Monthly Archives: October 2019

TOK: October 29-30, 2019

Hello. Today we will finish taking notes on the characteristics of language and its implications on Knowledge and practice using different aspects of language.

  1. Discuss ‘Untranslatable words’
  2. Finish notes from last class.
  3. Language activities. Choose 1 and complete. Finish for homework, if not done in class.

Homework: Finish language activity from class (above).

TOK: October 28, 2019

Hi.

  1. Warm-Up: Please write a 2-paragraph response for the following:  What implications do the stories from Radiolab have for your understanding of Language as a Way of Knowing? In other words, what did you realize about language that makes it powerful or problematic for the production of knowledge? Please use one or more of the stories as the basis for your response. Title your response “Radiolab: Words” and date it.
    • Il Difonso (27-year old deaf man who had no language)
    • Left of the Blue Wall (children cannot connect these concepts until they are 6; rats>never)
    • The Woman who had a stroke and was left with no brain chatter.
    • Sign Language Academy in South America
  2. Slideshow: Language. Take notes.
  3. Untranslatable Words,
    1. Read article and complete activities.

Homework: Finish reading on Untranslatable words and euphemisms

HOTA: October 25, 2019

Hello.

  1. Get out the worksheet from last class.
    1. Find someone you have not worked with recently and compare your sheets.
    2. Share out
  2. Compare and Contrast Garrison and Hammond: Using your packets and notes, please compare AND contrast the arguments made by William Lloyd Garrison to the National Anti-Slavery Society in 1833 (Page 146) with those made by James Henry Hammond in a speech to the US Senate in 1858 (page 148 and 149). What is similar about their appeals and arguments about slavery and what is different? You cannot just say that 1 was against slavery and 1 was for slavery. Your response should be in paragraph form, with 1 paragraph detailing the similarities and 1 paragraph detailing differences.
    Homework: Read pages 151-161 in the blue packet and complete the worksheet. 

TOK: October 24, 2019

Good Morning!

  1. Warm-up:
    1. Think of a place at least three miles from here. Don’t say it out loud to anyone around you. It should not be a place that you regularly go (home, Dutch Bros., etc.). Write directions to that place, using no names of streets, landmarks or the destination. You may use distances. You must describe any turns or movements in space using only the cardinal directions (North, South, East and West). For example: You cannot say, when you arrive at the destination, “the destination is right in front of you.” You should say something like, “The destination is about 50 feet directly to the north of where you stand.”
    2. Switch directions with someone. You will both try to figure out what and where the destination is. No guessing. You get only 2 tries. How close did you get?
  2. Read “Does Your Language Shape How You Think?” When you have finished, discus and record responses to the following questions with a partner.
    1. What habits of mind may develop based on YOUR language?
    2. How does language constrain our perception?
    3. How would your conversations change if you had to give justification for everything you say?

Homework: LISTEN TO THE RADIOLAB EPISODE: WORDS (Here is the transcript.)

HOTA: October 9, 2019

Today we will continue to examine the Constitution and the powers it grants to the branches of our government.

1. Is It Constitutional? Discuss scenarios from last class.

2. How a bill becomes a law: “I’m Just a Bill”

3.  What do you know or have heard about the impeachment inquiry into President Trump.  What events led up to the impeachment inquiry? Why is impeachment controversial?

Controversial political issues are often discussed in the media. Do you think journalists and other producers of media can be objective when dealing with an issue about which people have such strong and differing opinions? Should writers always strive to be objective? Why or why not? We will be looking at sources that express conflicting opinions about impeachment.

Homework: Finish reading, “The Constitution, the Impeachment Process, and Historical Examples”