--Open up your notebook to a clean sheet of paper. Date the page (9/28/2017 [ACE] or 9/29/2017 [BDF]) and label this section of your notes "Human Nature".
S. the C.
--pair/share as per the "Jump Off" in order to clarify the definition of "human nature"--add to your notes accordingly!
--agenda/HW
Anticipatory Set -- "Building a Bridge" Between English 9 and English 10 Honors: Human Nature in Veronica Roth's Divergent
--purposefully view two clips from the film version of Veronica Roth's Divergent (1:20:20 and 1:49:40) in order to answer both of the following questions:
- I have often heard people say the following (and I imagine you have, too): "It's human nature." What exactly does this mean? After thinking/jotting down ideas on your own for a moment, you will have some time to touch base with a peer. Good luck!
--If you used your "Classroom Coupon" last class block, please place your writing piece in the black basket on the front table.
--Please SEE ME before leaving class today:
--Please SEE ME before leaving class today:
- Jack W.
--pair/share as per the "Jump Off" in order to clarify the definition of "human nature"--add to your notes accordingly!
--agenda/HW
Anticipatory Set -- "Building a Bridge" Between English 9 and English 10 Honors: Human Nature in Veronica Roth's Divergent
--purposefully view two clips from the film version of Veronica Roth's Divergent (1:20:20 and 1:49:40) in order to answer both of the following questions:
- What is Jeanine Matthews suggesting about human nature? What does she seem to think people are really like?
- pair/share responses to the questions above
--Let's support the following claim together: Most fiction writers are philosophers.
- pair/share support
- share direct quotation from page 188 of Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein's They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing
- answer the following question:
- Ultimately, what does Veronica Roth's "thesis"/philosophy about human nature seem to be?
- pair/share responses to the question above
Transition
--Take out your copy of the terms/concepts document and find your definition for "fable". Be prepared to share your entire definition or aspects of it with the class as we build toward a common understanding together.
--Take out your copy of the terms/concepts document and find your definition for "fable". Be prepared to share your entire definition or aspects of it with the class as we build toward a common understanding together.
Mini-Lesson -- Fable as a Genre and Human Nature in Aesop's "The Scorpion and the Frog"
--By the end of this mini-lesson, you should be able to...
--Transition--pick up a copy of the "Fable as a Genre and Human Nature in Aesop's 'The Scorpion and the Frog'" document from the front table
--after purposefully reading the directions, complete the task at hand quietly and independently
--Transition
- define the term "fable"
- apply the definition to an actual fable (e.g., determine the fable's moral lesson)
- begin formulating and giving voice to your own ideas about human nature.
--Transition--pick up a copy of the "Fable as a Genre and Human Nature in Aesop's 'The Scorpion and the Frog'" document from the front table
--after purposefully reading the directions, complete the task at hand quietly and independently
--Transition
- As soon as I set the stopwatch and instruct you to do so, you will form an alphabetical-by-first-name circle out of the desks without talking. This should take no more than two minutes!
- "Ready...set...GO!!!"
Closure/Looking Ahead #1
--engage in discussion with regard to the "Fable as a Genre and Human Nature in Aesop's 'The Scorpion and the Frog'" document
--share the essential question explored throughout the entirety of the course (the "human element" mentioned on Day 1 of the course!):
What are human beings really like? By nature, are human beings inherently evil or good or...?
--pass around the "English 10 Honors End-of-Course Assignment" document and engage in an oral gist reading
--Q & A as per gist reading
--clarify picture homework assignment
Closure/Looking Ahead #2
--Please pick up the following items from the front table:
Teambuilding Activity -- Artifact Bags (time permitting)
--I hand a paper bag to a random student--he/she then displays items from the bag one at a time, briefly describing what he/she is seeing
--guess who?!
--owner of bag further describes, explains, shares anecdotes, etc. as a form of introduction to teacher/peers
--REPEAT THE PROCESS UNTIL ALL THE BAGS HAVE BEEN SHARED
HW (Class Preparation)
--Find and print out a picture for the south wall of our classroom. Bring the picture for collection at the beginning of NEXT class (Monday, 10/2 [ACE] 0r Tuesday, 10/3 [BDF]).
HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment)
--Complete a total of 45 minutes of Membean training as directed before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 9/28. If you fail to appropriately train between now and the administration of Vocabulary Quiz #2, you will not be permitted to take the quiz (see the "Membean Routine" document).
--Complete another 45 minutes of Membean training as directed before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 10/5. If you fail to appropriately train between now and the administration of Vocabulary Quiz #2, you will not be permitted to take the quiz (see the "Membean Routine" document).
Miscellaneous
--Read your free reading book for at least 15 minutes between now and next class. ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS.
--Enjoy the weekend--you only get so many of 'em! :)
--clarify picture homework assignment
Closure/Looking Ahead #2
--Please pick up the following items from the front table:
- a good-smelling marker or two
- a sheet of computer paper
--Draw a line under your last section of notes and label this section "My Current Answer to the Essential Question". Then, thoughtfully respond to the following question:
- What is your current answer to the Essential Question that overarches our course? (Here is the question again: What are human beings really like? By nature, are human beings inherently evil or good or...?) After some thought--feel free to look through all of your materials from today's class block--, write your claim about human nature in your notebook. Re-read and revise your claim as necessary; then, write your claim neatly in marker on your sheet of computer paper. Finally, place your "poster" in the black basket on the front table. (Please note that I will be asking you to stand up and share your claim with me and the rest of the class in the near future! :))
--I hand a paper bag to a random student--he/she then displays items from the bag one at a time, briefly describing what he/she is seeing
--guess who?!
--owner of bag further describes, explains, shares anecdotes, etc. as a form of introduction to teacher/peers
--REPEAT THE PROCESS UNTIL ALL THE BAGS HAVE BEEN SHARED
HW (Class Preparation)
--Find and print out a picture for the south wall of our classroom. Bring the picture for collection at the beginning of NEXT class (Monday, 10/2 [ACE] 0r Tuesday, 10/3 [BDF]).
HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment)
--Complete a total of 45 minutes of Membean training as directed before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 9/28. If you fail to appropriately train between now and the administration of Vocabulary Quiz #2, you will not be permitted to take the quiz (see the "Membean Routine" document).
--Complete another 45 minutes of Membean training as directed before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 10/5. If you fail to appropriately train between now and the administration of Vocabulary Quiz #2, you will not be permitted to take the quiz (see the "Membean Routine" document).
Miscellaneous
--Read your free reading book for at least 15 minutes between now and next class. ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS.
--Enjoy the weekend--you only get so many of 'em! :)
