1. Agenda How is our definition of success constructed?
Vocabulary Quiz Unit 10
Goldman Sachs (article and video clip)
Draw for order of presentations
Everyday Use – Discuss/Connect to Big Idea EQs OR
Pinwheel Quick Run (with big idea questions & authors/writers/characters from reading)
How is our definition of success constructed? 
How has society’s definition of success changed or remained the same?
Why do some people excel and others don’t?
In the face of adversity, what causes some people to prevail while others fail?
Which is more important: achieving goals or happiness? Why?

2. Reminders Unit Test: Success – Monday, 12/12 (Study guide on blog)
Film Analysis Speech – we will draw for presentation order today; presentations begin Tuesday after the SLO
As you write, remember to use the assignment, rubric, and sample to guide your work.
Practice! Practice! Practice!

3. Vocabulary Quiz Unit 10
When everyone finishes, we will draw for order of presentation.
1st Bl: I need 4 volunteers to go Tuesday or we will just draw and first 4 go Tuesday
2nd Bl: I have 2 volunteers to go Tuesday – I need 2 more or we will just draw for those other 2.
3rd Bl: I have 2 volunteers to go Tuesday – I need 2 more or we will just draw or those other 2.

4. Argument and Analysis: Two Different Mediums
Read and annotate the article. Your reading purpose is below. Annotate with this in mind.
Reading Purpose: Considering the author’s perspective on success and his version of Goldman Sachs’ definition of success, how has society’s definition of success changed or remained the same?
60 Minutes interview with Greg Smith. Respond to the following questions:
What does the video interview reveal that the article does not?
What does the article/OP Ed reveal that the video does not?

5. Everyday Use
Considering the theme of this unit, The Secret of Success, respond to the unit questions (slightly altered) below:
How would each character define success? (Mama, Maggie, Dee)
According to Maggie, which is more important happiness or achieving one’s goals? What about Dee? 
Who defines success? How?  
How has society’s definition of success changed or remained the same?
Using “Everyday Use,” as your supporting evidence, why do some people excel and others don’t?

6. Pinwheel Group Quick Practice
How is our definition of success constructed? 
How has society’s definition of success changed or remained the same?
Why do some people excel and others don’t?
In the face of adversity, what causes some people to prevail while others fail?
Which is more important: achieving goals or happiness? Why?

7. Outliers, Pulling it All Together
What did you find most surprising, humorous or thought- provoking in Gladwell's book? Any "ah-ha!" moments? Any-thing strike you as dubious? Have you come away thinking differently than before? What, if anything, do you feel you've learned?
Gladwell gives differing definitions of intelligence. Yet his definition of success is singular—"worldly" success in terms of wealth, power, and fame. Are there also differing definitions of success that Gladwell doesn't consider? If so, what are they, and what does it take to achieve those versions of success?