Bell Ringer:

Monday, April 20,

2015

OBJECTIVES:

Collaborate with peers.

DIRECTIONS: Copy the sentences and fill in the blank with a conjunctive adverb.

I love my job; _________, I never work a day in my life.

Bell Ringer:

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

OBJECTIVES: Use conjunctive adverbs; write cohesive sentences.

DIRECTIONS: Copy the sentences below and fill in the blanks with a conjunctive adverb.

1. Jasmine couldn’t decide what to wear; ___________, her date was waiting for her in the living room.

2. The president awarded him the medal of honor; ____________, he promised to build a statue in his honor.

Evaluating Evidence

“10,000 Hour Rule”CLAIM:

“Arguing Against The 10,000 Hour Rule”

CLAIM: Deliberate practice is only a prediction of success (only accounts for a 12% difference.

• “For example, in tennis class in classical music, the rules never change, so you can study up to become the best…in entrepreneurship…rules can go out the window.”

• “There is no doubt that deliberate practice is important…just less important than it has been argued.”

• Matters in fields with “super stable structures.”

Evaluating Evidence

“10,000 Hour Rule”CLAIM: 10,000 hours of practice is the number needed to master a skill or talent.

• Bill Joy and computer programming

• Bill Gates

• The Beatles (rock band)

• Mozart

• Chess grand-masters

“Arguing Against The 10,000 Hour Rule”

CLAIM:

“The 10,000

Hour Rule”+

Counterarguments

We will be working in partners! Each group will be responsible for turning in one sheet of paper at the end of class.

1) In your groups, locate what you believe is the main idea or argument in this chapter. Restate this argument in your own words.

2) Next, your group will divide:

PERSON #1: Find one piece of evidence that supports your claim. Cite the quote and explain what the quote is saying AND how it helps support your claim.

PERSON #2: Find one more piece of evidence that supports your claim. Cite the quote and page number, and explain what the quote is saying AND how it helps support your claim.

*You must include at least two conjunctive adverbs in your paragraph. One can be used to link your two pieces of evidence together!

Interview Assignment for Social

Justice Expo

• We will be putting together our interviews to present tomorrow at the Social Justice Expo.

• You will be given a sheet of paper, where you’ll write:

1. WHO YOU INTERVIEWED

2. THEIR OCCUPTATION (student, teacher, coach, etc.)

3. A MEMORABLE QUOTE. Now select what you believe is the most memorable quote from the interview. Write the quote down, and – in one or two sentences – briefly explain why you chose it. What does it show about success?

Ms. Griswold’s Interview

David Strange

Occupation:

My friend David works in Indianapolis for AmeriCorps – a national service organization. David works as a Volunteer Coordinator for the Boys and Girls Club. This means he recruits people to volunteer at the Boys and Girls Club, to assist with classes and serve as mentors for youth.

Memorable Quote:

Q: What things have helped find success in your life?

“Jealousy – I saw a bunch of my friends doing amazing things. They had jobs teaching and helping people, and I was stuck in the middle of Indiana working in a retail job that didn’t really matter to anybody. I thought to myself, ‘What the hell! You can do better than this!’”

Interview continued

…

This quote stood out to me because it demonstrates that sometimes negative emotions such as jealousy can actually motivate us to become better and improve our situations. In this case, David saw how successful his friends were – doing things they loved – and was motivated to follow their lead.

Bell Ringer:

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

OBJECTIVES: Use conjunctive adverbs; write cohesive sentences.

DIRECTIONS: Copy the sentences below and fill in the blanks with a conjunctive adverb.

1. The water was filled with alligators; ___________, he carried the princess across it to safety.

2. The students were not interested in the book; ___________, they knew they needed to read to get a good grade.

“The 10,000

Hour Rule”+

Counterarguments

We will be working in partners! Each group will be responsible for turning in one sheet of paper at the end of class.

1) In your groups, locate what you believe is the main idea or argument in this chapter. Restate this argument in your own words.

2) Next, your group will divide:

PERSON #1: Find one piece of evidence that supports your claim. Cite the quote and explain what the quote is saying AND how it helps support your claim.

PERSON #2: Find one more piece of evidence that supports your claim. Cite the quote and page number, and explain what the quote is saying AND how it helps support your claim.

*You must include at least two conjunctive adverbs in your paragraph. One can be used to link your two pieces of evidence together!

Paragraph Map

1) Main idea of the article (restated in your own words)

2) Evidence #1

3) Reasoning #1

4) Evidence #2

5) Reasoning #2

*Use at least two conjunctive adverbs (however, consequently, otherwise, etc.) in your paragraph!

WHEN YOU FINISH:

Call Ms. Griswold over

Bell Ringer:

Thursday, April 23, 2015

OBJECTIVES: Use conjunctive adverbs; read and comprehend text.

DIRECTIONS: Copy the sentences below and fill in the blanks with a conjunctive adverb.

1. The water was filled with alligators; ___________, he carried the princess across it to safety.

2. The students were not interested in the book; ___________, they knew they needed to read to get a good grade.

ACT Practice Passage

1) In your groups, find one question everyone (or most people) got a different answer for.

2) On a sheet of paper, write down the number of the question you’re focusing on, and answer the following questions:

- Why did each group member respond the way they did? What was the reasoning behind their answers?

- As a group, decide which answer you think is correct and explain why.

