COLLECTION 1:CHASING SUCCESS

UNIT ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

Is the individual or the community responsible for an individual’s success?

How does culture shape our concept of success?

Does fate determine how successful we can be?

How can our thoughts limit our success?

How can reading with/against the grain help us think about texts?

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT: TEAM DEBATE• In teams of 3, you will study one side of an argument and represent it in a debate

• There are three steps: collecting data, writing for you role, and speaking in the debate

• Roles: opener, questioner, closer

• You receive an individual grade, but complete the assignment on a team

• Use professional language and demonstrate an ability to “gracefully disagree”

• The topic: Should students have shorter summer vacations?

THE TEXTS• Marita’s Bargain- essay about the effect of summer vacation

• Kewauna’s Ambition- story of a girl with intense dedication

• Don’t Eat Fortune’s Cookie- Graduation speech about fate and luck

• The Secret to Raising Smart Kids- Science article about the psychology of success

Extras:

• A Right to Choose Single Sex Education- Opinion piece about the benefit of single sex schools

• Next Term, We’ll Mash You- Short story about an unfortunate boy in a very fortunate family

THE MYERS-BRIGGS TEST

• Personality test that categorizes people into 16 personality types

• We start here because it is important to think about how texts relate to you. This activity will give you insight into how you think and feel, which will play out in the texts we read.

INSTRUCTIONS1. Get fresh notebook paper. Head it with your name, date, and title “MB test”

2. Number your paper to 70, but place the numbers like the example.

1. . 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.

3. Begin taking the quiz, but make sure your answers are next to the correct number.

4. Find your personality on the handout. Write a paragraph that answers the following question: “Did this test accurately represent you? What was right about it, and what was wrong?”

YOUR RESULTS

1. Look at column 1. Count the number of as and bs. If you have more as, write E. It bs, write I.

2. Look at columns 2 and 3. Count the total number of as and bs. More As =S, More Bs = N

3. Do the same for columns 4 and 5, 6 and 7. Look at the back for the proper letter.

E/ I

Extraversion- Prefer to focus attention on the outside world, the “real world”

Introversion- prefer to focus attention on the inner world, the “self”

S/N

Sensing- Prefer to focus on information that is immediately received

Intuition- prefer to focus on interpreting information and adding meaning to what is received

T/F

• Thinking- When making decisions, tends to think about the logical aspects

• Feeling- When making decisions, tends to think about the people involved or how they feel about it

J/P

• Judging- Prefers to make unchanging decisions, prefers living in accordance with consistent observations

• Percieving- prefers to allow room for change in decisions, prefers living “in the moment”

ENFJ- THE GIVER

Live externally, deal with life according to how it makes you feel

People focused

Main interest in giving love, support, and understanding

ENTJ- THE EXECUTIVE

• Live externally, with logic

• Natural born leaders

ENFP- THE INSPIRER

• Focused externally, rely on intuition

• Passionate, warm and friendly

• Can talk their way out of anything

ENTP- THE VISIONARY

• Focused externally, rely on intuition

• Largely concerned with understanding the world or their environment

ESFJ- THE CARGIVER

• Focused externally, rely on your personal value system

• Loves people, great at reading others and great at being liked

• Good at making people feel good about themselves

ESFP- THE PERFORMER

• Focused externally, rely on your five senses

• Driven to have new experiences and meet new people

• Love to be the center of attention

ESTJ- THE GUARDIAN

• Focused externally, rely on logic

• Live according to a higher power/ system of rules or laws

• Expect others to also have laws they live by

ESTP THE DOER

• Focused externally, rely on the five senses

• Concerned with doing rather than contemplating, “hands on”

INFJ- THE PROTECTOR

• Focused internally, rely on intuition

• Live in a world of hidden meanings and possibilities

• Complex, live according to a system, but system is based on what feels right, not just logic

• Only 1% of tested population have this type, the rarest type

INFP- THE IDEALIST

• Focused internally, rely on personal value system

• Focused on making the world a better place

• Concerned with finding their meaning in life

• Tend to be perfectionists

INTJ- THE SCIENTIST

• Focused internally, rely on intuition

• Live in a world of ideas and strategies

• Value intelligence, knowledge

• Have high standards for self and others

INTP- THE THINKER

• Focused internally

• Live in a world of possibilities, the “what if” person

ISFJ- THE NURTURER

• Focused internally

• Value harmony and cooperation

• Sensitive to other people‘s feelings

ISFP- THE ARTIST

• Focused internally

• Live in a world of sensation possibilities, keenly aware of how things smell, taste, look, feel

• Will live with what feels right, will rebel against what doesn’t

ISTJ- THE DUTY FULFILLER

• Focused internally

• Quiet, reserved

• Value peaceful living, serious and task driven

ISTP- THE MECHANIC

• Focused internally

• Want to understand how things work

• Uses logic in practical applications

• Less interested in theories, “hands on”