Me In a Bag

One of the ways that we've been getting to know our peers is by our presentations called "Me In A Bag".  I actually learned about this one from one of my education classes in college.  We each had to bring a bag with three objects that help describe ourselves.  We were in an English literature class, so all of our items had to be a book, but it was up to us as to which books we could bring.  I took this project a little too seriously and had my mom mail me down some of my favourite childhood books, including one book that I had personally made.  There is something about sharing your belongings and claiming identity towards them.

For our class, we can bring in three different items.  I handed out a brief outline that the students could fill in as a brainstorming activity.  I've attached them with this post so you can take a look!

Here is a student's reflection on the "Me in a Bag" presentations (I've taken out names....)

We have doing projects on "Me in A Bag."  So far we've had girl 1 bring a rock from Rudy Creek.  We've had boy 1 bring a photo of his hockey team.  Girl 2 brought a picture of her dogs.  Boy 2 brought a hockey card of Alexander Ovechkin.

I'm looking forward to the other things the students will bring in.  I've given permission for some students to bring in pets, so we'll see how that goes!