11.15 - Ayn Rand Research

At the beginning of class today, everyone had time to review the set 6 roots and prefixes. We then played a round of Language Ninja (rules below) to review for our quiz.

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After playing Language Ninja, we had the set 6 roots and prefixes quiz. As people finished the quiz, I handed out information about our Ayn Rand research project for people to review while other's finished.

We then corrected the set 6 quizzes which I collected back from everyone.

Next, everyone had time to work on one of our classroom desktop computers or a laptop to begin their Ayn Rand research.

In class, we talked about how the purpose of this research is not to just find general information out about Rand. The information people find should tell us about her social and political beliefs and what happened in her life that brought her to that perspective (see the discussion question on the back of the research sheet).

Everyone then had the rest of the period to find information on Rand.
We will write paragraphs about Rand next week.

Homework:

If you did not do so in class, finish your Ayn Rand research.
Specifics:
7 facts from 3 sources (not Wikipedia this time).
Facts should tell us what Ayn Rand believed in socially/politically and how she got to those beliefs.

Complete missing work and revise any assignment that scored below a 92.

 

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