January 8, 2020
Standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
Obj: I can write to inform on complex ideas through effective selection, organization, and analysis.
Starter:
Gallery Walk
Clearly display your soundtrack and art for the class to see.
Using the document above, please add one song from your list.
Make sure you include your name, the name of the artist, song, and a link for me to play it.
Vocabulary
Word: human condition
Part of Speech: Noun
Dictionary Definition: the characteristics, key events, and situations which compose the essentials of human existence, such as birth, growth, emotionality, aspiration, conflict, and mortality"
Your Definition:
Activity: Find an image you associate with this term.
Activity
1. The Human Condition
As a class we will watch the video together.
Then, we will read the excerpts from Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer and Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.
For each item add to the Observe, Think. Wonder.
Observe: What do you see?
Answer the question based on what you physically see in the video or what you imagine based on the text.
Think: What thoughts do you have based on your observations?
Wonder: Create one question for each item.
We will discuss these ideas together.
2. Writing Assignment
In a 1/2 page, double spaced format, respond to the following question:
What does it mean to be human?
Other questions to consider:
In the face of adversity, what causes some to prevail while others fail?
How does perspective shape/alter truth?
What is the meaning of life?
Why do people dream?
What is the difference between intelligence and wisdom?
Watch the video, and then answer the question:
How does time and place impact writing?
Closure:
How do the passages read in class today relate to yourself?
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