Monday, January 27th
Activity One - Watch Randy Pausch's conversation on "Achieving your Childhood Dreams."
Activity Two - Introduce The Memory Project.
Activity Three- Read pages 1-68 of Tuesdays With Morrie, and take notes in your PSL notebook (see below).
Be prepared for a brief reading quiz, and to share you notes and your insights in class on Wednesday.
Step 1: SUMMARY
Capture aphorisms/quotations from the text that you feel are KEY to the book as a whole, or this particular section. Explain why they are important to our understanding of the text, and our essential questions.
Step 2: CONNECTIONS
Explain how the lessons you learned from this section of the text might help you to prepare for our upcoming Memory Project. Create discussion questions that relate to this section of the text. They could address content, style, or structure. Include a potential answer, too.
Activity One - Watch Randy Pausch's conversation on "Achieving your Childhood Dreams."
Activity Two - Introduce The Memory Project.
Activity Three- Read pages 1-68 of Tuesdays With Morrie, and take notes in your PSL notebook (see below).
Be prepared for a brief reading quiz, and to share you notes and your insights in class on Wednesday.
Step 1: SUMMARY
Capture aphorisms/quotations from the text that you feel are KEY to the book as a whole, or this particular section. Explain why they are important to our understanding of the text, and our essential questions.
Step 2: CONNECTIONS
Explain how the lessons you learned from this section of the text might help you to prepare for our upcoming Memory Project. Create discussion questions that relate to this section of the text. They could address content, style, or structure. Include a potential answer, too.
Wednesday, January 29th
Activity One - Take quiz on pages 1-68 of Tuesdays With Morrie.
Activity Two - Watch a brief excerpt from Morrie Schwartz's first Nightline interview. Then, in the spirit of Morrie "jott[ing] down his thoughts on yellow pads," capture at least two aphorisms or lessons you find particularly relevant to your life, our essential questions, and your service experiences. We will then share these connections, along with your notes, in small group conversations.
Activity Three (Traditional PSL) - Read pages 69-129 prior to class on Friday.
Activity Three (Honors PSL) - Introduce the Annotated Bibliography assignment, and begin conducting research. By the start of class on Monday, students should have accessed/read at least three (3) resources to include in the Annotated Bibliography.
Activity One - Take quiz on pages 1-68 of Tuesdays With Morrie.
Activity Two - Watch a brief excerpt from Morrie Schwartz's first Nightline interview. Then, in the spirit of Morrie "jott[ing] down his thoughts on yellow pads," capture at least two aphorisms or lessons you find particularly relevant to your life, our essential questions, and your service experiences. We will then share these connections, along with your notes, in small group conversations.
Activity Three (Traditional PSL) - Read pages 69-129 prior to class on Friday.
Activity Three (Honors PSL) - Introduce the Annotated Bibliography assignment, and begin conducting research. By the start of class on Monday, students should have accessed/read at least three (3) resources to include in the Annotated Bibliography.
Friday, January 31st
Activity One - Take reading quiz on pages 69-129 of Tuesdays With Morrie.
Activity Two - Take notes on The Memory Project in preparation for our upcoming field experiences.
Homework - Finish reading Tuesdays With Morrie by Monday 2/3.
Activity One - Take reading quiz on pages 69-129 of Tuesdays With Morrie.
Activity Two - Take notes on The Memory Project in preparation for our upcoming field experiences.
Homework - Finish reading Tuesdays With Morrie by Monday 2/3.
Monday, February 3rd
Activity One - Take quiz on and discuss pages 130-199 of Tuesdays With Morrie.
Activity Two (Traditional PSL) - Introduce the Reader Response Journals, which are due on Monday, February 10th.
Activity Two (Honors PSL) - Continue working on the Annotated Bibliography Assignments, which is due on Monday, February 10th.
Activity One - Take quiz on and discuss pages 130-199 of Tuesdays With Morrie.
Activity Two (Traditional PSL) - Introduce the Reader Response Journals, which are due on Monday, February 10th.
Activity Two (Honors PSL) - Continue working on the Annotated Bibliography Assignments, which is due on Monday, February 10th.