# Handout 3.4: My Influences Map Name: ______________________________ Date: ______________ Period: ______ **Directions:** Three parts. Part 1 is the everyday sort: ten things about a person; mark each H (mostly heredity), E (mostly environment), or B (both). Part 2 is your influences map. It is private. It goes in your FACS folder and nobody reads it unless you choose. Use roles, not names ("a coach," "my aunt"). Part 3 is the only part I collect: three sentences on the one influence that has done the most to make you who you are, still with no names. ### Word bank in other languages [Check with a native speaker before printing.] | English | Turkish | Portuguese | Spanish | |---|---|---|---| | heredity | kalıtım | hereditariedade | herencia | | environment | çevre | ambiente | ambiente | | family | aile | família | familia | | friend | arkadaş | amigo, amiga | amigo, amiga | | influence | etki | influência | influencia | ## Part 1: Two sources, and the everyday sort **Heredity** means: _____________________________________________________________________________ **Environment** means: __________________________________________________________________________ The rule: almost everything about a person is ______________. Mark each item H, E, or B. Write a reason for three of them. | # | Item (picture cue) | H, E, or B | Reason (three of them) | |---|---|---|---| | 1 | Eye color (an eye) | | | | 2 | Height (a ruler) | | | | 3 | Your accent (a speech bubble) | | | | 4 | Being ticklish (a feather) | | | | 5 | Liking a certain kind of music (a note) | | | | 6 | Being shy or outgoing (two faces) | | | | 7 | Being good at drawing (a pencil) | | | | 8 | Your first language (a book) | | | | 9 | A food allergy (a peanut with a line through it) | | | | 10 | How you handle losing (a game piece) | | | Grade 6: items 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, and 9. After the reveal: change any answer you want to and write why next to it. ## Part 2: My influences map (private; not collected) Draw yourself in the middle circle (a stick figure is fine, or just write "me"). Around it, in the three rings, write at least eight influences: people, places, and things that have shaped who you are. No names; use roles. Next to each, write the aspect it shaped most: **P** (body), **E** (feelings), **S** (people), **I** (thinking). Star the three biggest. ``` THINGS (a phone, a language, a library card, a sport, a book, a game) ___________________________________________________________________ / \ / PLACES (a kitchen, a court, a room, a bus, a country) \ / _________________________________________________________ \ / / \ \ / / PEOPLE (a parent, a coach, a friend, a teacher, a sibling) \ / / ______________________________________________________ \ | | | | | | | | | ME | | | | | | | | | \ \ \____________________________________________________/ / / \ \ / / \ \____________________________________________________________/ / \ / \_____________________________________________________________________/ ``` If the rings are too small, list them here instead: | Influence (a role, a place, or a thing) | People, place, or thing? | Aspect (P, E, S, I) | Star? | |---|---|---|---| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Grade 6 and IEP/504: at least five influences. ## Part 3: The biggest one (collected) Which one influence on your map has done the most to make you who you are right now? Three sentences: what it is (a role, not a name), what aspect it shaped, and why you picked it over the other two stars. Sentence starter: "The biggest influence on me is ___ because ___." ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Grade 8 stretch (Part 4): pick one influence and write how it might look different for a student in another country or another decade. Would the aspect it shaped change? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ## Exit card (3-2-1) 3 things about me that are mostly environment: ________________________________________________________ 2 things about me that are mostly heredity: __________________________________________________________ 1 influence I want more of next year: _______________________________________________________________ * * * ## Teacher key **Part 1:** 1 H (eye color is inherited). 2 B (the range is inherited; food and sleep decide where in the range). 3 E (you learn the accent around you). 4 B (accept H; there is an inherited part, and it also changes with who is tickling). 5 E (accept B; taste in music comes from what is around you). 6 B (temperament has an inherited part; the people around you teach you what to do with it). 7 B (accept E; some inherited ability, mostly practice and chances). 8 E (born able to learn any language; got the one in the house). 9 B (accept H; allergies run in families and also depend on exposure). 10 E (accept B; learned from the people around you, with a temperament piece). Accept any answer with a reason that shows the student knows both sources exist. The point of the reveal is that "both" is the best answer for most items. **Part 2:** checked only for at least eight entries (five for grade 6 and IEP/504) with aspect letters and three stars. Do not read the content. **Part 3:** scored complete (three sentences with a role, an aspect, and a reason), partial, or missing. A real name is handed back to change before scoring.