1. Agenda TED Talk: 30 Days of Change Recap of Sonder Video w/discussion
Syllabus/Get books
Intro to Unit
Communication/Norms
QHT vocabulary
“Ethnic Hash”

2. Welcome and Reminders (8/2/18)
Be sure you are in the right room during the right block.
Honors World Lit – Room 2224 – Dr. Spruill
Sit in the same seats as yesterday. See the roster to the right of this screen – find your name and your seat number if you forgot.
Reminders
Pre-Course Reading
COMPLETED BY Thursday, 8/23): You will need your pre-course reading book (In class) as well as your completed work. You will use this work to complete a larger assignment for the unit. You should have the book finished – that is a given.
If you are new to Hillgrove, it is your responsibility to view the PRE-COURSE reading assignment posted on the school website and speak to me with any questions you might have. You can finish it by 8/23 as well as the assignment.

3. TED Talk Tuesday Watch the TED Talk and consider the following:
What is ONE small sustainable change you want to make?
Identify obstacles that could prevent that change from occurring.
Determine ways to overcome those obstacles.
What are the benefits of this small, sustainable change?

4. Watch the video clip. After watching, you will respond to the questions below:
What is your story?
In the last 24 hours, think about 3 people you came in contact with in passing. How might their culture or identity differed from yours?
What challenges are presented by interacting with people whose identities differ from yours?
How can we begin to relate and/or connect to others with stories different than our own?
May have to copy and paste link to video clip into the browser.

5. Discussion (1st – like color groups; 2nd – mixed color groups)
(YELLOW) In the last 24 hours, think about 3 people you came in contact with in passing. How might their culture or identity differed from yours?
(BLUE) What challenges are presented by interacting with people whose identities differ from yours?
(RED) How can we begin to relate and/or connect to others with stories different than our own?

6. Deliberately Successful

7. Syllabus
Trip down the hall to get SB books

8. Communication (p. 7)
What are the characteristics of effective communication?
What obstacles get in the way of effective communication, and how can we remove some of the barriers identified?
“The problem with communication…is the illusion that it has been accomplished.” (George Bernard Shaw) Identify two to three norms (set rules) we can follow to communicate effectively.

9. Exploring Culture (1.2 & 1.3)
QHT (literary/academic vocab) p. 2

10. Activity: What’s the Gist Statement?
First: Read the unit overview to yourself. (p.1) Underline what you will do and circle what you will learn.
Second: Share what you underlined and circled with your partner. Then, write a GIST statement for the unit.
Gist Statement
“This unit intends to develop my learning by
____________________________.”

11. INFORMAL VOICE
Informal Voice is similar to spoken CONVERSATION and often displays EMOTION.
Authors may use SLANG and arguments are supported by personal EXAMPLES.
Sentences are often short and SIMPLE.

12. FORMAL VOICE
Formal Voice is typically written in a LOGICAL order with limited EMOTION.
This type of writing avoids SLANG and arguments are supported by EVIDENCE.
Sentences are usually COMPLEX or contain technical LANGUAGE.

13. “Ethnic Hash” Quickwrite (next slide) Reading Purpose Q
Find ideas that help define “cultural identity”
Find words, phrases, sentences that establish the narrator’s voice
Qs 10&12
**Finish reading and annotating. Be prepared to discuss.

14. QuickWrite
Think about your favorite holiday meal—4th of July BBQ, Thanksgiving, etc Now on a post-it describe that meal with particular attention to food/drink that may be unique to your family.
Be prepared to explain how or why this unique food has become part of your holiday meal.

15. Final Thoughts (If time)
Index Card Response (to turn in)
I came to class expecting…
I learned…
One question I have is…