Friday, August 16th

1. R&C- Read and Chill

2. Discussion: "Man in the Arena" quote.
- Classroom discussion expectations
- Turn in questions
     
Are you familiar with the following terms:
Summarize, Diction, Tone, Point of View, Source, Infer?  Make sure definitions are in your notes. (They are on the handout from Thursday's class. The electronic copy is on Thursday's post) TERMS QUIZ ON TUESDAY!

Homework for MONDAY:

For Monday, August 19th, please read the article, "How to Let Go of Trying to Be Perfect." I gave you this in hard-copy form for a specific purpose. I want you to interact with the document by annotating as you read. This means write on it. You will also want to transfer ideas onto your notes so you can access them easily for Monday's discussion.

 Here is a digital copy for you, just in case. Nevertheless, make sure you have a hard copy when you come to class.  How to Let Go of Trying to Be Perfect article

REMINDER TERMS:

ANNOTATION: Taking notes or marking a text in a exploratory and meaningful manner. 
TEXT: Anything and everything

Some suggestions in annotating this article..

• Look at the title. What do you think of when you read it? What stands out to you?
• What ideas do you find intriguing? What haven't you thought about before? What do you agree with? Disagree with? 
• What terms are important to understand the meaning of the text?
• What words spark more dimensions than just the basic denotation (dictionary definition). More emotions? More meaning? Specific perspective/bias? 
• What can you relate with in this article? What other sides/perspectives do you recognize? 
• What connections can you make with the ideas expressed in this article with Roosevelt's quote, "Man in the Arena"
• Identify two points that come from your annotations that you can share in discussion on Monday. Make sure that these are clearly written down.. and findable for class on Monday.