Wednesday,+September+30

=Essential Question= How do society's stereotypes and assumptions affect our sense of self worth?

Standards
CCSS RI 12-6 Determine an author's purpose and analyze the author's use of rhetoric to develop this purpose. CCSS RI 12-1 Students will draw inferences from the text and support with text evidence.

Bellwork
Do the [|Daily Edit]!

Word Study
What is [|bias]? What is unconscious bias?

Examining Ideas: TED Talk!
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Follow along and jot down notes and reactions on the interactive transcript. Use your annotations to complete the graphic organizer for Socratic circles.

Socratic Seminar
Students are organized into inner and outer circles. Each group gets 7 minutes in the inner circle to participate in student-led discussion and 7 minutes in the outer circle to listen and take notes. We will eventually be graded for performance in a Socratic circle!

Upcoming...
Next time, we will talk a bit about independent reading requirements. Next week, when we go to the library to comment on blogs, we will also take the opportunity to check out books for independent reading. **If you have any library books at home, bring them back now!** You will not be able to check out anything if you have an outstanding debt!