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Starter 7: 3Ds and Example Essay
Goal for Today By the end of class, have a solid outline DONE. If possible, have started your draft! MAKE SURE IT ANSWERS THE QUESTION IN YOUR PROMPT! Today’s Tasks:
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Starter 5- Model Essays (10 min)
Read at least one of these examples. If you have time, read more than one. Then answer the questions below on your starter document.
Debrief as a class Ira Glass on Storytelling (10 min) Listen to this. List 3-5 things that you learned about telling effective stories. Turn to your partner- how can you incorporate this into your college essay? So What? Exercise (20 min) Based on your brainstorms yesterday and today, list your top 3 anecdotes/experiences for your college essays. This is going to be a rapid fire verbal brainstorm with different partners to suss out the possible So What of your essay. You will want something to take notes with. Partner 1/Topic 1
Repeat with Partner and Topics 2 and 3 Choose Your Own Adventure:
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Starter- This is Water, by David Foster Wallace (10 min video, 15 total)
Instructions (5-10 min)
Which phrase best describes your current situation in regards to college essay writing? (5 min)
Narrative Structure- Straightforward, linear story.
Montage Structure
GOAL TODAY = Lots of brainstorming and ideation Even if you already have an essay, I can tell you that so many students throw out the drafts they have midway through this semester to start again. My goal here is to give ALL of you many ideas to return to and to start with, and to make sure that ideas that you have are unique and specific to YOU. Create a brainstorming document! If you prefer to do this by hand, grab some paper. Here we go. Brainstorm 1: Core Values Exercise
Brainstorm Framing- Our goal here is to identify key experiences, qualities, values, and touchstones that you can use regardless of your essay structure that you choose. Brainstorm 2: I Love + I Know Spend one minute making a random list of things you love. If you have a partner nearby, set a timer and speak your list aloud while your partner writes down what you say. Examples: I love ... the ocean. I love ... the way clean laundry smells. I love ... physics. I love ... my grandmother's pupusas, etc. Then switch roles, and you write while your partner makes their list. Here's a video of me doing this one. After you've done that, spend one minute making a list of things you know a lot about. (Examples: I know a lot about ... board games ... World War II history ... constructed languages, etc.) Again, if you have a partner, take turns talking and writing. Connect to values- star the ones that connect to your values when you’re done! Brainstorm 3: Feelings and Needs Walk through the handout. Brainstorm 4: Essence Objects (10 min) Spend at least five minutes naming 10 "essence objects." These are tangible things that represent memories, moments, relationships, or values that are important to you. Briefly say why each one is meaningful (Ex: "The beads on my desk were hand-painted by my friends for my daughter and they represent the love from my community.") Here are 20 questions to help you brainstorm (again, you can write them below):
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Seminar Writing: Choose any of seminar questions listed below, and write a 500-750 word response to the question. This writing should include the following:
Choose ONE of the following to answer:
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Seminar Grades (5-10 min)
Debrief Friday’s starter, decide on graded or ungraded for seminar. Starter 4- Seminar Habits (10 min)
Seminar Style: (5 min to set up)
Socratic Seminar Questions (50-60 min) Opening Questions
Core Questions
Personal Questions
Seminar Writing: Choose any of seminar questions listed below, and write a 500-750 word response to the question. This writing should include the following:
Choose ONE of the following to answer:
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Starter 2- Seminar Norms (15 min)
Reading Time- 10 min Finish reading and annotating both seminar texts. If you're done, add to your annotations, or work on Idea Fishing Part 2. Seminar Coaching Review of Coaching Goals
Step 1: Habits of Highly Cynical People
Step 2: Screw motivation, what you need is discipline
Step 3: Generate seminar questions
Seminar Prewrite (rest of class, due tomorrow) For this, you must answer two questions. One is required, and the other you may choose from the list provided. Each question should be answered in a full paragraph, and should reference something specific from the text. Required: What are the connections between these two essays? Choose ONE of the following in addition:
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2nd Period- Senior Project Exploration (30 min)- COMMONS ALL SENIORS
2nd/3rd- Zen and Motorcycle- Read, Discuss, Write Discussion Groups (45 minutes)
Final Reflection (15 min) Take 10 minutes to write in your Humanities Starter document. What are you thinking about senior project right now? What hopes do you have? Ideas? Questions? Emotions? How did this discussion spark your imagination, ideas, or intentions? Write the whole time! Now, underline the most interesting line of your reflection, and share it with a partner. 3rd/4th- Idea Fishing Part 2- Slideshow and Instructions Students sort into corners based on the following statements.
Idea Fishing Part 2- Where are you? Discussions (15-20 min) Group into groups of 4-5 based on who is in your corner. Go sit at tables together.
Idea Fishing Part 2- DUE next Wednesday at 9:25 AM. Split between Kyle and Lori’s rooms.
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Set Up Starters Every student creates a Google Doc labeled with “Full Name- Humanities Starters,” and shares it with me. Make sure to give me permission to comment!
Starter 1- Cynicism
4 Corners
Annotation Review Discuss quickly in your groups, then share out:
Annotation Station- Review 2 possible types (on text with a pen/pencil in the margins, or on a separate document) Seminar Readings
Read and annotate both of the articles—they will be the basis for a Socratic seminar that is connected to our critical thinking goals for the course this year. Make sure to mark:
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Introductions
Erin C-R- 3rd/5th Here to talk to you about the path BEYOND this building! Idea Fishing
3rd/5th- Finish Yes/And Protocol, Idea Fishing
Finish Yes/And Protocol if necessary. Intro idea fishing, get them started on this. Tell them they will have more time to finish this on Friday. It will be due next Wednesday at 9:25 AM (the start of 2nd period). 3rd/5th- Zen and Motorcycle- Read, Discuss, Write Discussion Groups (45 minutes)
Final Reflection (15 min) Take 10 minutes to write. What are you thinking about senior project right now? What hopes do you have? Ideas? Questions? Emotions? How did this discussion spark your imagination, ideas, or intentions? Write the whole time! Now, underline the most interesting line of your reflection, and share it with a partner. |
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