We discussed and created a class outline for Chapter 1! After, students had around 50 minutes to read their jigsaw chapter (or chapter 2 if they did not finish it this weekend). If absent, please get the discussion notes from a classmate and reflect on the discussion – please note it is important to get notes for someone in the same TOK period as each class had quite different discussions.
Important Dates **Bring your Kuhn book to class every day of this unit** 11/27: Period 6 TOK Journals are due at the beginning of class *Rubrics can be found in the Extras Bin in class; you do need one included and SIGNED when you turn in the journal. No need to get in touch with me to get one, just go in to the room and grab one before the journal is due. 12/2: Chapter 2 read with notes; Journal #17 (celebration of learning?) 12/3 or 4 (depending on which day you have TOK): Jigsaw chapter read with notes; Journal #18 12/5: Jigsaw Outline on turitin.com BEFORE 8am - Jigsaw Presentations during class time 12/9: Chapter 13 read with notes; Journal #19 12/19: Rough draft due to tii.com BEFORE 10pm – no late work will be accepted * Needs to have all 4 major elements discussed in class * LAST piece in the writing category for this semester * Here is some general feedback based on the Scaffolded Essay Planner We took a quiz on Chapter 1 and then assigned content/jigsaw chapters for the mini presentations. If you were absent, you need to do two things: 1.) Sign up for a Flex Time with me take the Chapter 1 quiz (& let me know to bring the quiz); and 2.) e-mail me to find out your content/jigsaw chapter & mini presentation assignment.
Important Dates **Bring your Kuhn book to class every day of this unit** 11/27: Period 6 TOK Journals are due at the beginning of class *Rubrics can be found in the Extras Bin in class; you do need one included and SIGNED when you turn in the journal. No need to get in touch with me to get one, just go in to the room and grab one before the journal is due. 12/2 – Chapter 2 read with notes; Journal #17 (celebration of learning?) 12/3 – Read with notes your content chapter to share; Journal #18 12/5 – Jigsaw Presentations during class time 12/9 – Chapter 13 read with notes; Journal #19 Today, we’re starting our reading of the text The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas Kuhn. You will be expected to take notes on the material you’ve read. Remember to make sure that you always meet these expectations as you read:
2. your comparison of the passage to your prior learning or experience 3. the ramifications of the author’s idea in the passage (‘then what?’) 4. the implications of the author’s idea in the passage (‘so what?’) Additionally, there will also be in-class discussion notes on the ideas/questions that students generate (and I may add) as we work through the text. Although it seems obvious, it bears repeating that it is my expectation that each student:
With this in mind, it is important for students to do their own work and to refrain from using online or other resources [for example-no Google Doc collaborations!] to do the analysis in lieu of student thought. In all facets of this process, students are expected to be able to demonstrate evidence of their own thinking and the steps they’ve taken in this process. Important Dates **Bring your Kuhn book to class every day of this unit.** 11/25 – Chapter 1 read with notes; Journal #17 (celebration of learning?) 12/2 – Chapter 2 read with notes; Journal #17 (celebration of learning?) 12/3 – Read with notes your content chapter to share (will assign Monday of next week) 12/5 – Jigsaw Presentations 12/9 – Chapter 13 read with notes Today we introduced Natural Science as an AOK and checked out the book we will use for this unit. If absent, please see me when you return to class about how to make up the work. Additionally, swing by the Library to pick up the The Structure of Scientific Revolutions from Mrs. Zhang, if you did not elect to buy it. You will need it in class every day for the next 3 weeks.
