1. Bellwork
Summarize what we have read so far in “Flowers for Algernon” through Charlie Gordon’s “Progress Reports”.
Be sure to include information about Charlie and his experiences with the doctors.

2. Multiple Intelligences
Howard Gardner

3. Let’s Take a Multiple Intelligences Self Assessment
Log-in to eChalk
Click on “Flowers for Algernon” folder
Click on the “Multiple Intelligences Assesment” link
Answer each statement truthfully about yourself (BE HONEST )
When you reach the result page (with percentages) KEEP it open on your iPad. OR

4. Quiz Time!

5. What is the Theory of Multiple Intelligences?
Multiple Intelligences: nine ways of relating to ideas, to ourselves, and to others; sometimes called the nine ways of being smart

6. Key Points in Multiple Intelligences Theory
Everyone has all 9 intelligences
Intelligences usually work together
There are many ways to be intelligent in each category.

7. Verbal/Liguistic
Logical/Mathematical
Visual/Spacial
Interpersonal
Intrapersonal
Bodily/Kinesthetic
Existential
Naturalist
Musical/Rhythmic

8. Linguistic/Verbal (word smart)
Students are word smart when they:
Learn through reading, writing, discussing
Communicate effectively
Have a good vocabulary
Write clearly
Spell easily
Think in words
Career: Writer, Comedian, Poet
Famous People include William Shakespeare, John Steinbeck, Jane Austin, Emily Dickinson.

9. Logical-Mathematical (math smart)
Students are Logic/Math
Smart when they:
Think in numbers, patterns and algorithms
Think clearly and analytically
Learn by appeal to logic
Use abstract symbols
Solve logic problems easily
Are good in Math
Careers: Mathematician, computer programmer, tax consultant
Famous people include Albert Einstein, Bertrand Russell, Marie Currie, Isaac Newton.

10. Spatial/Visual (picture smart)
Students are art/space smart when they:
Think in pictures and images
Are good with spatial relations
Have a good eye for detail and color
“See” solutions to problems
Learn through visuals
Like to draw and create
Careers: Artist, Architect, Landscape designer
Famous people include Georgia O’Keefe, Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, M.C. Escher

11. Bodily-Kinesthetic (body smart)
Students are Body Smart when they:
Are highly coordinated
Use gestures and body language
Take things apart and fix them
Learn through “hands on” activities
Enjoy acting and role-playing
Enjoy dancing and athletics
Career: Athlete, Dancer, Crafter, Carpenter, Sculptor
Famous people include Mary Lou Retton, Michael Jordan, Babe Ruth, Monica Seles.

12. Musical (music Smart) Students are Music Smart when they:
Have a good sense of rhythm and melody
Like to sing, hum, chant and rap
Enjoy listening to music
Read and write music
Learn through music and lyrics
Enjoy creating music
Career: Composer, DJ, Singer
Famous people include Ludwig van Beethoven, Madonna, Louis Armstrong, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

13. Interpersonal (people smart)
Students are people smart when they:
Make and maintain friends easily
Understand and respect others
Lead and organize others
Resolve conflicts
Learn by interacting with others
Like to work and be with others
Careers: Business person, politcian, counselor, teacher
Famous people include Mother Theresa, Winston Churchhill, Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy.

14. Intrapersonal (self smart)
Students are Self smart when they:
Need time to process information
Think about their own thinking
Have strong opinions and beliefs
Are introspective
Know themselves well
Like quiet time alone
Career: Therapist, Researcher
Famous people are St. Thomas Aquinas, Sigmund Freud, Confucious, Mohandas Gandhi.

15. Naturalist (nature smart)
Students are nature smart when they:
Are aware of their natural surroundings
Discriminate different flora and fauna
Are good at sorting and classifying
Have keen observational skills
Understand natural phenomena
Garden or care for pets or animals
Careers: Zoologist, Ecologist
Famous people include Charles Darwin, Carl Sagan, Jane Goodall, Jacques Cousteau, Henry David Thoreau.

16. Existential Students are Existential Smart when they:
Pose questions about life, death and ultimate realities
Questions may be…
What was the world like before I was born?
What life might be like on another planet
Where do pets go after they have passed on?
Where animals understand each other
Is there really another Dimension?
Is there the existence of ghosts and spirits?
Careers: Philosopher, Professor
Famous People include Aristotle, Confucius, Einstein, Emerson, Plato, Socrates.

17. Let’s Reflect What are your strongest intelligences?
Were you surprised by your intelligences?
What are Charlie’s strongest intelligences?
Remember we all have ALL 9 intelligences