1. Express our feelings about embarking on the junior's journey and get questions answered.
2. Articulate beliefs we have acquired in our lives.
3. Explore "This I Believe" essays as we begin our first mini-project.
Starter #2
Freewrite (on back of "Tell Me" sheet*):
What are your concerns/fears and excitements about Junior Year?
What have you learned so far in your HS career to help you excel this year?
What do you still need to improve on in order to be successful (in Humanities and in general)?
Mini-Seminar: Junior Year Expectations
*Turn paper into inbox in the back of the room after discussion
Ask me questions!!
˜Pick
one of the belief statements from 4 corners and write for 10 minutes in your
journal.
˜˜Why
do you agree or disagree with the statement?
˜What
personal experience has shaped this belief?
"Things I've Learned About Life" Gallery Walk
1. Reflect
and write 5 of your own: What are some things you have you learned about life?
2. Pick
the 2 most meaningful “lessons” and write them on sticky notes.
3. Pick
a spot on the front wall that is eye-level and place your sticky notes there.
4. Spend
5 minutes browsing all other students’ sticky notes.
5. At the end of the time, come back and form a group of 3-4.
Gallery Walk Debrief
1. What was the experience like?
2. What
did you think of the lessons people wrote? Did any resonate with you? Did any
surprise you? Did people take it seriously?
THIS I BELIEVE
What is "This I Believe"?˜
Personal essay Focused
on a belief or insight about life that
is important to the writer
oPersonal narrative
Focused on an important event
oPersonal memoir Focused
on an important relationship between
the writer and a
person, place, or object
˜HOMEWORK
2. Explore, browse by themes, read one of interest to you (or more if you have time)
3. Write
down questions you have about this assignment.
4. Explore thisibelieve.org.
5. Read "The Beauty of Contrast," identifying the core belief of the author and the story behind the development of that belief.
5. Read "The Beauty of Contrast," identifying the core belief of the author and the story behind the development of that belief.