9/10 Seminar Lesson: Having Grit November 30 – December 3, 2015 Lincoln High School

Monday, November 30 Do-Now: Learning Target: Success Criteria Agenda: Talk with your elbow partner about the following question: What does it mean to have grit? Be ready to share your answer with the entire group. Learning Target: What is grit, and how can it help me to be academically successful? Success Criteria Define Grit Complete TED Talk Activity Sheet Agenda: Do-Now Preview Activity Sheet Questions TED Talk: Grit Activity Sheet Completion Time Study Time Homework: Fill in your planner!

What is Grit? How can it help me to be academically successful? Do-Now: Talk with your elbow partner about the following question: What does it mean to have grit? Be ready to share your answer with the entire group. Watch the video: http://www.ted.com/talks/angela_lee_duckworth_the_key_to_s uccess_grit#t-208796 Fill out the worksheet

Definition of Grit? Angela Duckworth, the speaker in the TED Talk defines grit in the following way: “Grit is having passion and perseverance for long-term goals... Grit is having stamina… Grit is sticking with your future. Not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years. And working very hard to make that future a reality…Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint.”

Ethos, Pathos, and logos Ethos-A speaker’s ability to build credibility and or establish him/herself as an expert. What kind of things establish ethos? Pathos- an appeal to emotions in order to sway an audience Logos-Use of data/evidence to prove one’s case

Tuesday, December 1 Do-Now: Learning Target: Success Criteria Agenda: Talk with your elbow partner about the following question: How does Angela Duckworth, the speaker in yesterday’s TED Talk, define grit? Learning Target: What is grit, and how can it help me to be academically successful? Success Criteria Define Grit Describe ways in which having grit can help me to be academically successful! Agenda: Do-Now TED Talk: Grit Reflection Questions Study Time Homework: Fill in your planner!

Reflection Questions: Having Grit! Respond to the following questions on a blank sheet of paper. You will have 7- 10 minutes to complete your responses. Once you have completed your responses, we will be sharing out as an entire class group! How did the speaker in yesterday’s TED Talk define grit? How is having grit different from learning “quickly and easily?” What specific subject(s) do you feel require you to have more grit? Why? What are some ways we can increase and/or maintain the amount of grit we have? How can having grit help you to be academically successful?

Wednesday/Thursday, December 2/3 Do-Now: Silent 15 Learning Target: What do I need to do to be academically successful? Success Criteria Focus and complete all assigned work Agenda: Do-Now Study Time Homework: Fill in your planner Your new student IDs are ready for pick up in the guidance office:   Oscar Cruz Gonzales Charlie-Anne Hiatt Tristan McDonald