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English 1

Mr. Tschang

ctschang@ausdk12.org

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Warm Up:

  • Get a copy of “Mindset” by Carol Dweck
  • Get a copy of “Mindset Questions” handout
  • Get a copy of “Mindset Quiz” handout
  • In your Daily Journal, silently write one paragraph answering the following prompt:

September 11, 2019

Warm Up: Growth Mindset

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What is an activity, sport, or academic subject you used to struggle with but got better at over time? How did you improve? Why do you think you improved?

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Objective:

Common Core State Standard English Language Arts:

Students will be able to identify the claim in Carol Dweck’s book Mindset: The Psychology of Success.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.2

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Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

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Agenda:

Homework:

  • Warm Up
  • Michael Jordan
  • Read: Mindset
  • Discuss: Mindset

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What is Intelligence, Anyways?

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Essential Questions:

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What is the purpose of education?

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Michael Jordan:

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Michael Jordan:

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Mindset:

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Strong Growth Mindset

45-60 points

Growth Mindset with some Fixed ideas

34-44 points

Fixed Mindset with some Growth ideas

21-33 points

Strong Fixed Mindset

0-20 points

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SOAPSTone:

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Speaker

Who is the Speaker?

The voice that tells the story.

Occasion

What is the Occasion?

The time and the place of the piece; the context that prompted the writing.

Audience

Who is the Audience?

The group of readers to whom this piece is directed.

Purpose

What is the Purpose?

The reason behind the text.

Subject

What is the Subject?

Students should be able to state the subject in a few words or phrases.

Tone

What is the Tone?

The attitude of the author.

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Mindset by Carol Dweck:

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Discuss:

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What is an activity, sport, or academic subject that you used to struggle with but got better at over time? Why do you think you improved?

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Mindset by Carol Dweck:

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Discuss:

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Choose a skill that you have a fixed mindset for and explain why you think that is

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Mindset by Carol Dweck:

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Discuss:

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How does growth mindset relate to the purposes of school and education?

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Mindset by Carol Dweck:

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Discuss:

How did your parents and/or teachers praise you as you were growing up?

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Did they tell you how “smart” you were or did they focus on how hard you worked?

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How do you praise others?

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Mindset by Carol Dweck:

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Discuss:

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Is there someone in your life (a parent, teacher, friend, boss) with a fixed mindset – someone who won’t take risks, who can’t admit mistakes, who falls apart or gets defensive after setbacks?

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Do you understand that person better now?

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Mindset by Carol Dweck:

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Discuss:

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How do you act toward others in your classes, clubs, etc.?

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Are you a fixed-mindset student, focused on being smarter than others?

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Or, do you take advantage of the learning opportunities available to you through your peers?

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Mindset by Carol Dweck:

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Discuss:

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Was there a difficult transition in your life where you fell into a fixed mindset and lost confidence in your abilities? Describe it.

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Mindset by Carol Dweck:

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Learning new math concepts

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Mindset by Carol Dweck:

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Writing essays

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Mindset by Carol Dweck:

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Playing a sport

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Mindset by Carol Dweck:

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Playing an instrument

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Mindset by Carol Dweck:

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Drawing

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Essential Questions:

  • What does it mean to be smart or intelligent?
  • What does it mean to be a student of a subject?
  • Hard work is more important than intelligence. Agree or disagree?
  • What role should schools play in developing students’ intelligence?

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Claims:

A claim persuades, argues, convinces, proves, or provocatively suggests something to a reader who may or may not initially agree with you.

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  • A claim is the main argument of an essay.
  • A claim defines your paper’s goals, direction, and scope and is supported by evidence, quotations, argumentation, expert opinion, statistics, and telling details.
  • A claim must be argumentative.
  • A good claim is specific.

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Class Commonalities:

What is something you think you have in common with…

  • Everyone else in the class?
  • Only some people in the class?
  • No one else in the class?

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Expectations:

Materials:

  • Daily Journal*
  • Pen or pencil
  • Assigned text

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*Please bring Daily Journal to class starting next Tuesday.

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Period 5: Seating Chart

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Index Cards:

# <- Number on sign in sheet

  • Last name, First name (you wish to be called)
  • Your preferred pronoun (i.e. he/him, she/her, they/them/their)
  • Primary language spoken at home
  • School clubs, sports & activities
  • Special abilities, interests or disabilities
  • Name of English teacher last year

Leave some blank space at the bottom of your card

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Period 5 Code:

qytrus7

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Period 6 Code:

4bje08

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Period 7 Code:

ai0s2vj

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Expectations:

Call to attention:

  • If the teacher makes a “T” with his hands
  • Students are expected to:
    • Go silent
    • Make a “T” with their hands
    • Give teacher their undivided attention

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Expectations:

Bathroom:

  • One student at a time may go to the bathroom
  • Notify the teacher with the international sign language for bathroom ->
  • If the teacher gives permission to go to the bathroom, sign out:
    • name
    • time
  • When student returns to classroom, erase name and time

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Expectations: Cell Phones

= cell phones and are not allowed

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= cell phones are allowed

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  • Student will get one warning

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  • If student continues to have cell phone, phones will be confiscated

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  • Repeated offenses may result in a referral

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Expectations: Food Policy

  • Food is allowed as long as classmates do not object and students clean up after themselves

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  • If teachers or classmates have to clean up after another student, will impose food ban

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  • No gum

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Free Write:

  • In your opinion, to what extent are schools fulfilling Dewey’s purposes of education?
  • Does school seem to emphasize one of the purposes over others?
  • Which purposes are not being completely fulfilled?

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Class Expectations: Period 5

  • Mr Tschang should be available to meet with students who need support
  • Students should use active listening when students are speaking
  • Free time => Breaks during block periods
  • More group work
  • If someone doesn’t know how to read, don’t make fun. Help them. Ask the class.
  • No put downs.
  • Thoughts should be appropriate
  • If somebody needs help, classmates will help them.
  • Choose different partners

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Class Expectations: Period 6

  • Mr Tschang should be available to meet with students who need support
  • Students should use active listening when students are speaking
  • Respect other people and their ideas
  • Being inclusive. Not laughing at people.
  • Being open-minded
  • Being kind and nice
  • If someone’s participating too much, step back
  • Teacher should make sure everyone understand what’s being taught

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Class Expectations: Period 7

  • Mr Tschang should be available to meet with students who need support
  • Students should use active listening when students are speaking
  • Having no seating charts or request seating arrangement or frequent charts
  • If you ask another student to explain it to you, students help each other
  • Respecting other people and their ideas
  • Be aware some of your jokes might offend someone
  • Talk to everyone.