**Note to Period 2 - if you had to turn your book back in, we have found more clean copies! I will have you check them out at the beginning of class tomorrow, no need to do it in your free time!** Important Dates **Bring your Kuhn book to class every day of this unit.** 11/22: Period 2 TOK Journals are due at the beginning of class *Rubrics can be found in the Extras Bin in class; you do need one included and SIGNED when you turn in the journal. No need to get in touch with me to get one, just go in to the room and grab one before the journal is due Read the appropriate article to your TOK period and apply the Knowledge Framework in Journal #16. Periods 2 & 3 - Erasing black history in the UK Periods 6 & 7 - Ending solitary confinement in Canadian prisons If absent, in Journal #16: 1. read through the information attached below about the Knowledge Framework and take some notes, 2. then read your class article linked about and this Make up Article: "Moving Mountain Goats" - take TOK reading notes on both articles 3. and finally, apply the KF after your reading notes on each article Important Dates 11/22: Period 2 TOK Journals are due at the beginning of class *Rubrics can be found in the Extras Bin in class; you do need one included and SIGNED when you turn in the journal. No need to get in touch with me to get one, just go in to the room and grab one before the journal is due
Before we watch the TED Talk as a class – please compete the follow questions for your TOK Period:
Period 2 - https://PollEv.com/surveys/orvN6g04qBWkgJKRYEock/respond Period 3 - https://PollEv.com/surveys/OciHEdKa6JMDpwckMKxhD/respond Period 6 - https://PollEv.com/surveys/Yvmmf2ZyBqzayhV3RpfIf/respond Period 7 - https://PollEv.com/surveys/9MYdA7RivTG9ayobctcxq/respond Today we watched this TEDTalk. If you were absent, FIRST – complete the questions linked above (in one day as it will no longer be live), THEN please watch the TEDTalk on your own and take notes in Journal #15. Then: 1. CREATE two of your own knowledge questions related to the TEDTalk; 2. Answer one of the knowledge questions you created – incorporating the TEDTalk, other topics we have discussed in TOK, and your own personal experience. It the WOK jigsaw for all of class. If absent, please see me upon your return for how you will make up this activity.
It was a work day to prep for the WOK jigsaw you will present (15 minutes) tomorrow. Again, here are the instructions for the jigsaw! If absent, please work on your own and be ready to present to your group tomorrow.
Important Dates 11/15: Jigsaw presentations w/note sheet – both hard copy in class & to turnitin.com BEFORE 8AM Periods 2 & 6
Today we talked about the Impeachment Inquiry and then started on the WOK jigsaw. Here are the instructions for the jigsaw! If absent, listen to the two Opening Statements in the Impeachment Inquiry from the ranking Democrat and Republican. Take notes and then answer the following questions in Journal #13: 1.What assumptions or WOKs are being relied upon? 2.What does each use to determine truth? Additionally, please e-mail me for what to do about the jigsaw. Important Dates 11/15: Jigsaw presentations with note sheets – both hard copy and to turnitin.com before 8AM Periods 3 & 7 Today we talked about more about reason and then started on the WOK jigsaw. Here are the instructions for the jigsaw! If absent, listen to this Hidden Brain Podcast (& take notes on it in Journal #13) on how emotions play a big role…. This is not on reasoning itself, but why we might go against reason - https://www.npr.org/2019/05/09/721773510/facts-arent-enough-the-psychology-of-false-beliefs Additionally, please e-mail me for what to do about the jigsaw. Important Dates 11/15: Jigsaw presentations with note sheets – both hard copy and to turnitin.com before 8AM I am out today unexpectedly... Here are the plans for the day for you to complete.
1. Grab a textbook and spend 10 more minutes on the T-Chart for Chapter 7 you started yesterday in Journal #12 - Discuss your results with a partner after 10 minutes. 2. With that same partner - read the yellow section after the end of the chapter on fallacies of argument from pages 126-129 AND pages 148-149 (?-I don't have the book at home so not sure about this last set of pages, but it is about language, email me if the pages are wrong and I will fix this). A. Make a quick guide in your own words that explains each fallacy, and then B. come up with two examples of your own for each-not what the book gives (examples could be an RLS or "reasonably" fictitious). Take some time on this and really think it through. We are doing this activity to avoid you accidentally using a fallacy in your TOK essay. Put all of this information in a new Journal... #13-Fallacies! Thanks for working on the above and have a great weekend. If absent, complete the above on your own with your textbook you have at home. |
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