home

__**Creating a Self-Portrait**__


 * ===Title of Unit or Project: __Creating a Self-Portrait__===
 * ===Grade Level and/or Subject Area: Grades 6-8===
 * ===Summary of Project: Students will create an autobiography and a Personal Poem to create an understanding about themselves and the world around them. They will use these two products to create a “Self-Portrait that creates a picture of them by using symbols and objects to express who or what they are. Students will present their products to the class. ===
 * === ===
 * ===Curriculum Framing Questions===
 * ===Essential Question-Does the past direct the present? How do symbols create a lasting impression on the world? Who am I? ===
 * ===Unit Questions-What is an autobiography? What are symbols? How is figurative language used in poetry? ===
 * ===Content Questions-What is the definition for autobiography? What is the definition of a symbol? What is the definition of an adjective? What is figurative language? What is a poem? What is the definition for autobiography? What is the definition of a symbol? What is the definition of an adjective? What is figurative language? What is a poem? ===
 * ===**Real world connection- The knowledge of self creates self understanding.**===