2. Essential Questions for English 12: Literature of Justice 1. How does an author convey the truth within the context of his or her fiction? How do you think each of the authors we are reading might define truth? Do you agree or disagree with their visions of truth? 2. What role does truth play in the lives of the characters? Does it change over time? 3. In your own life, what role has truth played? Has it changed over time? If so, how? 4. What is the relationship between truth, justice, and leadership? 5. How does the author or playwright portray issues of justice in the text and through the characters? How do you relate to these issues of justice? How have you come to understand justice?

3. Do Now: Pull out Seamus Heaney’s Review the poem with this picture in mind. Write 10 lines in response.

4. GOOD MORNING! 123 Good Morning!

5. English 12: Literature of Justice Unit #1: Hyde 101 Today’s Title: “A Model of Learning: The Cyclone and the Ladder – Part II” Homework Reminder: HYDE CENTRAL Homework Halo Check – over your heads! FCA #1: Learning Journal Entry: 200 words on how you understanding and apply AICR. Or 200 words on why you do not understand or do not apply AICR. FCA #2: Create and bring your college resume to class FCA #3: Create a review sheet for the Unit 1 test (Friday). Please stand for your…. Declaration of Preparation & Conscience: 1! 2! 3!  “I’m here and I’m ready” 9/20/10 LP #9

6. English 12: Literature of Justice 9/20/10 Unit #1: Hyde 101LP #9 “ A Model of Learning: The Cyclone and the Ladder – Part II” Today’s Objectives: The Student Will (TSW) discuss context in relationship to Heaney’s poem. TSW self & peer assess for Honors / Warnings TSW review the cyclonic characteristics of AICR TSW discuss the Ladder of Inference

7. English 12: Literature of Justice 9/20/10 Unit #1: Hyde 101LP #9 “ A Model of Learning: The Cyclone and the Ladder – Part II” Opening Cold Call: Option #1 or #2? 1. In Ethics last week, you discussed the Hyde Learning Triangle. Please review this for your peers. 2. Last class we discussed the AICR learning framework. Please review what we learned so far….

8. English 12: Literature of Justice 9/20/10 Unit #1: Hyde 101LP #9 “ A Model of Learning: The Cyclone and the Ladder – Part II” Honors / Warnings Fill out the sheet

9. English 12: Literature of Justice 9/20/10 Unit #1: Hyde 101LP #9 “ A Model of Learning: The Cyclone and the Ladder – Part II” From the Republic of ConscienceFrom the Republic of Conscience Context: In 1985 he was asked to write something to commemorate United Nations Day…. He tried and tried to write something but could think of nothing, so he called and said he had nothing… This in turn freed up his creativity and his thinking became playful… “Almost immediately I thought of an exercise I had set my writing students in Harvard the previous semester. I had asked them to imagine and describe a country that might stand as an allegory for some emotion or state of mind, so I now set myself the same exercise; make up a country called ‘Conscience’”.

10. English 12: Literature of Justice 9/20/10 Unit #1: Hyde 101LP #9 “ A Model of Learning: The Cyclone and the Ladder – Part II” From the Republic of ConscienceFrom the Republic of Conscience Context (cont’d): “I took it that Conscience would be a republic, a silent, solitary place where a person would find it hard to avoid self-awareness and self-examination; and this made me think of Orkney. I remembered the silence the first time I landed there. When I got off the small propeller plane and started walking across the grass to a little arrivals hut, I heard the cry of a curlew. And as soon as that image came to me, I was up and away, able to proceed with a fiction that felt workable yet unconstrained, a made-up thing that might be hung in the scale as a counterweight to the given actuality of the world…” Is context importance? http://www.irishtimes.com/indepth/amnesty/introduction.html

11. English 12: Literature of Justice 9/20/10 Unit #1: Hyde 101LP #9 “ A Model of Learning: The Cyclone and the Ladder – Part II” AICR 101AICR 101 CHALLENGE THE “REASONABLE PERSON” ATTITUDE CHALLENGE THE “DON’T SHINE TOO BRIGHTLY” ATTITUDE Attentive  Insightful  Critical  Responsible  ??

12. #1: Becoming more aware of your own thinking and reasoning (reflection); #2: Making your thinking and reasoning more visible to others (advocacy); #3: Inquiring into others' thinking and reasoning (inquiry).

13. English 12: Literature of Justice 9/20/10 Unit #1: Hyde 101LP #9 “ A Model of Learning: The Cyclone and the Ladder – Part II” Food for thought….Food for thought…. Rethinking the Summer Reading QuestionsRethinking the Summer Reading Questions Rigor: Why does Dr. King believe in the rigorous development of character? Synergy: How does the movement require shared leadership? Conscience: How is Dr. King’s conscience inextricably linked to serving others?

14. English 12: Literature of Justice 9/20/10 Unit #1: Hyde 101LP #9 “ A Model of Learning: The Cyclone and the Ladder – Part II” Homework Reminder FCA #1: Learning Journal Entry: 200 words on how you understanding and apply AICR. Or 200 words on why you do not understand or do not apply AICR. FCA #2: Create and bring your college resume to class FCA #3: Create a review sheet for the Unit 1 test (Friday). Today’s Objectives: The Student Will (TSW) discuss context in relationship to Heaney’s poem. TSW self & peer assess for Honors / Warnings TSW review the cyclonic characteristics of AICR TSW discuss the Ladder of Inference