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Wednesday: This I Believe

8/31/2016

To Start:

Pick one of the adages from four corners:
- Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words can never hurt you.
- Money can't buy happiness.
- All's fair in love and war.
- Two heads are better than one.
- Fake it until you make it.
- Love conquers all.
- Where there is a will, there is a way.
- Crisis brings out the best in people.
- An eye for an eye is justice.
- What you don't know can't hurt you.
- The clothes make the (wo)man.
- All's well that ends well.
- Honesty is the best policy.
- Look before you leap.
- She who hesitates is lost.
- Failure teaches success.
- Great minds think alike.
Pick one adage to reflect on in your starter document.
Did you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly agree with the statement. Why you believe it?

Classwork:

Read the "This I Believe" project overview.
Peruse other people's "This I Believe" essays.
For each essay, consider:
- What was the author's core belief?
- What was effective about the essay?
- What would make the essay even more effective?
Review the syllabus quiz.

Homework:

Finish starter, if needed.
Retake syllabus quiz, if needed.
Get syllabus signed, if needed.

Procedure Party!

8/30/2016

Classwork:

Demonstrating humanities class procedures.
Taking our syllabus quiz.
Completing the student interest inventory.

Homework:

Finish your interest inventory.
If you haven't already, get your syllabus signed.

Welcome to Sophomore Humanities!

8/29/2016

Starter:

No graded starter today.

I'm so stoked that you're here!

Classwork:

Musical chairs!
Socratic seminar on "Imagining Inclusive Classrooms."
Class scavenger hunt.

Scavenger Hunt Question:

What are your hopes for the coming year in Humanities class?
- Carefully compose your response and post it in the comment section for credit!

Homework:

Read the syllabus with your parents, get it signed, and return it.
Bring your school supplies to class tomorrow.
Be ready for a syllabus quiz at the end of class tomorrow.