Thursday, August 16th

1. Review Turnitin.com processes for summer reading.

2. YEARBOOK SURVEY: Yearbook Back to School Survey

3. Discussion: "Man in the Arena" quote.
- Classroom discussion expectations
- Turn in questions

Are you familiar with the following terms:
Summarize, Diction, Tone, Point of View, Source, Infer? 

HOMEWORK:

For Friday, August 17th, please read the article, "Want to be Happy? Stop Trying to be Perfect". I gave you this in hard-copy form for a specific purpose. I want you to interact with the document by annotating as you read. This means write on it. You will also want to transfer ideas onto your notes so you can access them easily for Friday's discussion.

Here is a digital copy for you, just in case. Nevertheless, make sure you have a hard copy when youcome to class.
"Want to be Happy? Stop Trying to be Perfect" Article

ANNOTATION: Taking notes or marking a text in a exploratory and meaningful manner. 
TEXT: Anything and everything

Some suggestions in annotating this article..

• Look at the title. What do you think of when you read it? What stands out to you?
• What ideas do you find intriguing? What haven't you thought about before? What do you agree with? Disagree with? 
• What terms are important to understand the meaning of the text? 
• What words spark more dimensions than just the basic denotation (dictionary definition). More emotions? More meaning? Specific perspective/bias? 
• What can you relate with in this article? What other sides/perspectives do you recognize? 
• What connections can you make with the ideas expressed in this article with what you read in The Alchemist?
• What connections can you make with Roosevelt's "Man in the Arena" quote? 
• Identify two points that come from your annotations that you can share in discussion on Thursday. Make sure that these are clearly written down.. and findable for class on Friday.