All classes began the second quarter units today. First and fourth periods read a poem by Howard Nimerov, “Because You Asked about the Line Between Prose and Poetry.” Then they read articles about how to read a poem. The groups discussed which one provided more concrete advice and then worked to apply the interpretive advice of the selected article to the poem.
Second and seventh periods held a tag-team Socratic Seminar about what makes a hero a hero. Our second quarter focus is on heroism, with The Diary of Anne Frank as our anchor text for the quarter.
Notes from class discussion (should make sense to students from class but not necessarily to others):
Second Period
| 1 | Bravery
MLK and speeches |
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| 2 | Hope
second-guessing without it |
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| 3 | Leadership
be responsible for everything encourage patience people |
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| 4 | Stands up for people | |
| 5 | knowledge | |
| 6 | Dependable | |
| 7 | Ambition | |
| 8 | Identity | |
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Seventh Period
| 1 | Bravery / courage / guts
go into fire to save people
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| 2 | Wisdom
when to do something and when not |
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| 3 | Adrenalin
adds to bravery anyone can have it/ can cause death |
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| 4 | Positive attitude
don’t want to look up to someone negative |
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| 5 | volunteer | |
| 6 | Put someone on front line and risk everything | |
| 7 | Knowledge
to know what to do same thing as wisdom |
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| 8 | loyal | |
| 9 | Peace to world | |
| 10 | Intelligent |
Homework
- English I Honors: Read the article that you only got to skim today. Write what you think the poem was about, what was going on in it.
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