Declaring Identity: Being Jazz (2020)

Lesson 19
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ELA

Unit 11

6th Grade

Lesson 19 of 28

Objective


Identify narrator Jazz’s point of view and how it is conveyed in Being Jazz.

Readings and Materials


  • Book: Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings  pp. 169 – 176

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Target Task


Writing Prompt

How does Jazz’s experience at the Trans-Health Conference change her point of view on “making out”? Provide at least two pieces of specific evidence from the text.

Key Questions


  • What is Jazz’s point of view on trans kids’ interest in sexuality? How does she convey this idea on page 169?
  • What is Jazz’s point of view on people who are interested in her because of her fame? How does her story about Jonah (pages 183–184) convey this point of view? Support your answer with two pieces of evidence from the text.
  • How does Jazz’s point of view of friendship change in eighth grade? Support your answer with evidence from page 184.
  • Discussion: What does the last conversation of the chapter reveal about Jazz’s relationship with her mother?

Lesson Guidance


Notes

  • This chapter addresses Jazz’s sexuality. While it is not too graphic, it does include scenes of her kissing. It will also help to acknowledge with your class how important maturity and openness will be to fully understand Jazz’s experience.

Homework

  • Read Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen, pages 187–196.

Common Core Standards


  • RI.6.6 — Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.

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Identify author’s purpose and point of view in Barbara Walters’s 20/20 interview and in Being Jazz.

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