“The Secret

Fears of the Rich”

IN EARLY 2009, roughly 115,000 American households had fortunes of $25 million or more—a population that had increased more than threefold since 1989, according to a national research study. The broadest distinction among this group is between those who primarily inherited their money and those who primarily earned it. These inheritors sometimes display the stereotypical arrogance of privilege—the fast cars and wanton lifestyles—but some of them worry that they’ll lack the motivation to accomplish anything in life or to escape the shadows of their parents. This self-doubt increases even further by the knowledge that they’re unlikely to find sympathy from anyone other than their fellow inheritors.

Summary:

More and more Americans are getting rich, but they still have problems and struggle with self-doubt.

Why is the author telling me this? What do they want me to know?:

Even though you have millions, there are still obstacles that stand in the way of your happiness.

“Sometimes I think that the only people in this country who worry more about money than the poor are the very wealthy,” Jack Kenny, a psychiatrist who works with the wealthy, says, “They worry about losing it, they worry about how it’s invested, they worry about the effect it’s going to have. And as the zeroes increase, the dilemmas get bigger.”

Summary:

Why is the author telling me this? What do they want me to know:

One complaint that Kenny commonly hears in his practice and has found echoed in the national survey results is the sense of isolation that extreme wealth can cause. “Wealth can be a barrier to connecting with other people,” writes the spouse of a tech wizard who cashed in to the tune of $80 million. “Not feeling you should share some of the stressors in your life (“Yeah, wouldn’t I like to have your problems”), awkwardness re: who should pay at a restaurant.” Once people cross a certain financial threshold, they have a tendency to hang out with one another, to enjoy the company of other people who understand the limitations of money.

Evidence:

Reasoning:

Reflection Did reviewing the ACT passage with a group help you? Answer YES or NO and then write one sentence explaining why.

Bell Ringer:

Thursday, April 23, 2015

OBJECTIVES: Use conjunctive adverbs; read and comprehend text.

DIRECTIONS: Write two sentences using the two conjunctive adverbs however and meanwhile. Remember the grammatical pattern is:

; + conjunctive adverb +,

Sample Sentences

with Conjunctive Adverbs

“This article is going against ‘The 10,000 Hour Rule’; therefore, their studies show that mastery isn’t just the amount of practice.”

“Another piece of evidence is, ‘There is no doubt that deliberate practice is important, from both a statistical and a theoretical perspective. It is just less important than has been argued.’ Therefore, practice is not as important as people say it is. However, it still helps in a small way.”

“Prince holds 10,000 hours of ‘deliberate practice’ are needed to become world class in any field.’ Furthermore, Johansson argues that ‘deliberate practice is only a predictor of success in fields that have super stable structures’.”

Sample Claims

“Practice is not the big reason why people become the best at something.”

“This article is about how, no matter how much time you spend on practicing, it cannot guarantee success.”

“The main idea of this article is that Malcolm thinks everyone needs 10,000 hours of practice to become the greatest in the world.”

“This article is about the amount of time you spend practicing on something the better you will be at it.”

ACT Passage

4. F – NO CHANGE

G – APPEAL TO

H – APPEAL BY

I – APPEAL FOR

Answers • 1) D 10) G

• 2) H 11) B

• 3) C 12) F

• 4) G 13) D

• 5) C 14) J

• 6) J 15) C

• 7) A

• 8) H

• 9) D

Structure of a

Counterclaim

1. State counterclaim.

2. Explain details of original claim.

3. Offer evidence that contradicts these details/proves they are wrong.

The 10,000 Hour Rule — closely associated with pop psych writer Malcolm Gladwell — may not be much of a rule at all. 

The principle holds that 10,000 hours of "deliberate practice" are needed to become world-class in any field. When psychologists talk about deliberate practice, they mean practicing in a way that pushes your skill set as much as possible.

In "Outliers," Gladwell contends that early access to getting 10,000 hours of practice allowed the Beatles to become the greatest band in history (thanks to playing all-night shows in Hamburg) and Bill Gates to become one of the richest dudes around (thanks to using a computer since his teen years). 

But a new Princeton study tears that theory down. In a meta-analysis of 88 studies on deliberate practice, the researchers found that practice accounted for just a 12% difference in performance in various domains. 

Bell Ringer:

Friday, April 24, 2015

OBJECTIVES: Use conjunctive adverbs; write cohesive sentences.

DIRECTIONS: Write two sentences using the two conjunctive adverbs furthermore and nevertheless. Remember the grammatical pattern is:

; + conjunctive adverb +,

Inferring Main Ideas

For each paragraph you read:

• Annotate, underlining the important details.

• Summarize these details in one or two sentences (in the margin)

• Ask yourself:

Why is the author telling me this? What do they want me to know?

Last step! Take a look at the summaries you wrote next to each paragraph.

- How do they relate to one another?

- What common idea connects them?

This is the main idea of the whole article!

Ready…Set…

ESSAY!

We are starting our argumentative essay on Tuesday of next week! This essay will draw from all of the articles and books we have been looking at throughout the unit:

- “The Matthew Effect” from Outliers

- “The 10,000 Hour Rule” from Outliers

- Article arguing against “The 10,000 Hour Rule”

- “How Children Succeed”

- “The Good Food Revolution”

Just to get you thinking back to all of these sources, and start trying to create your own definition of success, we’re going to take a look at some personal stories…

Your Profile On a piece of paper, answer these questions:

- Do you believe your person is successful?

- What textual evidence could you pull from any book or article we’ve read to support this opinion?

Reflection Write one thing you did this week to help you achieve your goal for 4th quarter.