Monday
December 12, 2011 (12.12.11)
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Ender’s Game
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Activity
Warm Up
Homework
Ender’s Game SLM Concept 3
Notes: Locke and Demosthenes
Quiz on Locke and Demosthenes
Return / Record Grades
Read: Chapter 9 (“L & D”) / Homework
HAMPTON Binder
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Warm Up
December 12, 2011 (12.12.11)
Volume-O-Meter: 0 (No Talking)
Time: 5 Minutes
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Word Parts of the Day: -ist — one who does something
(as in “pianist”)
1. Brainstorm at least 5-7 words with the word part of the
day in it. Now, choose one of those words and make a
context clue sentence that helps give away the meaning
of the word.
2. On a scale of 1-10, how would you rate the overall feel
of the Socratic Circle from last week? Now, on the same
scale, rate your individual performance. Explain both
answers briefly.
Transition
Student
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Homework
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Monday
12.12
Assignment
Record
in Student Planner: Rubric
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Read Chapter 9 (“Locke and
Demosthenes”)
• LL 10: Answer LEQ 7…must
be half page and use
examples from the text.
BASIC
Due Date
Tuesday
12.13
Transition
Ender’s
Game
SLM
SLM
Unit Essential Question:
Do the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few?
Key Text(s):
Ender’s Game
Concept 1:
Pre-Reading
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1. Who is Orson Scott Card and
what is Ender’s Game?
Concept 2:
Chapters 1-5
2. What is confusing about
Chapter 1? (and 2 and 3!)
3. What does it feel like to lose
everything you know?
Vocabulary
Orson Scott Card
Vocabulary
The buggers, Mazer Rackham,
“Third,” Col. Graff, “Battle
School”
Concept 3:
Chapters 6-10
Concept 4:
Chapters 11-15
4. How is battle school like /
unlike modern day high
school?
5. How do we solve a problem
with no correct answer?
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6. How does the Battle Room
work?
7. How are Peter and Valentine
like / not like Locke and
Demosthenes?
Vocabulary
“The Giant’s Drink,” The Battle
Room, Locke, Demosthenes,
Hegemon(y), Polemarch,
Strategos
Vocabulary
Warning!
Directions:
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 View presentation on Locke
and Demosthenes
 Designed and presented by
Kristen Woods (2010)
 No black bar…you still must
take notes
 Quiz to follow…you can use
notebook
Transition
Notes
Ender’s Game – Chapter 9
Locke and Demosthenes
Brought to you by: Captain Woods
Well Captain, I did my homework last night and you
wouldn’t believe it. I start reading and all these weird
history terms come up. I hate history! What’s it all mean?
“You know Russia? Big Empire? The Second Warsaw Pact? Rulers of
Eurasia from the Netherlands to Pakistan?”
The Warsaw Pact was a mutual defense treaty which banded together 8 Communistic
states in Eastern Europe. It’s purpose was ultimately to prevent the recurrence of an
invasion of Russian soil.
Cool, I guess. Next?
“The Polemarch is Russian, isn’t he? And he knows what happens with
the fleet.”
To be a polemarch meant you held a senior military title in the ancient Greek states, and
translates to being a “warleader” or “warlord”. In the book, during the time of the Bugger
Wars, the Polemarch was in control of all the International Fleet.
And..?
“If they’re moving troops, it
must be under the
direction of the Strategos.”
This was simply an officer in
command of a military unit or
somebody who is particularly
skilled in (wartime) strategy.
…done yet with the vocab?
“That was why they
were willing to
allow American
hegemony in the
League.”
Hegemony is a form of political dominance where one great power can
exercise its influence to pressure other states into changing their external and
internal policies by using a combination of military force, technical strength,
economic coercion, and active cooperation.
Okay, okay. I’ve got it. Are you
standing up here just to define words?
In chapter nine, after obtaining “citizen” status on the net through
their father, Peter and Valentine begin posting comments on political
forums under the pseudonyms “Locke” and “Demosthenes”
respectively, with the intention of gaining popularity (therefore
holding political ground) and having influence when the time is right
in order to restore peace in the world.
But, just who are these men and why did Peter pick them?
Profile: John Locke
• Father of Liberalism
• English philosopher (considered to be
one of the most influential Enlightenment
thinkers) and physician
• Had a great deal of influence in both
epistemology (study of knowledge) and
political philosophy.
• Influenced many American
revolutionaries
• Developed the “theory of mind”—that
the mind is a blank slate (tabula rasa) and
that we are born without innate ideas and
knowledge is instead determined by
experience and sensory perception.
• Political theory based on “social
contract” theory.
•Believed that human nature is
characterized by reason and tolerance,
which also allowed man to act in his own
self-interest (selfishness).
Profile: Demosthenes
• Greek statesman and orator of ancient
Athens
• Highly intellectual and provided much
insight into the politics and culture of
ancient Greece during the 4th century BC
• Learned rhetoric (effective + persuasive
writing) by studying past orators
• Delivered 1st judicial speeches at the
age of 20 (argued effectively to gain from
his guardians what was left of his
inheritance)
• Made his living as a professional
speech-writer (logographer) and a
lawyer, writing speeches for use in
private legal suits
• Sought to preserve his city's freedom
and to establish an alliance against
(Phillip II) Macedon expansion.
(Fun fact and a potential parallel: Our main man up here
used to fill his mouth with pebbles to practice talking,
• Lex orandi – perfect orator
recite verses while running, and spoke over waves!)
Quiz #2
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Directions:
 Use Sheet of Paper
 Volume-O: 0 during quiz
 5 minutes to complete the Quiz
 Questions to be given aloud
 Can use Notebook
 Cannot use Novel
Quiz #2
Directions:
 Title your Quiz:
I got this quiz on Locke
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Return / Record New Grades
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Directions (Volume-O: 3):
 Pass out tracking sheet
 Pass out /show grades
 Insert grades
 Questions? Ask team members
first!
 Problems? See Hampton before
school
 Place all grades in Section 3
Read: Chapter 9 (“L & D”)
Directions:
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 Turn to Chapters 9
 Begin silent reading
 While reading, work on homework—
try to think of questions you’d like to
ask your classmates tomorrow during
Socratic Circle.