Learning Target: I can read literature and use it as a lens to reflect on humanity's  - and my own - search for meaning.

Baby Dwarf Squirrels...aaawww!

Toronto Zoo Giant Panda Tumbles In The Snow

Cat adopts baby squirrel

Silent Sustained Reading (SSR) Day

Neature...Hey, that's pretty neat!

Discovering Buddhism 

Parallelsl between Buddhism Christianity: Eternal Mind and the Unconditioned or Absolute are Buddhist words for Soul and God

Homework: Read 100-115 and post one discussion question and reply to another person's discussion question - someone whom you have not yet responded to - with a short paragraph (3-5 sentences).

November 21, 2014 Siddhartha

Learning Target: I can read literature and use it as a lens to reflect on humanity's  - and my own - search for meaning.

Toronto Zoo Giant Panda Tumbles In The Snow

Silent Sustained Reading (SSR) Day

Homework: Read 75-100 for Monday
Post one discussion question and reply to another with a short paragraph (3-5 sentences).

November 19, 2014

Have students read and annotate pp 25-61 in Siddhartha and post two discussion questions (interpretive or evaluative) to turnitin.com. (5 points)

Learning Targets:

I can synthesize (combine) knowledge from history, world religions, and literature to reflect on humanity's search for meaning.

Bellringer: It's A _______________ World sharing

Introduction to Hinduism Part 1

Introduction to Hinduism Part 2

Map of Nepal

Discovering Buddhism 

HW: Read and annotate pp. 13-24: Submit one interpretive or evaluative discussion question to turnitin.com and respond to at least one other question with a short paragraph. (5 points)

Learning Target:

I can use literature as a tool to reflect on my values and goals for life.

Group interpretive activity: How does Aristotle define happiness?  Use textual evidence to support your answer.

On Happiness

Inferential and Evaluative Questions - Socratic Discussion

What do you feel that you need to be happy in life?

Can a selfish person be happy?

Could you, personally, be selfish and be happy? Why or why not?

Do you think people need goals or purpose to be happy?

Is happiness is the same as peace of mind?  

What do you need to be happy? 

If these things don't happen, can you still be happy?

“Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else ... Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.”

Journal Entry One

Fully describe a goal you are working toward. What is the purpose of this goal? What will it help

you to achieve after attaining it (your Ultimate Boon)? What strengths do you possess that will

help you along the way?

Journal Entry Two

Re-examine your goal. What fears or weaknesses within you (inner obstacles) need to be

overcome in order to attain this goal? Do not reflect on outside obstacles. What knowledge or

skills do you lack at this point which may hinder your progress if not addressed?

Vocab:

Ātman (/ˈɑːtmən/; Sanskrit: आत्मन्, IAST: Ātman) is a Sanskrit word that means 'inner-self' or 'soul'. In Hindu philosophy, especially in the Vedanta school of Hinduism, Ātman is the first principle,^[1] the true self of an individual beyond identification with phenomena, the essence of an individual. In order to attain liberation, a human being must acquire self-knowledge (atma jnana), which is to realize that one's true self (Ātman) is identical with the transcendent self Brahman:

If atman is brahman in a pot (the body), then one need merely break the pot to fully realize the primordial unity of the individual soul with the plentitude of Being that was the Absolute.^[2]

HW: Read pp. 1-12; annotate and look up all vocabulary/allusions that you do not understand.

Submit one inferential or evaluative question to turnitin discussion before 7am tomorrow.

Typed "It's A Woman World" inspired poems due tomorrow.


Rig Veda
Prajapati

Collect 1984 papers
Subordination and Complex sentences
turnitin.com sign-up info
Revisiting Happiness
On Happiness by Aristotle - Read and generate one inferential and one evaluative question
It's A Woman's World inspired poem




Veteran Story


Homework: 

Revised due date: November 18, 2014 (handwritten rough draft due Monday - quick visual check): Formal Journal Entry: It’s a _______________ World Your original poem inspired by It’s A Woman’s World – due Monday, November 18 (typed and formatted like Boland’s poem)…Enrichment Activity: Imitating the style, syntax, and structure of Boland’s poem, write a poem which traces the history to the present of some people or thing.

Read On Happiness by Aristotle.  Write one interpretive and one evaluative question for discussion on Monday

Bring Siddhartha on Monday

Enroll in turnitin.com; then, submit your 1984 paper to turnitin

Period 1 turnitin.com

Class ID: 9055754

Password (all lower case): wesley

Period 2 turnitin.com

Class ID: 9055818

Password (all lower case): wesley

Period 3 turnitin.com

Class ID: 9056015

Password (all lower case): wesley

Learning Targets:

I can review and edit an essay;

      

I can reduce clutter in my write topic sentences which are like mini-thesis statements, previewing the supporting argument for each paragraph and directly supporting the thesis.

Does my introduction capture the reader's attention and give him or her a reason to keep reading? 


Easy Tips To Cleaner Prose

• italicize the title 1984 
• Cleaning up word clutter
• get rid of "This quote shows..." type of sentence starters following quotes (page 42 of gold book)
• except for the first paragraph, eliminate all "in the book" or "in the novel" or "in 1984)
• no passive voice
• no nominalization
• reduce the use of weak verbs
• verbs of being (was, is, am, was, were, are, be, been, seem, like)
• have, had, has 
• get rid of this is, that is, those are, these

Homework: Read 1124-1127 in The Language of Composition and do Exercise 1, #'s 1-4 in your notebook.

Print your final essay for tomorrow.  This weekend you will submit it to turnitin.com

Revised due date: November 17, 2014: Formal Journal Entry: It’s a _______________ World Your original poem inspired by It’s A Woman’s World – due Monday, November 17 (typed and formatted like Boland’s poem)…Enrichment Activity: Imitating the style, syntax, and structure of Boland’s poem, write a poem which traces the history to the present of some people or thing.