Unit 1Identity

IDENTITY The person that you areIdentify

To recognize someone/somethingIdentify with someone

To feel similar to someone and can relate to one’s situation/feelingConnect with someone

WORD FORM

Noun Verb Adjective

x unique

connect

psychology/psychologist x

uniqueness

connection connected/connecting

psychological

Noun Verb Adjective

social

interesting

devalue

able

theory x

society socialize

interest interest

devaluation devaluating/devaluated

ability enable

theoretical

Writing a paragraph

Cr: mycutegraphics

Topic Sentence

Supporting Sentences

Concluding Sentence

Topic Sentence = Controlling Idea

Point 1 Point 3Point 2

Example 1 Example 2 Example 3

Concluding sentence: restate

Topic sentence

Event 1

Event 3

Event 2

Concluding sentence

Social psychologists suggest that we have 3 basic types of identity

given corechosen

Gender, birthplace ,

age

Religion, belief, career

Behavior, personality, values, skills

Concluding sentence

When I started high school, I

thought I knew exactly who I was and where

I was headed.

chosen

Core

injury

Although I’ve had to change part of my

chosen identity, I now understand that my core

identity is the most important for me.

Paragraph must be COHERENTEach sentence needs to be logically connected

Sequence markers/transitions do help

For instance, For exampleIn conclusion, To summarize

KEEP IN MIND

Introductory is optional

Be sure it’s coherent

Do go overboard

Be precise & specific

Say what you mean

No empty rhetoric

Be clear

When your words are unclear, it may indicate that your idea has not fully developed

Be concise

Don’t write 3 sentences when you can say in one

Write a paragraph concerning your identity

You may follow the model paragraph by talking about 3 types of identityYou may talk about just 1 [one] identity

UNGRADED ASSIGNMENT

Pay attention to paragraph organization

TS+SS+CS

SS needs to be supplied with examples/explanations/narratives of event

Add transitions

90-120 words, due next week