to their fellow classmates reading their journal entries. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">4. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Self Reflection assigned.
 * Day 14**

<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Finish read around (if all students do not get a chance to go the previous day). <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; msobidifontfamily: Georgia; msofareastfontfamily: Georgia; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Watch Persepolis the movie so that students can see the book portrayed in a different way and as a reward for working hard and completing the project.
 * Day 15****