English 10 Honors--1/9/2020

Jump Off (2 mins.)
--Please sit in your new assigned seats again.
--Please take out your notebook and draw a line underneath what you wrote last class block.  Date the page (1/9/2020 [ACE] or 1/10/2020 [BDF]).  At the start of class today, we will view a(nother) talk by Simon Sinek aiming to (further) clarify the concept of the "why?."

S. the C. (5-8 mins.)
--agenda/HW

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

Part 1--The Time Machine and The Quest for Your "Why?" (cont.) (35-40 mins.)
--view the following talk:

Block 4 ACE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0GmcwVi7jo&t=39s

Block 3B ACE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvqvLF5UpRk

• 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 do what they do, say what they say, etc.?
• Why do you do what you do, say what you say, 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?

--Block 4 ACE: Transition

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

--(finish) look(ing) through the front of the "The Quest..." sheet together
--list three "whats?" on the back of your sheet if you have not already done so (MODEL)
--following the directions MODELED via starting with the "whats?"
--complete the task at hand quietly and independently

--form partnerships

--Closure #1

• partner share (up to 60 seconds per partner) with regard to these topics:
• "The Time Machine" writing responses (the "whats")
• Simon Sinek's video(s)
• What resonated?
• Your WHY?

--Closure #2

• whole-class share-out (cards drawn--up to 60 seconds per student--YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO PASS!)

CONVENTIONS OF LITERATURE LESSON PLANNING/DELIVERY

HW (Practice/Take-Home Assessment/Class Preparation)

--Complete Membean training until you have earned 100 correct responses or trained for a total of 45 minutes over three different days before 11:59 PM THIS THURSDAY (1/9).  (See the most recent "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
--Complete another cycle of Membean training until you have earned 100 correct responses or trained for a total of 45 minutes over three different days before 11:59 PM next Thursday (1/16).  (See the most recent "English Department Membean Routine" sheet.)
Writing

--Continue thinking about the following questions:

• Research Unit: What topic(s) might you write about in your argumentative research paper?
• End-of-Course Assignment: What is your "why?"?

HW (Class Preparation)
--Continue reviewing conventions of literature notes/lessons (if you have not yet "taught").  You can expect to continue delivering conventions of literature lessons in the near future!
--Read at least 10 pages of your free reading book between now and next class.  ALWAYS BRING YOUR FREE READING BOOK TO CLASS.

• ""You can't buy happiness, but you can buy books...and that's kind of the same thing."

Miscellaneous
--Enjoy the weekend--you only get so many of 'em! :)

On the backburner:

• Adding to "Interest Inventory" (AGAIN!)--selecting an initial research topic