Honors English 10 Mrs Fernandez August 11 2015
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Honors English 10 Mrs. Fernandez August 11, 2015 Please remove your ball cap and place your gum in the trash. WARM UP: COMPLETE THE COURAGE WEB.
Objectives – Aug 11, 2015 Students will explore and develop an understanding of the concept of courage. Students will identify their own attitudes and beliefs about courage. Students will develop “essential understandings” related to the concept of courage.
The definition of courage is an argument of judgment. “Courage is doing what you’re afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you’re scared. -Eddie Rickenbacker (Fighter Pilot) Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear. – Mark Twain The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear. -Aung San Suu Kie (Democratically elected leader of Burma Which definition resonates with you? In other words, with which quote would you most strongly agree? Why? (Journal entry)
Arguments of Judgment Develop and Support Criteria – What is the criteria? Where does the criterial come from?
When Aristotle speaks, everybody listens…. (allusion – ask your parents) - Greek philosopher (born 345 B. C. ) - Student of Plato who was a student of SOCRATES! (Seriously some old dudes…) - - How old is this concept of courage? Aristotle defined courage somewhat like this: Having no Control over fear------COURAGE------ Having no fear even in in extreme danger
Superman ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What Is the nature of courage? Is Superman courageous? Why? Is Superman not courageous? Why not?
