BLACK HISTORY ART & POETRY BUNDLE |We Wear the Mask & Two Voice Poem | About Me

Save 25%...includes We Wear the Mask poetry and art unit & Inside/Outside Two Voice Poem Activity! Boost student relationships and remember your students’ personality types all year with this no-prep, easy-to-use We Wear the Mask & Inside/Outside Traits Two Voice Poem BUNDLE!! First, students embark on a unit inspired by Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “We Wear the Mask” poem. In it, students will use art and poetry to deeply analyze the masks we wear, distinguish between their inside vs. outside character and personality traits, and represent these findings through a self-created mask. This engaging activity turns this abstract concept into an activity that is high-interest, easy to understand, and memorable! They will then use poetry to deeply analyze and write about their inside vs. outside character and personality traits. Two templates are included for a student to write about themselves OR a character (fictional or historical) in a book, novel, or story they are reading.

THESE TWO UNITS ARE WONDERFUL COMPLEMENTS TO EACH OTHER! This simple format makes it applicable for 5th-12th grade students...and beyond! This All About Me Art can be used in any school subject as a Get to Know You Activity at Back to School Time, as a Halloween Mask activity, during Black History Month (Paul Laurence Dunbar is an African American poet), during your poetry unit, as an art integration activity, for a Back to School display, Open House display, hallway display, or wonderfully colorful classroom display that makes students feel at home in your classroom!

This The Mask I Wear Product Includes 12 NO PREP, easy-to-use pages:

•Pages 1-2: Suggested Teacher Instructions (Including links to videos and poems)

•Pages 3: Mask Poems (1 easy; 1 hard)

•Page 4: We Wear the Mask Brainstorm Sheet

•Page 5: We Wear the Mask Directions with pictures

•Page 6: Example Mask

•Pages 7-10: 4 Mask Templates

•Pages 11-12: Rubric (2 options)

This Inside vs. Outside Poem Includes 10 NO PREP, easy-to-use pages:

•Page 1: Suggested Teacher Instructions

•Page 2: What is Two Voice Poetry Explanation

•Page 3: Two Voice Poem Example

•Page 4: Two Voice Poem Brainstorm Sheet (poem about self)

•Page 5: Two Voice Poem Brainstorm Sheet (poem about a book character)

•Page 6: Inside/Outside Poem Example

•Pages 7-8: 2 Poem Templates

•Pages 9-10: Rubric (2 options)

***Click the "Preview" button to see the FULL Packet!***

This Unit Helps You:

•Make the abstract idea of “Personality Type” more concrete. Students can remember their colors throughout the year as they work in groups.

•Get to know your students and show them you care about them as a person!

•Guide students in how to study in a way that will best benefit them.

•Integrate SEL into your classroom in a simple way that helps your instruction throughout the year

•Create a positive classroom culture

•Collect documentation on students

•Show evidence of differentiation in your classroom

•Help students understand themselves better

•Teach students how to relate to others

•Help students distinguish between inside character traits and outside traits

•Open conversation about how students feel “on the inside”

Ways to Use...with students, staff, and friends!

•Beginning of Year Get to Know You Activity

•Social-Emotional Learning (SEL)

•Data notebook

•Professional Staff Development

•Advisory meetings

•Specials classes

•Counseling group

•Afterschool club

•Summer camp program

•With your family and friends!

•Just for fun!

How I Use It In My Classroom:

I have used this with my 5th-8th grade students for years. We do it at the beginning of the year as a Get to Know You Activity. We talk about what makes a person who they are and how we have inside character traits and outside traits. I have students complete several Personality Inventories (available in the Megan Memories store) to learn more about their "inside selves".We also use it as an opportunity to discuss our cultures and how they are the same and different. We then watch the suggested videos and read the poems about "masks" we wear. This leads to a wonderful discussion every time! They then brainstorm their inside and outside character traits to put onto their masks. I hand out the Direction sheet (in page protector so I can reuse it). After completing the art activity, I have them write the poem to go with it. They then present it all together. They put the art as their Binder Cover, Cubby Cover, or as an art display with the poems.

**This can also be used to analyze characters in books or novels.

Related Resources

Check out the “Getting to Know You” section of my store for these related resources

Personality Inventories:

•Book Genre Personality Inventory

•Science Personality Inventory

•Social Studies Personality Inventory

•True Color Personality Inventory

•Harry Potter House Inventory

•And many more!

Self-Discovery Inventories:

•Learning Style Inventory

•Group Work Style Inventory

•Big 5 Personality Traits Inventory

•Brain Dominance Inventory

•Myers-Briggs Personality Inventory

Personality Art Extension Activities:

•Me Mask (Inside/Outside Character Traits)

•Acrostic Personality Poem

•Name Tent Glyph

•Picasso Personality Portrait

•We Wear the Mask (Poetry + Inside/Outside Personality Mask)

•Two Voice Poetry (Inside/Outside Personality Poem)

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