1. Agenda (for me) Hawk Hour (Remind them to get copy of Outliers)
MEDIA CENTER 2nd half of both classes
Vocab Quiz 9
Media Center: Work on research paper or project
HW: Socratic Seminar Prep

2. Reminders –
Need a copy of Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers by Thursday, 11/15
ATSS Reading – Keep up with reading!
ATSS Quiz, Part 3 – Tomorrow
Socratic Seminar – Tomorrow
Research Paper: Work on your paper! It’s due Monday by 11:59 PM – info below.
2nd Block:
Class ID:
Enrollment Key: spruill2
4th Block:
Class ID:
Enrollment Key: spruill4

3. When finished, work on Socratic Seminar Prep.
Vocabulary quiz unit 9
When finished, work on Socratic Seminar Prep.

4. TED Talk Thursday: The danger of silence
As you watch today’s TED Talk, jot down words and phrases you hear that resonate with you (stick with you).
After watching, respond to the following questions:
According to Clint Smith, what does it mean to have a voice?
How have you used your voice for good?
How have you allowed silence to quiet your voice?
The speaker, Clint Smith, speaks of 4 tenets he has his students agree to in his classroom: “read critically, write consciously, speak clearly, tell your truth” What do those tenets mean to you?

5. Socratic Seminar
The questions should be related to our thematic concept of Human Condition AND the texts you’ve been reading. I will look for you to use the Discussion Starters (academic discourse – see posters that have been on the wall all semester) as a part of your discussion as well.
Solzhenitzyn’s One Word of Truth Outweighs the World (today)
Wiesel’s Hope, Despair, and Memory (today)
Voice episode from Grey’s Anatomy (we will watch tomorrow)
A Thousand Splendid Suns

6. Socratic Seminar What can you bring? Notes, texts,
How can you prepare? Write questions, highlight important thoughts, mark important quotes in texts
What should you expect? minute discussion over big ideas/themes among ALL texts

7. More Human Condition Texts:
Read Solzhenitzyn’s One Word of Truth Outweights the World (p )
1st Read – annotate and mark for his argument, evidence, and reasoning. Does he present a counterclaim?
2nd Read – Answer questions 1-3 p. 205
Read Wiesel’s Hope, Despair, and Memory (p )
2nd Read – Answer questions 4-6 (p. 208)
Begin prepping for Thursday’s Socratic Seminar – you can start prepping by using the Working from the Text section and Pre-seminar Questions (p. 209)