1. Agenda (for me) *Warm-Up: Photo Analysis (12th SB – 1.6)
*Intro to Human Condition (video)
*ATSS, Chaps. 1-3
- activity/discuss: Choose one of three words and explain its significance to chapters
*QHT vocabulary for this unit
HW: Read articles p (2.12 – 10th SB)

2. Reminders –
Starting today you should bring A Thousand Splendid Suns every day! This means you should have your book today!
You should have Chapters 1-3 read for class today!
Reading Schedule will be given today
No vocabulary unit with this unit
New Unit starts today! Topic/Thematic Concept: The Human Condition.
HW: In Springboard, read the two texts pages Check blog for any additional notes/questions to respond to.

3. Warm-Up: Photo Analysis
Learning Target: Analyze a visual text using the OPTIC strategy, incorporating the precise language of photographic images.
Handout – Vocabulary / QHT
Notes / Examples: Photographic terms
Use PPT slide examples from Springboard online Community resource – When you log in to Springboard, go to Springboard Community and search Photographs activity 1.6 – should be second entry in search results – click – then scroll down to Meg Adams for PPT to use. The PPT has some great visual examples of each of the photography terms. Also, some other awesome choices for Photo analysis.

4. A woman standing across from police in an iconic Black Lives Matter photo has been identified. Jonathan Bachman/Reuters

5. A Mursi tribe woman discovers Vogue magazine, Ethiopia.

6. Intro to Human Condition Unit
Today the topic of discussion is the human condition and the goal is to define and explain the concept with examples.

7. Video montage: The Human Condition
Intro Concept:
Video montage: The Human Condition
Discussion Partners: Discuss the video – what did you see, feel, hear, believe? Define the human condition. (concisely and clearly)

8. Compass Needle Mullah Faizullah Endure
Choose one and explain its significance to the first 3 chapters.