1. Monday Warm-Up- Please complete the writing prompt about a choice you made, and how your life might be different if you had gone down the other path.

2. The Other Wes Moore One Name, Two Fates
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3. Quick Writes What is success? What contributes to a person’s success?
What can hinder a person’s success?

5. Wes Moore – Scholar

6. Wes Moore – Prisoner

7. Things to Note Italicized Text – Wes and Wes are meeting
1st person POV = Wes the scholar/author
Gray line = shifting POV
3rd person POV = Wes the prisoner

8. Today Introduction Read Ch. 1 & complete Ch. 1 Quiz
Use the rest of time to read independently.
Please be sure you are finished with Part 1 by the time you enter this room on Friday.

9. Friday 11/3 Warm-Up
“I guess it’s hard sometimes to distinguish between second chances and last chances.” Write about/reflect on a time that you experienced a second chance and a last chance.

10. Part 1 Review/Group Discussion
Facilitator & Timekeeper
Recorder
Harmonizer
Devil’s Advocate
Each group will need to turn in one record of your discussion today.

11. Monday 11/6: Part 2 Activity
Write a letter to any person in the book (Wes the author, Wes the prisoner, any of their siblings, parents, grandparents, etc….) .
Your letter is based on Part 2.
Include in your letter:
How their actions have influenced others (positive or negative)
What you think of their role in the book so far
What you would or would not have changed about their past
Do you respect them as an individual? (based on their actions so far)
Your letter should be a minimum of one page, single-spaced, and should include specific textual evidence.

12. Friday 11/10 Warm-Up Read “Choices” by Nikki Giovanni.
Annotate as needed.
Answer the questions.

13. Part 3 Quiz
When you are finished with the quiz, please turn it in to me.
Then start working on the Themes graphic organizer – this will be due on Monday.

14. Wes Moore Interview: A Life Well Lived https://www. youtube. com/watch
Before Viewing: What do you think “a life well lived” includes?
During Viewing: Record 10 interesting points from the interview.
After Viewing: Connect Moore’s words to Unit 3.

15. Monday 11/13
Please answer the following on the back of your Themes graphic organizer:
Which theme do you think is most prevalent and important in The Other Wes Moore? Support your response with at least three pieces of evidence from the text.

16. Tomorrow: Socratic Seminar
Socrates believed that enabling learners to think for themselves was more important than filling their heads with “right answers.” He stressed the importance of asking and answering questions as the true sign of learning and knowledge.

17. What is a Socratic Seminar?
Discussion in which…
The text is being considered
Questions are being raised
A leader helps move the discussion forward
Many participants pose and answer questions
Usually minutes long
NOT a debate

18. Debate vs. Dialogue Debate... Dialogue...
defends thinking to show that it is right
expects others’ reflections will improve their own thinking
calls for investing in one’s beliefs
is temporarily suspending one’s beliefs
searches for weaknesses
searches for strengths
rebuts contrary positions and may devalue others
respects others and seeks not to alienate
assumes a single right answer
assumes that cooperation can lead to greater understanding
demands a conclusion
remains open-ended

19. The Participants Share responsibility for the quality of the seminar.
Most effective when participants:
study the text closely in advance
listen actively

20. The Participants Most effective when participants:
share their ideas and questions in response to others
search for evidence in the text to support their ideas

21. The Questions Are open-ended Have no right or wrong answers
At the end of successful Socratic Seminars, participants often leave with more questions than they brought with them.
Should stem from genuine curiosity
Should rely on textual evidence for support

22. The Seminar The leader will pose the opening question
You simply start talking to respond –no hand raising
Be prepared with your notes, questions, and book
Don’t jump in if you don’t have anything constructive to say
BUT… don’t wait too long and then run out of time to participate
When the discussion lulls – when no one else is answering the question – it’s time to pose a new question
Be sure you stick to respectful, accountable talk

23. Examples of Solid Questions
“I Have a Dream” Speech
What theme is Dr. King’s speech primarily about, and why do you believe that?
How might the message of Dr. King’s speech have been received by various audiences at the time?
In what ways is the speech about governance? Or justice? Or contentedness?
According to Dr. King, what does it mean to be an American?

24. The Rules Speak so that all can hear you. Listen closely.
Take notes (especially the outer circle).
Speak without raising hands.
Refer to the text.
Talk to each other and to the circle – not the teacher.
Don’t stay confused – ask for clarification.
Invite and allow others to speak.
Use only respectful, accountable talk.
Know that you are responsible for the quality of the seminar.

25. Preparing for Tomorrow
Answer all the questions that go along with the text.
Create a minimum of three text-based questions, which are open-ended and stem from your curiosity.
Create a minimum of four back-up questions.
Identify elements of the text to use with your questions.
Be sure that you have your notes, questions, and book with you tomorrow.