Weds- Set Up and Class Values

DUE DATES- ON TIME

1. Syllabus signed by you and parent/guardian. DUE: Monday, 8/29, Start of Class.
2. ​Habits of Highly Cynical People Annotations/Vocab. DUE: Friday, 8/26, Start of Class.

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Gold Medal Olympic Event (20-30 min)

1. Brainstorm event
   
2. Pose activity
   
3. Silent deconstruction/reflection
   
4. Group discussion
   
5. Takeaways
   

Set Up Starters (10 min)
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!

1. Every starter should be clearly labeled with the Starter # and date
   
2. Newest starter goes at the TOP of the page
   

Starter 1- Basic Set Up (20 min)
Syllabus: Go to Lori’s DP, and find the Syllabus page.  Read closely!  Then explore the rest of Lori’s DP.  

Bookmark it!

1. What are you most excited about for Humanities this year?
   
2. What are you apprehensive/nervous about?  What can I do to help alleviate those fears?
   
3. What questions do you have?  List them!
   

Pair/share, try to answer each other’s questions.  Then come back as a whole class, I will answer any remaining questions.  

Join Google Classroom.

Our Class Values (45 min)
This will ultimately end in a class constitution of sorts.  What do we value?

1. Line up by birthday
   
2. Count off by 4.
   
3. Split into groups, go into different corners of the classroom
   
4. 5 min- brainstorm on sticky notes things that you value (one item per sticky)
   
5. 10 min- group, combine, winnow.  Get to 4 that your group agrees on.
   
6. Merge with another group.
   
7. 10 min- Share your qualities, group, combine, winnow.  Get to 4.
   
8. Merge two big groups.
   
9. 10 min- Both groups share their qualities.  Combine where appropriate/easy.
   
10. Get to a final class list if possible!
    
11. Debrief the process if time
    
    1. How did you make decisions?
       
    2. How did that decision making process change as you went from small groups to the whole class?
       
    3. How did it feel when one of the things you valued didn’t make the cut?
       
    4. Were you surprised at any of the values of your classmates?  Why?
       

Habits of Highly Cynical People  (rest of class)
Introduce annotation rubric

Introduce methods of annotation

1. On text (make sure to do vocab as well!)
   
2. On Google Classroom document
   

Read and annotate this article—it 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:

1. Places where you are confused
   
2. Important or beautiful sentences/ideas
   
3. Vocab (look it up!)
   
4. Questions you have
   
5. HINT- You should probably look up a definition for cynical!!!
   

You’ll have time to finish reading and annotating in class tomorrow, so no need to do this for homework.

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