Journal #1 Grading:
We'll be grading journals in class on Thursday.
Journal #1 Table of Contents
Next week, we'll have our first Socratic Seminar. Our topic will be "Flowers for Algernon." Socratic Seminar is an opportunity for you to discuss the story as a class as dialogue, not debate. It's not about right answers; it's about
having an open mind, tentacling out beyond the book, and exploring ways of looking at the text you might not otherwise have considered.
You will be asked to prepare for Socratic Seminar by considering these four questions very thoroughly. I'll be asking you to do some writing about them, but that writing will form your notes for the seminar. It's not writing you'll be turning in to me. The better prepared you are for Socratic Seminar, the more you'll have to offer.
We'll go into more detail soon, but I wanted to give you a heads up about what we're doing. Don't hesitate to get started thinking about these questions even though I haven't officially assigned them yet.
Socratic Seminar Questions
1. Is it morally right or wrong to experiment with altering intelligence or personalitiy through artificial means (experimental operations, etc.)? Make sure to support your opinion well. Anticipate the challenges of those who disagree with you.We'll be grading journals in class on Thursday.
- Make sure all work is 100% complete. Journal work is "all or nothing." If I ask for a list of 10 and you only put 9, you won't get any credit.
- Make sure your T. of C. is 100% neat, complete and accurate.
- Every single JE should be numbered: 1L/1R, 2L/2R, etc.
- Items should be exactly where the T. of C. says they are. Don't invent your own order for JE's.
- Flippy in every handout.
- If there's no handout in a JE, make sure you give it a title.
- All corrections/editing should be in a bright color (not regular pencil or blue or black ink).
- Work toward Pride of Ownership. In other words, be proud to have your name on your journal!
- Period 2 only : Write "Edmodo" for items you did online.
Journal #1 Table of Contents
Who was Socrates, anyway?
Extra Credit:
Email me and give me a bit of information about him (25 words or fewer!). Paraphrase; don't plagiarize.
having an open mind, tentacling out beyond the book, and exploring ways of looking at the text you might not otherwise have considered.
You will be asked to prepare for Socratic Seminar by considering these four questions very thoroughly. I'll be asking you to do some writing about them, but that writing will form your notes for the seminar. It's not writing you'll be turning in to me. The better prepared you are for Socratic Seminar, the more you'll have to offer.
We'll go into more detail soon, but I wanted to give you a heads up about what we're doing. Don't hesitate to get started thinking about these questions even though I haven't officially assigned them yet.
Socratic Seminar Questions
2. In the writing of the story, some of Daniel Keyes's editors wanted him to make it have a happy ending with Charly and Miss Kinnian getting married and living "happily ever after." In what ways would this have changed Keyes's message?
3. Is ignorance bliss? Was it harder for Charly to find out what he used to be like, or would he have been better off never knowing?
4. What other movies, books, or stories have you read or heard about which deal with this theme of altering the mind? Why do you think it's a prevalent theme in science fiction?
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