MA+-+December+17+-+21

=Monday, December 17= = = =Tuesday, December 18= > =====- __weather__ - what happens outside with sun, rain, and snow===== > =====- __**whether**__ - a condition placed on something - School cancellations are based on whether or not the snow makes travel dangerous.===== > =====(- wether - the leader of a flock wearing a bell who leads the flock where they should go. Hence, a bell-wether state in an election elects someone who indicates how elections will go in other states.)===== > =====- Use __weather and whether__ correctly in a sentence.===== > ===== ===== = = =Wednesday, December 19= > =====Use the following words in a sentence or two:===== = = =Thursday, December 20=
 * =====Talk about Thoreau's purpose in going to Walden=====
 * =====Hand out "Civil Disobedience"=====
 * =====hand out orange instruction sheet=====
 * =====time to work on orange instructions!=====
 * =====p.s. If it drives you crazy to write answers on the text, you may answer them on a separate piece of paper.=====
 * =====warm-up=====
 * Is Thoreau realistic?
 * Does this apply to our lives now?
 * Who commits acts of civil disobedience now?
 * =====time to work on "Civil Disobedience"=====
 * =====pick up MLK reading when you're done=====
 * =====warm-up=====
 * =====conscience - that part of you that tells you whether something is right or wrong=====
 * =====conscious - the state of being awake, paying attention=====
 * =====roller coaster=====
 * =====milkshake=====
 * =====MLK Letter and questions=====
 * ==Consider the following text for the Socratic Seminar:==
 * ==Thoreau "Walden"==
 * ==Thoreau "Civil Disobedience"==
 * ==MLK's Letter==
 * ==On a 3x5 card write 3 thoughtful questions.==
 * ==Two or three of the questions must be Level 3 questions==
 * ==One of the questions may be Level 2==

= = =Friday, December 21=
 * warm-up
 * "Simplify, simplify"