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Today’s Checklist

Student progress recordRun-on sentencesWords of WisdomOur School CommunityStereotypes

Why are they damaging?Work on Chapter 2 Questions for SYGReminder

Who are you going to interview?

Run-On Sentences

If we did not use proper punctuation we would always have run-on sentences which would cause us to be out of breath and so we need to use punctuation appropriately in order to be clear about what we are saying and so that we do not bore our audience or gasp for breath as we are speaking which even though it would be hilarious for others sometimes would not be fun in the grand scheme of things…!

Student Progress Record

Record your marks for your test and your paragraph on your student progress record

Record your goal for the next unit

Record your learning skills evaluation on the backside

Words of Wisdom

View your words of wisdom collages

Listen to a segment of Randy Pausch’s last lecture, “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams”

Note three lessons that he shares with his audience

Our School Community

What advice would you give to a new member of our school community?

Complete and compare your advice with a partner! Do you have anything in common to share?

Stand Your Ground – Chapter Two

Work on the comprehension questions for Chapter Two

If finished, begin reading Chapter Three and complete questions

Stereotypes

People often use labels or categories to describe others

These can be based on such characteristics as clothing, looks, and the way a person talks

Categorizing things or people is a natural human inclination

BUT people often make assumptions about groups of people they don't even know

Example: What are some stereotypes that Canadians tend to

hold about Americans? Vice versa?

Rick Mercer talking to Americans

Common Stereotypes

How many stereotypes do you see? What are five common stereotypes that are

used among adolescents?

Circulate to each posted stereotype and write down adjectives associated with each You must add one adjective each stereotype You may not repeat adjectives already written by

others

Have a Look

Do assumptions apply to everyone in a group?Do most people hold the same assumptions

about a group? Why or why not?Do assumptions tell us anything definite

about a categorized individual?How do assumptions affect your behavior

toward others?

Why these exist

When we make assumptions about an entire group of people, those assumptions are referred to as stereotypes

When assumptions and stereotypes influence our attitudes, we may find that making a fair judgement about someone or something is difficult.

This influence on judgement is called a "bias."

Cafeteria from Mean Girls