Personal Identity
A B2 discussion-writing worksheet with eight prompts about personal identity. Students develop opinions with reasons, examples or personal experience, then compare their work with page 2 model responses.
What’s in the worksheet?
- 8 discussion-writing prompts about personal identity
- Reasons, examples and personal experience
- Developed B2 model responses on page 2
Write eight supported B2 descriptions of identity, influences, valued possessions, desired skills and how one would like to be remembered.
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A simple way to teach it
Before the lesson
Review valued versus expensive and influence versus fame. Make family background optional and allow an invented identity or a non-family influence.
- Describe style or a valued possession, giving a detail that explains the choice rather than only naming it.
- Develop answers about influence, improvement and a wished-for skill; use I wish I could... for an ability.
- Compare with page 2's possible responses and revise an answer about remembrance or a personal quality with an example of behaviour.
Support and extension
Support with It matters to me because.... Extend by contrasting an outward feature such as clothing with a value expressed through action. Do not require financial, family or intimate disclosures; the models demonstrate development, not a preferred kind of identity.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
