1. HOW TO THINK, PAIR, SHARE Please follow these steps:
Think quietly for one or two minutes about the question / prompt
After, turn to your partner and ask them the same question
Take turns
Involve others around you
Report back to teacher and whole class
Finally, record your thoughts on the paper provided

2. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
Why do people sometimes choose to ignore wisdom when it is spoken?

3. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
To what extent are people defined by the choices that they make?

4. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
What types of people are accepted as part of a community and what types of people are excluded?

5. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
How is it dangerous to be an outsider within a community?

6. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
What effect does fear have on people and on society if allowed to go unchecked?

7. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
What lengths will people go to to cover up a mistake?

8. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
When is it acceptable to make people prove their innocence?

9. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
What determines who is powerful and who is powerless in a society?

10. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
When is it okay to witness injustice and say nothing?

11. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
Can past wrongs be transcended or risen above? Is redemption possible?

12. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
What is the difference between cautious, paranoid and hysterical behavior?

13. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
Is guilt by association ever justified?

14. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
How do people behave differently in groups then they would acting alone?

15. EINSTEIN’S DREAMS Vocabulary Pharmaceutical Vicious Peering
Embroidered
Vaulted
Withered
Voltage
Ubiquitous
Wistfully
Awning
Slump
Eliminate

16. EINSTEIN’S DREAMS
Vocabulary
displace
unfortunates
indistinct
apothecary
sullied
painstakingly
whimpers
ignorant
wretched
volatility
simultaneously
contradictory

17. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
In the Prologue of Einstein's Dreams why does the narrator describe the setting as "a room full of practical ideas"?

18. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
To what extent can we act individually in creating new knowledge? Explain.

19. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
Should speculation be a part of the scientific process? Why, or why not?

20. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
What is the effect of the present-tense point of view in Einstein's Dreams?

21. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
In Einstein's Dreams how does Einstein's understanding of time change his character along with his understanding of the universe?

22. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
In Einstein's Dreams how do Einstein's dreams develop his character?

23. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
What role do love and relationships play in Einstein's Dreams?

24. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
In Einstein's Dreams what is the effect of the novel's structure?

25. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
In 14 April 1905 of Einstein's Dreams what does the narrator imply about time as a circle?

26. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
Does knowledge come from inside or outside? Do we construct reality or do we recognize it?

27. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
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“It is simply the mind clouded over by impure desires and impervious to wisdom, that obstinately persists in thinking of ‘me’ and ‘mine’. (Buddha)

28. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
“The imagination has always been important in the great scientists and in the great artists.” (Alan Lightman).

29. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
Why are most main characters in Einstein's Dreams Dream Figures without traditional character arcs?

30. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
In 16 April 1905 of Einstein's Dreams how does time differ from the previous chapter 14 April 1905, and how does it affect fate differently?

31. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
What does the narrator mean when he calls a person from the future "an exile of time" in 16 April 1905 of Einstein's Dreams?

32. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
“He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; and he that dares not reason is a slave” (William Drummond)

33. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
Is Google, or the internet generally, making us stupid? Prepare in reference to Carr’s text.

34. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
How is the author defining stupidity and intelligence? Do you agree with Carr’s definition or would you define it differently?

35. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
Can you connect how Carr defines intelligence to your attachments to technology, and if so, how?

36. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
What does the internet make you better at? Is there anything you feel it makes you do worse? What other issues does the article raise and would you connect it to?

37. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
“Reason is itself a matter of faith. It is an act of faith to assert that our thoughts have any relation to reality at all.” (G.K. Chesterton)

38. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
“As for me, all I know is that I know nothing” (Socrates)

39. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
“Man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun” (Clifford Geertz)

40. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
“What men really want is not knowledge but certainty.” (Bertrand Russell)

41. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
“The greatest obstacle to progress is not the absence of knowledge but the illusion of knowledge.” (Daniel Boorstein)

42. THINK, PAIR, SHARE Grade 11
What characteristic does a tragic hero always have?
Tell what might be a tragic flaw in your own character.

43. THINK, PAIR, SHARE
What will we never be able to program a computer to do? Explain.

44. THINK, PAIR, SHARE Grade 11
Tell about someone you consider heroic. Explain.

45. ELA - Function & Form PLOT Since the main idea is
a supporting event might be
CHARACTER
Both and could be classified as .
SETTING
I have a connection here. I imagine Even though I’ve never visited ,I think it might be similar to.
THEME
I think the author wants us to understand I want to find out and how might it be shown.

46. BLUE - # 1 GREEN # 2 YELLOW # 3 RED # 4
Sentence strip # 1 – Identify new ideas / make new plans Function and forms
I learned that , so now I think I
still need to know–find out
Sentence strip # 2 – Compare and Contrast Function and forms
They both have , but
has
(A) is
-er than a is , but is They are both
Sentence strip # 3 – Distinguish fact & opinion Function and forms
My idea is that is going to
I think
because
Sentence strip # 4 – Form Ideas Function and forms
I think because
This is a(n) because we can/cannot prove .

47. sentence strip # 1 – Identify new ideas / make new plans Function and forms
I learned that , so now
I think I still need to know–find out

48. Sentence strip # 2 – Compare and Contrast Function and forms
They both have but
has
A is er than .
is , but
Is They are both

49. sentence strip # 3 – Distinguish fact & opinion Function and forms
My idea is that is going to
. I think
because

50. sentence strip # 4 – Form Ideas Function and forms
I think because
This is a(n) because we can/cannot prove