Unit3ThestoryofsuccessSectionOneStep1
Wordstotheteacher1
Talkabouttheideaofsuccess
Tellthestudentsthateveryonehasadifferentideaofwhatitmeanstobesuccessful
Donotgivethestudentsadefinitionofsuccessortheywillmodelyourdefinitioninsteadofcomingywiththeirown
Askthestudentstothinkabouttheirowndefinitionofsuccess
Givethemafewminutestowritetheirownpersonaldefinitions
Dividethestudentsintosmallgroupsandaskthemtodiscusstheirdefinitions
Ifthestudentshavebeenencouragedtothinkforthemselves,theirdefinitionswillvarywidelyandthiswillresultinagoodconversation
Asktheclassforthedifferentdefinitionsthattheyhaveuncovered
Writetheseontheboard
Pre-readingThearticleonStephenHawkingincludesalotofdescription
Itdescribeshimindifferentways:Physicallyandmentally
Withstudents,brainstormalistofwordusedtodes