Journal:

Have you ever believed something to be absolutely, positively, without a doubt to be true and then realized you were wrong?  What happened?  How did it affect you going forward?

Practice Thinking:  Hink Pink

Practice Thinking:  Nothing Gold can Stay...? Easy start....


Groups and project one.  10 habits of....

Plan, Presentation, due date....

HW due-

Attendance.

Day one

This is a free class-  What would you like to do to help you become a better thinker, writer, reader, student, human?


Attendance


Practice thinking

What’s important to me?

Reading novels.-  The Alchemist, first.

Studying poetry-

Vocabulary improvement-

Research projects-

Essays

Creative/Divergent/Lateral thinking

Student success- 10 habits of highly students.

Current events-  Turning them into essays.

Analyze: determine the nature and parts.

Connect:  To place in relationship to something else

Clarify:  to make clear

Classify:  to arrange in like groups

Contrast:  to point out differences

Compare:  to point out similarities.

Define:  to determine essential qualities

Distinguish:  To tell the difference b/t two things.

Evaluate: To determine the worth

Elaborate:  to tell in greater detail

Explain:  To make understandable.

Summarize:  to tell in a short version.

Predict:  To tell in advance.

Infer:  To determine based on evidence

Identify:  to name

Interpret:  to tell in other words

Synthesize:  to combine