Tuesday, March 22nd,

Circle What's one reasonable thing that you would change about this school to make it better for students and teachers.

Administrivia
Essay work today
Book reading today & prep for Monday's essay about your book.
We'll be back to philosophy on next Monday after the essay.

Writing about Literature
Learning Target: You will be able to write several paragraphs about your book.
Steps
1) Gather evidence.  Using stickies, pieces of paper and notes, look through your book and your literary analysis notes, identifying several passages that you think are significant.
2) For each paragraph, identify generally what theme you think the paragraph show (possible themes can be found on this page).
3) Identify what you think the paragraph shows about the theme.
4) Identify how the paragraph helps explore/explain the theme:
     -plot
     -figurative language
     -tone
     -imagery
     -symbolism
     -point-of-view
     -setting
     -character
5) Finally, write a paragraph as follows:
"One of the themes of the book is that [theme statement] and the author helps explain that theme by [insert author's technique] [Insert quote] [Insert warrant].

Philosophy Unit
Performance Indicators:
-Critique diverse perspectives on historical events (social studies)
-Analyze political structures of diverse cultures (social studies)
-Determine & analyze themes of informational text (English)
Activity: What's your philosophy?
Learning Target: At the end of class, you will be able to explain your philosophy.
Steps
Directions: Pick three questions below that your are you can answer with certainty.  For each answer, give an example of when you employed that philosophy.

1. To what extent do you shape your own destiny, and how much is down to fate?
2. Does nature shape our personalities more than nurture?
3. Should people care more about doing the right thing, or doing things right?
4. What one piece of advice would you offer to a newborn infant?
5. Where is the line between insanity and creativity?
6. What is true happiness?
7. What things hold you back from doing the things that you really want to?
8. What makes you, you?
9. What is the truth?
10. What is reality?
11. Do you make your own decisions, or let others make them for you?
12. What makes a good friend?
13. Why do people fear losing things that they do not even have yet?
14. Who defines good and evil?
15. What is the difference between living and being alive?
16. Is a “wrong” act okay if nobody ever knows about it?
17. Who decides what morality is?
18. How do you know that your experience of consciousness is the same as other people’s experience of consciousness?
19. What is true strength?
20. What is true love?
21. Is a family still relevant in the modern world?
22. What role does honour play in today’s society?
23. If money cannot buy happiness, can you ever be truly happy with no money?
24. How do you know your perceptions are real?
25. How much control do you have over your life?
26. What is freedom?

Activity: How do philosophies get turned into action?

Learning Target: At the end of class, you will be able to explain how OHCHS uses philosophy to determine practices and policies.
Steps
Directions: We will be looking at the school's vision statement then determining how the school puts that statement into action.

1. Visit the schools vision statement -- write it down.
2.  In your groups, brainstorm rules and policies in the school that match each part of the vision.
3. Report out.