Homework
- Write a summary of the Coconut story in “Splitting the Arrow”. Your summary should include only the main points of the story and should be between 3~6 sentences long. Upload it in the assignments section of Manaba.
- Write a personal response to the Coconut story and upload it in the Forum on Manaba. What you write will be read by your classmates and me.
Today’s class
Thinking academically
- Asking questions to get correct and accurate information
- This is necessary in order to
- take correct action
- write correct reports or essays
- write persuasive essays
- We read the textbook, pages 01-04.
- Japan has a traditional practice called Zen which includes the use of unusual questions (called “koan”) to provoke deep thought and understanding in the student. One example of a “koan” is “What was your name before you were born?”
- We read the Coconut story, checked the meaning of difficult vocabulary and wrote a summary of it.
- This is necessary in order to
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