Friday, September 12, 2014

September 11 and 12

Today we talked about choice books for a bit.
We wrote about "media" as a topic.
Questions (for those of you who were stuck) are as follows:

  1. How does media coverage influence our perception of events?
  2. Does media coverage (the news) heighten our awareness and empathy, or does it desensitize us to harsh realities?
We set up some "norms" for class discussions. I'm writing the notes from both sections here and I'll combine them into a handout.


  1. One person at a time.
  2. Watch your voice level.
  3. Multiple opinions in one room works well.
  4. No put downs.
  5. Stay on topic. Ask "Can we change the topic now?" before moving on.
  6. Be attentive.
  7. Rule of 3.


Homework:
Pieces of You (still due on Thursday and Friday of next week)
Read (and annotate) "And of Clay are We Created"

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