HOW TO THINK, PAIR, SHARE Please follow these steps: Think quietly for one or two minutes about the question / prompt After, turn to your partner and ask them the same question Take turns Involve others around you Report back to teacher and whole class Finally, record your thoughts on the paper provided

EINSTEIN’S DREAMS Vocabulary Pharmaceutical Vicious Peering Embroidered Vaulted Withered Voltage Ubiquitous Wistfully Awning Slump Eliminate

THINK, PAIR, SHARE In the Prologue of Einstein's Dreams why does the narrator describe the setting as "a room full of practical ideas"?

THINK, PAIR, SHARE What is the effect of the present-tense point of view in Einstein's Dreams?

THINK, PAIR, SHARE In Einstein's Dreams how does Einstein's understanding of time change his character along with his understanding of the universe?

THINK, PAIR, SHARE In Einstein's Dreams how do Einstein's dreams develop his character?

THINK, PAIR, SHARE What role do love and relationships play in Einstein's Dreams?

THINK, PAIR, SHARE In Einstein's Dreams what is the effect of the novel's structure?

THINK, PAIR, SHARE In 14 April 1905 of Einstein's Dreams what does the narrator imply about time as a circle?

THINK, PAIR, SHARE THINK, PAIR, SHARE “It is simply the mind clouded over by impure desires and impervious to wisdom, that obstinately persists in thinking of ‘me’ and ‘mine’. (Buddha)

THINK, PAIR, SHARE “The imagination has always been important in the great scientists and in the great artists.” (Alan Lightman).

THINK, PAIR, SHARE Why are most main characters in Einstein's Dreams Dream Figures without traditional character arcs?

THINK, PAIR, SHARE In 16 April 1905 of Einstein's Dreams how does time differ from the previous chapter 14 April 1905, and how does it affect fate differently?

THINK, PAIR, SHARE What does the narrator mean when he calls a person from the future "an exile of time" in 16 April 1905 of Einstein's Dreams?

THINK, PAIR, SHARE “He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; and he that dares not reason is a slave” (William Drummond)

THINK, PAIR, SHARE Is Google, or the internet generally, making us stupid? Prepare in reference to Carr’s text.

THINK, PAIR, SHARE How is the author defining stupidity and intelligence? Do you agree with Carr’s definition or would you define it differently?

THINK, PAIR, SHARE Can you connect how Carr defines intelligence to your attachments to technology, and if so, how?

THINK, PAIR, SHARE What does the internet make you better at? Is there anything you feel it makes you do worse? What other issues does the article raise and would you connect it to?

THINK, PAIR, SHARE “Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all.” (G.K. Chesterton)

THINK, PAIR, SHARE “As for me, all I know is that I know nothing” (Socrates)

THINK, PAIR, SHARE “Man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun” (Clifford Geertz)

THINK, PAIR, SHARE “What men really want is not knowledge but certainty.” (Bertrand Russell)

THINK, PAIR, SHARE “The greatest obstacle to progress is not the absence of knowledge but the illusion of knowledge.” (Daniel Boorstein)

THINK, PAIR, SHARE Grade 11 What characteristic does a tragic hero always have? Tell what might be a tragic flaw in your own character.

THINK, PAIR, SHARE What will we never be able to program a computer to do? Explain.

THINK, PAIR, SHARE Grade 11 Tell about someone you consider heroic. Explain.

ELA - Function & Form PLOT Since the main idea is a supporting event might be . CHARACTER Both and could be classified as . SETTING I have a connection here. I imagine . Even though I’ve never visited ,I think it might be similar to. THEME I think the author wants us to understand . I want to find out and how might it be shown.

BLUE - # 1 GREEN # 2 YELLOW # 3 RED # 4 Sentence strip # 1 – Identify new ideas / make new plans Function and forms I learned that , so now I think . I still need to know–find out . Sentence strip # 2 – Compare and Contrast Function and forms They both have , but has . (A) is -er than a . is , but is . They are both . Sentence strip # 3 – Distinguish fact & opinion Function and forms My idea is that is going to . I think because . Sentence strip # 4 – Form Ideas Function and forms I think because . This is a(n) because we can/cannot prove .

sentence strip # 1 – Identify new ideas / make new plans Function and forms I learned that , so now I think . I still need to know–find out .

Sentence strip # 2 – Compare and Contrast Function and forms They both have but has . A is -er than . is , but Is They are both .

sentence strip # 3 – Distinguish fact & opinion Function and forms My idea is that is going to . I think because .

sentence strip # 4 – Form Ideas Function and forms I think because This is a(n) because we can/cannot prove .