English 200 Tuesday, In your notebook, write about the following quote: “The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.” -- Albert Einstein

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Tuesday Active Reading Day – Use the active reading handout Seneca, “On Liberal and Vocational Studies,” pp Precis Summary Due at the beginning of the period on Thursday!!

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Reading the World Reading Ideas Active Reading Passive Reading Reading texts straight through – allows for fairly simple information to be communicated People who read challenging texts are not necessarily smarter; they have mastered a set of strategies

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Active Reading requires that the reader become actively engaged in the reading/comprehension process Remove distractions: no cell phones, no computers. Old-fashioned hand-written notes

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Pre-reading Who is the author of the text? What was the work’s original purpose? What cultural factors might have influenced the work? What are some of the author’s major concerns? What larger conversation is this text a part of?

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Annotating In close reading, you may need to use a dictionary to help understanding terms. Especially if the text you are reading belongs to you, do the following? Underline key points and any thesis statement (claim statement) Create notes in the margins that connect what you are reading with what you are thinking

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Annotating In close reading, you may need to use a dictionary to help you understand terms. Especially if the text you are reading belongs to you, do the following? Respond to the author – ask questions as you read Avoid the temptation to underline or comment too much – underline and note only the most important details

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Annotating If you do not own the text, you will need to pay close attention to details: where you found the text, quotations, page numbers, etc., and you will need to record this information is a place where you can access it: notebook, computer file, phone.

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Summarizing Precis – a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts. Should include: 1.A description of the context of the article 2.Who the author is and why he is important 3.A summary of the article (at least five sentences)

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Precis Format Name Upper Right Hand Corner Title – MLA Documentation of Article Summary to be typed, double-spaced

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Tuesday Active Reading Day – Use the active reading handout and notes – You may use your notes on the quiz, but you may not use the text!! Seneca, “On Liberal and Vocational Studies,” pp Precis Summary Due at the beginning of the period on Thursday!!

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Wednesday Library – Work on Precis Reading Quiz Seneca, “On Liberal and Vocational Studies”

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Wednesday Reading Quiz 1.Briefly describe Seneca’s societal rise and fall. 2.Briefly describe Stoicism. 3.According to Seneca, what should be the primary purpose of liberal education?

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Wednesday According to Seneca, what is the connection between liberal education and moral values? 5. Seneca writes: “Virtue will not bring herself to enter the limited space we offer her; something of great size requires plenty of room. Let everything else be evicted, and your heart completely opened to her.” Explain this quotation.

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Precis – a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts. Should include: 1.A description of the context of the article 2.Who the author is and why he is important 3.A summary of the article (at least five sentences ) Who is the author of the text? What was the work’s original purpose? What cultural factors might have influenced the work? What are some of the author’s major concerns? What larger conversation is this text a part of? What are the primary points the authors makes in the writing?

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Thursday In your notebooks, write about the following: What should be the purpose of education? What should education look like? Is there value in expecting everyone to learn the same things?

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Thursday Relative Conventions: Never refer to an author by his/her first name Refer to the title of the article Quote where appropriate Formula: context followed by summary

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Thursday Discuss Seneca, “On Liberal and Vocational Studies” Liberal Studies - That which makes you free; that which makes one a better person Vocational Studies - That which allows one to make money

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Thursday Discuss Seneca, “On Liberal and Vocational Studies” Means End What should be the end of education?

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Thursday Discuss Seneca, “On Liberal and Vocational Studies” What happens when studies are named Liberal but are actually vocational? What happens when studies have an end (vocational) that distracts us away from being better people (liberal)?

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Thursday Discuss Seneca, “On Liberal and Vocational Studies” Seneca believes that the ultimate “end” of education should be the pursuit of wisdom Any study that has its end other than the pursuit of wisdom is vocational, no matter what we call it

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Thursday “…I have no respect for any study whatsoever if its end is the making of money… [these studies] are our apprenticeship, not our real work… But there is really only one liberal study that deserves that name – because it makes a person free – and that is the pursuit of wisdom” (17).

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Thursday “Why, then, do we give our sons a liberal education? Not because it can make them morally good but because it prepares the mind for the acquisition of moral values” (19). “For wisdom does not lie in books” (19).

English 200 Tuesday, through Friday, Friday