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Eminent Person Unit

Eminent Person Unit. Area of Interaction: Environments. People are confronted everyday by the global issues of environmental threats and related problems of a political and economic nature which require a delicate, balanced understanding of all issues involved.

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Eminent Person Unit

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  1. Eminent Person Unit

  2. Area of Interaction: Environments • People are confronted everyday by the global issues of environmental threats and related problems of a political and economic nature which require a delicate, balanced understanding of all issues involved. • We need to identify the values of the environment and understand our influence on it. • Investigate environmental issues and discover how we can contribute to possible solutions to an environmental problem.

  3. In Simpler Terms… • Environment is everything around you that affects or influences you and your life. • Where you live • Who you interact with • Time period • Health • Access to education, wealth, opportunity • Who raises you • Accidents you’ve had • Traumas you’ve experienced • Politics

  4. Questions to think about Thinking about your own personal life: • How does the environment that you personally live in affect your life now? • How do you think it will affect you in the future?

  5. Eminence • How have you heard the word eminence used? Dictionary Definition: • High station or rank; a position of superiority Classroom Definition: • Had a positive impact • Was well known • Will leave or left a legacy

  6. Discussion Questions • What is eminence according to our classroom definition? • Does being beautiful count as being “well-known”? • Does writing songs count as making a “positive impact”? • Does having fans count as “leaving a legacy”? • Think of one well-known person off the top of your head. Justify if and how this person is eminent according to our classroom definition.

  7. Discussion Winnings • 1 green = a new pencil • 1 pink with paw stamp = a personalized compliment • 2 purple = high 5 • 3brown = 1 piece of candy

  8. Eminent • What do you think it means to be eminent? • Write down some examples of eminent people. Why do you think that they are eminent?

  9. What do these words mean? • Paraphrase: • Summarize: • Plagiarize: • Quote:

  10. Vocabulary Words • Paraphrase: To restate or reword information in your own words. You must give credit to the author. • Summarize: A brief retelling of information. This is a boiling down of information to just the main ideas. • Plagiarize: Stealing another person’s words and passing them off as your own. • Quotation: To use the words of another author or person and give proper credit by naming and using quotation marks.

  11. Using the articles from class please write down an example of: Summarizing: Paraphrasing: Quoting: Plagiarizing:

  12. What are some ways that people can make a positive impact on society? In your table groups discuss ways that someone might make a positive impact on society and be ready to share. One way that a person can make a positive impact is by _____________.

  13. Positive Impact Read the article about Cesar Chavez and find two quotes that prove that he made a positive impact on society. Write the quotes in your journal complete with quotation marks.

  14. Structuring a Quotation • According to _________, “_______________.” • ____________________ was well-known for “________________.” • A quote that shows ____________ made a positive impact is “___________________.” • ___________, a ___________, felt, “___________________________________.” An adjectival clause or appositive!

  15. What are some ways that prove that a person is well known? In your table groups come up with a list of ways that would prove that a person is well know and be ready to share. _________ is an example of how I can prove that a person is well known.

  16. Oprah Winfrey Well Known Read the article about Oprah Winfrey and find two quotes that prove that she is well known. Summarize the two examples in your journal.

  17. What are some examples of a legacy? In your table groups come up with a list of legacies and be ready to share. An example of a legacy could be ______________.

  18. Steve Jobs Left a Legacy Read the article about Steve Jobs and find two quotes that prove that left a legacy. Paraphrase the two examples in your journal.

  19. Plagiarism: copy 1 entire sentence word for word for word… Paraphrase: It seems that _______________________________. Incredibly, _________________________________. Summary: In summary, ________________________________. Basically, ___________________________________. Quotation: According to _____, “________________________________.” A quote that shows ____________ made a positive impact is “___________________.” ____________, a ___________, “________________________.” *R.O.L pattern

  20. Your Examples

  21. Classroom Definition of Eminent • Review the chart to help better understand what the classroom definition of eminency is.

  22. Eminency: To Be or Not To Be

  23. Candidate For Eminency Evaluate whether or not these people are eminent based on the criteria we learned in class. Lance Armstrong Oprah Winfrey Bono You will read the information and discuss whether or not you think that these people are eminent based on the criteria from class. In your group fill out the research grid.

  24. Prove it!

  25. Tell me what you think…

  26. Use the chart and prove it! • Is your person eminent? • Use the chart and your verdict paper to decide if your person is eminent. • You MUST use specific examples from the text to prove your point. • Example: she is eminent because she is well known. She is well known because her television show is seen in 84 countries around the world and is the number one watched daytime television show in the United States (pg. 12 in xxx magazine).

  27. Brainstorm list of eminent people for an overall master list.

  28. Spend the next three minutes making a list of people who you think would be considered eminent. • Now, share your answers with the people sitting around you and create a master list of people to share with the class.

  29. Create a K-W-L chart and complete the first two columns.

  30. Do’s and Don'ts of researching

  31. MLA documentation lesson • Research chart in the S- Drive • Save your research regularly! Save in your class folder in Ms.Talbot’s folder.

  32. Research • Use the research chart to do your research while you are in the library • Research your person in the computer lab. You will fill in your charts with the appropriate information to prove eminence and examples to use later for an expository essay.

  33. Reflections • What was your favorite and least favorite part about researching information on the computer? • What challenges did you experience during the research process? What successes? • How do you feel about your person after researching him/her for a week? Do you like him/her more or less? Explain. • What other resources or instruction would have been helpful to have during the researching process? • If you had to do this again, what would you do differently? Why?

  34. Create an outline for the sample essay. • Review and work through with a partner. Focus on organization.

  35. Rough Draft: Use outline to create a first draft of your final expository essay. • Revise: Using word choice scoring guide, focus on improving word choice. Using organization scoring guide, focus on organization

  36. Write a final 5 paragraph expository essay proving your person’s eminence

  37. Eminent Person Speech I. Introduction: Introduce your person to the class. Think about what will capture your audience’s attention? It should be something interesting, exciting, weird, disgusting, etc. Make sure to grab the interest of your listeners. You can use a quote, an observation that other people have made about your person or a fact that you learned. Explain to the class why you chose this person. II. Brief overview of your person’s life a. Birth – where and when, special circumstances b. Childhood – family, significant events, friends, education c. Adult life – jobs, spouses, influential people III. Proof of eminence • Positive impact: How did s/he make a positive impact? • Well known: How was s/he well known throughout life? • What is his/her lasting legacy in the world? IV. Conclusion: Tell the class how you felt about studying this person. Did you enjoy it? Did you learn a lot? Do you respect this person more or less after studying him/her. Finally, provide one final thought about how this person changed the world.

  38. Persuasive speech • Pass out state scoring guide for speeches • Break up into groups to examine each area being scored.

  39. Example Speeches • http://www.schooltube.com/video/12902c5e9c574dd3b18c/History-of-Video-Games-Speech • http://www.schooltube.com/video/6002c5766d5341a09555/Speech-Experience--2-Joseph-R • http://www.schooltube.com/video/49e48af7d4334ddea968/Trevor-Quintana

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