11.18 - Revision and Ayn Rand Research

We started today's class with an assessment review of the "Harrison Bergeron" and "2081" theme comparison assignment (see below). In this we looked at trends in what people were doing well and which points seemed to trip people up in completing this assignment.

Everyone then had time to make revisions to their responses or to complete their response and turn it in if they had not done so already. People who had not yet turned this assignment in were asked to review and make any necessary changes based on today's feedback.

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Next, I handed out grade report sheets for the second quarter so far while some students helped to return assessed work. Everyone then had the rest of the period to work on these revisions and work on finding their facts about Ayn Rand our Ayn Rand research project.

In class we discussed how the seven facts (from three different sources) that people find should help answer the question:

What Was Ayn Rand's social/ political philosophy?
How did she come to this philosophy?

The computers in the back of the room were available for people to use as they completed their revisions. Everyone needed to check in with me to make sure all revisions were caught up before moving on to using the computers. The work progression for today is included below.

Work Progression

Complete/Revise "Harrison Bergeron" Story v. Film

Complete/Revise "Harrison Bergeron" and "2081" Theme Comparison

Revise roots/prefixes quizzes

Complete Ayn Rand research

Tomorrow we will look at writing our paragraphs on the Ayn Rand research.


Homework:

Complete any work on assignments that were not finished today in class.

For tomorrow, have your seven facts on Ayn Rand that help answer our question about what her political/social philosophy was and how she came to that philosophy.