1. Discussion – Rubric Concepts

Topic 1: Discussion

Spend 5 minutes to write your response to the questions on a GoogleDoc in your folder.

#1 What is identity?
#2 What are some types of identities?
#3 What is culture?
#4 How can identity and culture be represented through writing?

Focus questions

#1 How do texts (literary techniques, textual forms and conventions) communicate different ideas, values, and attitude and shape individual and collective identities?
#2 How does language affect individual and collective identity?
#3 How do texts challenge assumptions and beliefs about yourself, individual and cultural groups?
#4 What is cultural assumptions and cultural identity?
#5 What is the role of language?