Create a window box. :
Create a window box. On your piece of paper draw these lines:
Label your window box :
Label your window box Your Name
Your Birthday 1 2 3 4
What’s in a name :
What’s in a name QUADRANT 1:
Give your paper to a neighbor (this person will now be your partner for this activity)
Interview your partner about their name and take interview notes in quadrant 1 on their paper.
QUESTIONS to ASK-- How did they get their name? Is there an interesting family history associated with their name? Do they like their name? What would they be called if they could have another name? What interesting experiences have they had associated with their name?
Where have you been? :
Where have you been? Quadrant 2:
Trade papers with someone else (change partners)
Interview your partner about where they have traveled, where they would like to travel, what their favorite place they have ever been was, etc.
What will you be :
What will you be Quadrant 3:
Change partners again
Interview your partner about their career and life goals. What do they want to do before they are 20 years old, 30, 40, etc.
Who would you be? :
Who would you be? Partner Change
If you could be someone from a story/novel/history/etc., who would it be? Why?
Who am I? :
Who am I? Get your own paper back and take a look at it.
Make notes on it if you need to correct, add, or change something so that it is truly a statement of who you are.