Welcome! First Things First: Warm-up: Get seated Get quiet Get out work due Copy down your HW Complete warm-up Warm-up: Come up with at least 3 suggestions for what our expectations for classroom discussions should be.

Cool or Not? If you think it’s cool, sit on the right. If you think it’s not cool, sit on the left.

Ideal def: (n) something consisting only as an idea What are other ideals? Why do these things change? Do they ever stay the same? Ask what they know about the term “ideal.” Think pair share about other questions and jot down on board. Transition: “One ideal that we’re going to explore in this unit is the hero.”

Hero What is our culture’s ideal of a hero? Brainstorm list of our culture’s heroes.

What is a hero? Brainstorm Venn Diagram Perspective Video http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4802231n Read Articles Who said it? Who is he/she? Summarize his/her ideas and/or definition After Venn diagram, point out that some people don’t fit neatly. Then, do perspective demonstration (poster in face).

Hero or Celebrity? Ask for pairs to call out 1 person on list and decide what category do they go into

Your Definition of a Hero Set up your paper in MLA format. (This is the format you will use on all final drafts.) In a well-developed paragraph, synthesize the information we discussed today along with your own personal definition of a hero to answer the question: What is a hero?