8/26/15 – A

We started the class off today by watching a few clips and discussing Fate and Free will. This isn’t a grade, but if you weren’t here, it might help just to at least look at the questions that were asked.

Then we did a quote sort. For each quote, decide if it shows more fatalism or free will, and copy and paste it to the correct column.

Lastly, we did the Fate Linear Array. In a groupin a group of 2-3), sort the fate/free will words in a linear array. I have an example done with appearances that you can use to illustrate.

linear array

It will look like this, but on one side will be FATE and the other FREE WILL.

 

The list of words in in BB and there is construction paper provided. Again, there should be discussion about where some of these words go. You may need help with some of the nuances of the words, but you can ask people for help with this.

You can get the construction paper from me.

1/23/2015 – A

We reviewed MY Peanut Butter Jelly Time pictures! I told you that if I expect YOU to do the assignment, I’ve done it myself. Remember, the more that you hear the information and the more ways that you see it presented, the more likely that you’ll actually LEARN it!

Peanut Butter Jelly Time Riley

Then, we took a group quiz. You were supposed to work WITH your group to answer those questions. You can take this quiz as many times as you need to and it’s open *everything*. The only thing that I ask is that the first time you take the quiz, please abstain from looking up answers on the internet. Why? I want to see how well you can get the correct answers with the material that we did in class. Not only am I assessing you on how well you learned, I’m assessing the effectiveness of my teaching and the assignments. The last question is over your group work. I really do read these answers – they help me. You can totally scold me for not having taught the Old English/English/Latin bit before we tested. That was totally my fault. Bad Riley.

Lastely, we did a Quote Sort. I gave you a list of quotes about fate and free will.

fate.free willFirst, find a definition of free will and fatalism that makes sense to you. Put it in the chart. Then, read through the quotes and drag them to the column where you think it belongs. This isn’t a hard activity, but it makes your brain hurt from thinking. REMINDER: just because the quote uses the word FATE doesn’t mean it’s an examples of fatalism. Some of these don’t have a correct answer, so don’t freak out if you and a buddy from class think differently about a quote.

1/26/2012

Make sure you download the Beowulf text in LMS. It’s long (29 pages!), but print it to OneNote or Journal Writer. Today, we read The Wrath (Anger) of Grendel and took notes.

Then we talked about how the Christians believed in Free Will while the Pagans believed in Fate. So Cap’n gave us a list of quotes and we had to sort them into fate/free will categories.

Lastly, she gave us a cartoon that we had to narrate.

Make sure that you use at least three words from *her* Word Storm and that it narrates a story of some kind.

Locus of Control

Today in Vistas Visits, we took a quiz to find out where my locus of control is. Here are my results:

Locus of Control Test Results
Internal Locus (73%) Individual believes that their life is defined more by their decisions and internal drive.
External Locus (27%) Individual believes that their life is defined more by genetics, environment, fate, or other external factors.

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