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Portrait of a Word Worksheet

1. What is your COMMUNITY?Ā 

2. What is your Word/ Phrase?

3. Describe WHY the word/ phrase is important to you and your community.Ā  Does it provide information about your way of communicating, your values, your beliefs, your ā€œidentity kitā€ etc.?Ā 

4. What was your first experience of this word/ phrase?Ā  What was your first impression of its meaning? Has its meaning changed for you over time?Ā 

5. Is there a way using this word correctly indicates membership in the community? Who is allowed to use this word and who is not? Or how does this word change when people from outside theĀ  community use the word? Who do you think needs to know about this word? What do they need to know? Why?