SpringBoard Senior English

Activity 1.2 Perception is Everything

Do Now

• Copy the vocabulary terms on page 5, found in the margin, into your Vocabulary Section of your Classroom journal.– Literary Theory– Aphorism– Perception

Learning Targets

• Interpret and paraphrase quotations

• Respond to an aphorism in a timed writing assignment

Literary Theory

• Study of ways to analyze literature by thinking about the text from different perspectives– Competing versions of truth– Texts are seen through a filter of different

ideologies, theories and perspectives– Adds dimensions to reading– There is no one version of the truth

Optical illusions 1.2

For each illusion, ask yourself:How can this image be perceived in

two ways?

Number your paper from 1-12

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• How did your perception change as you looked at the images?

• What makes your perception change?

• How does this relate to the rest of the world and your own life?

Group answer – Think – Pair – Share

Aphorisms

• Short statement that expresses an opinion, perception or general truth

• “If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail”– General truth= people who are narrow-minded,

only see what they want to see.

Work period

• Each person must choose an aphorism, and think about what general truth, opinion or perspective does it express- then draw a picture that best expresses that

• Fill out your Index Card with the Aphorism on one side and your picture on the other

• Be prepared to share your thoughts• Homework: If you finished your card, no homework;

otherwise, please finish.