Thursday,+October+1

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= 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]!

Requirements
Discuss independent reading requirements.

What is a r eading journa l?

Course Reading Requirements
Quarter 1-Class Read (Journal with 15-20 solid entries, Socratic circles, final essay)

Quarter 2- Free Choice (Journal with 15-20 solid entries)

Quarter 3- Book Clubs or Class Read (Journal with 15-20 solid entries, Socratic circles or book club meetings, final essay/project)

Quarter 4- Book Clubs or Class Read (Journal with 15-20 solid entries, Socratic circles or book club meetings, final essay/project)

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.

Some ideas for consideration:
 * Connections between this speech and the speech from yesterday
 * This school is very diverse. Do you think that is the norm?
 * Do you notice the resegregation that Benjamin discusses in your life?

Socratic Seminar

 * Divide students into inside/outside circles.
 * Each group gets 7 minutes in the inside circle.
 * Students self-assess on checklist. Write a quick reflection of your own performance in Socratic Seminars this week. What are your strengths and weaknesses in discussion?