English 10 Honors--1/2/2019

Jump Off (2 mins.)
--Take out your notebook and date the page (1/2/2019).  At the start of class today, we will bounce back and forth between me giving you a prompt and you doing some writing (hence the need for lined paper!).

S. the C. (5-8 mins.)
--agenda/HW

Thinking, Writing, and Speaking Activity -- Time Machines, The Quest for Your "Why?", and Setting S.M.A.R.T. Goals

Part 1--Time Machines and The Quest for Your "Why?" (45-60 mins.)
--write for 3-5 minutes in response to each of the four related prompts

• Prior to each prompt, I will share some anecdotes!

--share the quote below and apply it to the writing responses just completed via a student in the "hot seat" so as to frame our viewing of the upcoming videos

• "Your WHY is the purpose, cause, or belief that inspires you."

--view the following talks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ZoJKF_VuA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnBs6YGPAu4&t=197s

• Jot down notes about what resonates with you while viewing the talks, considering the questions that overarch our course and the writing responses you just completed:
• Why do people say what they say, do what they do, etc.?
• Why do you say what you say, do what you do, etc.?  Why did you write the "things" that you wrote earlier in class?
• What are human beings really like?
• What is your "why?", and how is it related to your observations about/understanding of human nature?

--Transition

• Pick up a copy of the "The Quest for Your 'Why?'" sheet from the front table.

--use of the sheet MODELED
--complete the task at hand

Transition (1 min.)
--form partnerships

Closure (last 5-ish mins.)
--partner share (up to 60 seconds per partner)

HW Time (time permitting)

HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment)
--Complete 45 minutes of Membean training in three different days before 11:59 PM on Thursday, 1/10 (see the "English Department Membean Routine" sheet).
Writing

--Continue thinking about the following End-of-Course Assignment question: What is your "why?"?

HW (Class Participation)

--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS.

• "Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are" (Mason Cooley).

On the backburner:

• AoW #1 (cont.)