THE MENO
Western Literature on September 1, 2015
Get into your groups for the day!
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GROUP #1
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Caylie Charlton
Taylor Custer
Taylor Wellette
Christian Lopez
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GROUP #3
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Megan Champion
James Etten
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Jessica Linan
Ryan Hanson
GROUP #4
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GROUP #2
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Valerie Kakos
Paige Fisher
Kaleigh Kinney
Joseph Vargas
Kaitlyn Hafenbredl
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Michael Cornejo
Haddie Elliott
Jolin O Connor
Christian Tran
GROUP #5
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Kalei Jones
Jessica Linan
Kylie Uhrig
Lawrence Andrew Pip
“The Meno”
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Discuss the article in your groups and review any questions
or answers.
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You may want to discuss your questions (especially the ones that
were confusing).
You may also want to discuss these questions:
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Were you “bewitched, enchanted…at [your] wit’s end?...[your]
soul and tongue torpid” (Plato 9)?
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HINT: “Torpid” means lethargic.
Why should we be perplexed? Why should we try to perplex
others?
What was the experience of the Socratic dialogue?
How do you ask such great questions?
HONORS: Discuss your Honors questions for the article.
Socratic Seminar: Classical Education
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This Socratic Seminar is a unit test over the material covered in
our Classical Education Summit.
You are to discuss:
Terrance Moore’s “A Classical Education for Modern Times,”
 John Agresto’s “The Suicide of Liberal Arts,”
 Sir Ken Robinson’s “Changing the Paradigm,”
 Plato’s “The Meno”
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Why? To reach some greater understanding about education.
For this preparation assignment, you must write a question for
each text. You must also answer your own question with a
thoughtful response AND a quote to support your claim. The
Socratic Seminar is worth 60 points.
Take out the
vocabulary section of
your journal or binder
for Word Wednesday!
CLASSICAL EDUCATION
SOCRATIC SEMINAR
Western Literature on September 2, 2015
Happy Word Wednesday – Week 2
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HOSP or HOST (latin word for hospes
meaning “host” or “guest”)
 Inhospitable:
unfriendly
 Hostel: Place for traveler’s to stay at a low
cost
 Hospice: Place for the terminally ill
Other words you might connect:
 Hospital
 Hostage
Happy Word Wednesday – Week 2
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AM/IM (Latin word for amare meaning “to love”)
 Amiable:
Friendly
 Amicable: Friendly, Peaceful (more formal than
“amiable”)
 Enamored: Charmed with love; infatuated
 Inimical: Hostile, unfriendly (“in-” negates the
meaning)
 Paramour: A secret love that is not allowed by law
or custom (“par-” means “by or through”)
Think “amigo” in Spanish!
Root Word Practice for Week 1 & 2
Get a white board, expo marker, and tissue for
today’s activity. Be very careful with these boards!
 Directions for the activity:
 When
it is quiet, I will show a new question and the
first person to hold it up correctly gets a point.
 The winner earns a prize.
WHAT IS A
PERIOD
BEFORE A
WAR?
Happy Word Wednesday!
SOME MIGHT
CONSIDER
GANDHI A
?
Happy Word Wednesday!
WHERE MIGHT YOU
STAY WHEN YOU ARE
TRAVELING IN
EUROPE?
Happy Word Wednesday!
THE LULLABIES
ALWAYS
THE
INFANT.
Happy Word Wednesday!
WHO IS MORE
BELLICOSE: BATMAN
OR A CARE BEAR?
Happy Word Wednesday!
WHAT CAN YOU
CALL A TREATY?
Happy Word Wednesday!
WHAT CAN YOU
CALL AN UPRISING?
Happy Word Wednesday!
THE BOYFRIEND GAVE HIS
GIRLFRIEND A RING TO
HER BECAUSE
SHE WAS OBSESSED
WITH WEDDINGS.
Happy Word Wednesday!
WHERE MIGHT A
TERMINALLY ILL
PATIENT STAY?
Happy Word Wednesday!
THE LITTLE GIRL HELD
THE PUPPY
BECAUSE SHE NEVER
WANTED TO LET HIM
GO.
Happy Word Wednesday!
THE EXCHANGE FAMILY
WAS NOT
WELCOMING, SO THE
STUDENT COMPLAINED
THAT THEY WERE
Happy Word Wednesday!
THE YOUNG MEN
WERE
WITH
THE LAMBORGHINI IN
THE DRIVEWAY.
Happy Word Wednesday!
SINCE HE ALWAYS GOT
INTO FIGHTS, HE WAS
SUSPENDED BECAUSE
OF HIS
.
Happy Word Wednesday!
SHE COULDN’T MARRY
HER
BECAUSE
HER PARENTS
ARRANGED THE
MARRIAGE.
Happy Word Wednesday!
LAST QUESTION FOR THE WIN!
HE WAS A SOCIAL
BUTTERFLY BECAUSE HE
WAS SO
.
Happy Word Wednesday!
CLASSICAL EDUCATION
SOCRATIC SEMINAR
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Sit in a circle where you can make eye contact with
everyone in the group.
Have your preparation assignments in front of you.
Check yourself to make sure you are maintaining a balance
between talking and listening. You may certainly check
others in the discussion as well.
Use your question stems when there is an awkward silence
in the discussion.
Use quotes to support your arguments.
If you interrupt each other, remember to say “and what
were you going to say,
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Homework due Tuesday, Sept. 8th
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Read and annotate your assigned virtue in Aristotle’s
Nicomachean Ethics. (Minimum of 10 annotations—see
board for details)
 Regular
Virtue: Friendship
 Honors Virtue: Happiness
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Read and annotate an article that you find about your
virtue and bring a hard copy to class.
 New
York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, etc.
 What
makes a strong friendship?
 How can happiness be achieved?