Identity+1+What's+in+a+name?

The __theme__ of this unit is "__identity__". Find the word in your dictionary and translate it into your language. We will be exploring topics such as your name, your values, and the __cultural__ and __social__ influences on your sense of "self". As we work through this unit think about this __focus question__: You will write a response essay to this question in week 4. **Topic 1:** Names
 * Who are you? **
 * How much of your identity is personal choice? **
 * 1) What is a name?
 * 2) What's your name? Write down what they already know about your first and family name.
 * 3) Who chose it? Does it have any meaning? Does it have any special significance to your family? What are the cultural influences of your name?
 * Home task: ** Ask your parents/guardians for additional information about your name and how and why it was chosen

Look at my example that demonstrates how to write an explanation of how and why my name was chosen. use it to model your own explanation of how your name was chosen.
 * Writing Task: **

William Shakespeare is a VERY famous English playwright. He wrote many plays like Hamlet, Macbeth, and the most famous play: ROMEO and JULIET. The langauge is difficult to understand, even for Australians, because the English is old (400 years old!). The play was written in 1595.
 * Extension: **Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet

Romeo is from the Montague family and Juliet is from the Capulet family. Their families are enemies. Juliet and Romeo have just met. They have fallen in love and Romeo is listening as Juliet speaks – she does not know he is in the garden.
 * Background information to //Romeo and Juliet//**

Task: watch the video and read the words. Juliet talks about names and how they are not really part of us, they can be changed and we are still the same person. Do you agree? Watch the scene from Romeo and Juliet =media type="file" key="Juliets-Soliloquy-68[www.savevid.com].mp4" width="330" height="330"=

Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene 2, lines 33-51 O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father, and refuse thy name! Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I’ll no longer be a Capulet. Shall I hear no more, or shall I speak at this? ‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What’s Montague? It is nor hand nor foot Nor arm nor face nor any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call’d, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name; And for thy name, which is no part of thee, Take all myself I take thee at thy word Call me but love, and I’ll be new baptiz’d; Henceforth I never will be Romeo.
 * Juliet**
 * Romeo**
 * Juliet**
 * Romeo**

Questions on the play excerpt. What’s in a name? - Thou art thyself, though not a Montague - What’s in a name? - I’ll be new baptiz’d
 * Why does Juliet want Romeo to refuse (reject) his name?
 * Explain what Juliet means when she says, that which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet? Paraphrase her meaning using everyday contemporary English.
 * Explain Romeo’s response (the last three lines).
 * What significance do Romeo and Juliet’s names have for them? In your answer consider the lines:

How important is your name to your identity?
 * Short answer response question: **

Discussion questions about your name. If you changed your name...how did you choose it? Has it changed the way you see yourself?