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**DAY 4, LESSON 3 – WHERE IS YOUR GUIDING LIGHT? ** 

· Students can recognise the elements of personal essay, personal narrative and personal memoir  · Students understand life experiences and values of others in other cultures. 
 * CORE CURRICULUM ** 
 * CURRICULUM OF CONNECTIONS ** 

· Students self-reflect on significant events and people in their life. · Students think about values that <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Gulim;"> matter to them <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 14pt;">.
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; background: white; color: #383805; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Gulim;">CURRICULUM OF IDENTITY **<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: black; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Gulim;"> <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">


 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: #383805; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">READING & RESOURCES **<span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: #383805; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msolist: Ignore;">1. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">A personal narrative “My Pal, Robert” <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: rgb(56,56,5); font-size: 14pt;">**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-size: 16pt;">[[file:This I Believe Sample Personal Narrative My Pal Robert.docx]] **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msolist: Ignore;">2. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">A personal memoir “My First Life Line” [[file:This I Believe Sample Personal Memoir My First Life Line.docx]]


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msolist: Ignore;">3. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">A personal essay “A Doubting, Questioning Mind**” [[file:This I Believe Sample Personal Essay A Doubting, Questioning Mind.docx]]**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msolist: Ignore;">1. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> The basic differences between a personal essay, which is focused on a //belief or insight about life that is significant to the writer,// and the two other forms of personal writing: the personal narrative and the memoir. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">A personal essay often combines elements of **both** the narrative **and** the memoir since an insight about life or a personal belief is usually based upon both experiences and relationships that have taught the writer what individual values are most important.
 * <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; color: #383805; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">LEARNING ACTIVITY **

<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol;">· **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Personal essay **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Focused on //belief or insight about life// that is significant to the writer. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontstyle: italic;">· **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Personal narrative **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Focused on a //significant event.// <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol;">· **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Personal memoir **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Focused on a //significant relationship// between the writer and a person, place, or object.

2. You are to read a personal narrative “My Pal, Robert”, a personal memoir “My First Life Line” and a personal essay “A Doubting, Questioning Mind**”**

3.After reading, identify the focus of each of them and write them in your reflection in the discussion forum.