1. In your journals… [or on a sheet of notebook paper]
PROMPT 1
PROMPT 2 OR
CHOICE
Respond (in whatever way you would like) to the following quote:
“However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.”
―Stanley Kubrick
Create a character that has an unusual phobia (fear). Write a scene that causes that character to face his fear.
Is (s)he able to overcome his fear?
Finish a story from another day
Write about whatever you want.

2. (pen, pencil, highlighter, etc.)
30 sec: SET UP
1. EP
2. STANFORD READING
3. Annotation tools
(pen, pencil, highlighter, etc.)

3. AGENDA

4. ANNOUNCEMENTS

5. HOMEWORK
Half-Sheet of Paper

6. ANSWERS FOR THE DO-NOW

7. QUICK REVIEW

9. SCENARIO & QUICKWRITE 1
Imagine that you agree to participate in an experiment. When you arrive you are informed of its outline:
You will be in a room with a scientist
He will instruct you to ask another participant (in another room where you can’t see them, but you can hear them) to memorize a series of words
If they recite these words back to you incorrectly, you are to administer an electric shock. This is intended to prevent them from answering incorrectly in the future
You must increase the voltage each time they are incorrect.

10. Stanley Milgrim Experiment
Quick-write prompt: What would you do? Would you continue to administer the shocks? Explain.

11. QUESTION LAST CLASS
“If our existence cannot be defined by SCIENCE or MORALITY what can we use to figure out our purpose in life?”

12. TODAY’S QUESTION
What happens when MORALITY (my idea of right and wrong) and ETHICS (a group’s idea of right and wrong) come into conflict?

13. “Why are we doing this?” – Mary Jane
STANDARD
Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
OBJECTIVE
After close-reading Stanford, I will be able to:
strategically identify a theme/characteristic of existentialism
create a thorough definition of the characteristic
create a visual /description that correctly applies the characteristic

14. Before you re-read your prompt keep the following thought in mind:
You have been given a task, just like you might in college, or on a job, or on a volunteer project, etc
You want to be thorough, but you don’t want to waste time…
How do you decide on what is important? How you decide what will help you succeed, but won’t overwhelm you?
Remember, this prompt is based on being able to read and apply complicated text into a written form.
WHILE YOU ARE READING, HOW DO YOU KNOW IF SOMETHING IS GOING TO BE USEFUL?

15. PROMPT
Question to ask yourself:
After researching essays and articles on existentialism, write an essay that defines existentialism and argues whether or not Franz Kafka’s work, The Metamorphosis is an example of this movement. Support your discussion with evidence from your research.
For this specific prompt, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN THE READING?
What is a definition?
Something that describes a term
So if you’re trying to figure out whether or not The Metamorphosis is an example of existential text, you first need to figure out WHAT?
How to describe the term
So… what are you looking for in the reading?
Anything that is going to help YOU define what existentialism is

16. The Difference Between the VOCAB and the TERMS
VOCABULARY
TERMS
These words have been given to you ahead of time so that you can ACCESS the text
They are words that need context in order for you to partially understand what you’re reading
These terms are guiding you towards characteristics you could discuss in your essay
I need you to create your own meaning for these so that when you are explaining them in your essay you can assert that they are your own original ideas and not a definition from a dictionary

17. VOCAB: Phenomenology [EP pg 9]
How we interpret experiences through the first-person perspective (ex: my perspective).

18. VOCAB: Transcendental [EP pg 9]
The belief that society and its institutions corrupt the purity of the individual.

19. VOCAB: Normative [EP pg 9]
Based on what is considered to be the usual or correct way of doing something

20. VOCAB: Intentionality [EP pg 9]
A philosophy that attempts to explain how human beings and animals engage the world and come to understand it well enough to meet their need.
We determine things and find comfort in the idea that objects have LABELS.
The unknown is scary… let’s label it!
Grass is green
Sky is blue
Water is clear

21. VOCAB: Autonomy [EP pg 9]
The power or right of a country, group, person, etc, to govern itself.

22. READING – “Emergence of Existence” Stanford: PG 3 EP: PG 9
AGENDA
Read 1.0 together
Dead Poet’s Society
Partner Reading
Stanford, 1.1
Questions 4 & 5
Quick-write 2
Exit Ticket

23. “Dead Poets Society” Clip
Why does Mr. Keating stand on his desk?
Why does he want the students to stand on his desk as well?

24. EVERY TIME YOU READ FOR THIS UNIT… WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING?
POP QUIZ
EVERY TIME YOU READ FOR THIS UNIT… WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING?

25. READING NORMS

26. Quick-Write 2 [EP pg 10]
How do you think an existentialist would respond to the Milgrim Experiment?
Defend your answer by referencing an idea presented in the text

27. Discussion

28. Exit Ticket