3rd period, October 10

Agenda:

1) “The Third Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor”

• Complete the Review and Response Worksheet on the tables
• Quiz
• Sinbad and the Heroic Quest chart
• Polyphemus. Compare/Contrast

2) Active Reading (article): “Kids Revel in Deep Questions Posed by Philosophy Institute”

• Vocabulary
• Actively Read
• Questions

1) “The Third Voyage of Sinbad the Sailor”

• Students were given 7 minutes at the beginning of class to complete the "Review and Response" worksheet (a new blue packet). It appeared most didn't do the homework. After 7 minutes, they were taken up.
• Students had 5 minutes to complete a quiz on the story.
• Students who made below 80 on the quiz must complete the "Review and Response" worksheet for homework. (quiz grades and the handout were handed back). This is due Tuesday, October 14. Students who made 80 or above are exempt from this assignment but may still do it to boost their daily average.
• Add elements of the heroic quest in Sinbad to the chart

Polyphemus: the Cyclops Odysseus encounters in The Odyssey.

• Students read the story of Polyphemus.
• As they read, they were to identify similarities and differences between this story and Sinbad’s 3rd voyage.
• They then created a Venn Diagram for these similarities and differences.
• Students had 25 minutes to complete this and turn it in.

2) Active Reading (article): “Kids Revel in Deep Questions Posed by Philosophy Institute” (this article can be found here: http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2002/july24/philosophy-724.html)

Before reading: What are some stereotypes that you associate with “philosophy” or “philosophers”?

Vocabulary:

• institute – n. an association organized to promote art, science, or education
  For example: MIT is Massachusetts Institute of Technology. VMI is Virginia Military Institute.
• purview – n. range of interest or activity
  What is the purview of you and your friends?
• hypocrisy – n. insincerity by pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have. (what is your own definition of hypocrisy?)
• ethics – n. a system of moral principles; rules of conduct
• articulate – v. express or explain clearly and effectively
• relative – adj. existing or having its specific nature only by relation to something else; not absolute or independent. (In class, we talked about what it means when we say "it's relative")

We began reading and answering questions on the handout that accompanies the article.

Homework Due Tuesday, October 14:

• Finish the active reading - this includes all questions on handout.
• Finish the "Review and Response" worksheet if you made below 80 on today's quiz.
• Internet Research