EXTRAORDINARY IN THE ORDINARY

DEFINITION of EXTRAORDINARY

adjective

1. beyond what is usual, ordinary, regular, or established: extraordinary costs.

2.exceptional in character, amount, extent, degree, etc.; noteworthy; remarkable:

extraordinary speed; an extraordinary man.

Synonyms:

1. inordinate. 2. uncommon, singular, rare, phenomenal, special, signal.

FOUR CORNERS RESPONSE

For each of the following statements, decide whether you STRONGLY AGREE, AGREE, are UNCERTAIN, or DISAGREE and after rereading the statement, at the sound of the bell, move to that corner of the room

Be ready to DEFEND/EXPLAIN/GIVE EXAMPLES to support your opinion when called on

You will be choosing one of these statements from this activity to write and reflect upon in your journal at the end of the period

Statement # 1

Extraordinary events are usually planned out in advance.

Statement # 2

It is possible to experience something

extraordinary on an ordinary day.

Statement # 3

Astonishing events can happen when we least expect them.

The extraordinary can occur when

humans encounter

aspects of nature.

Statement #5

An ordinary life can be transformed by

extraordinary experiences.

People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.Edmund Hillary

One of the extraordinary things about human events is that the unthinkable becomes thinkable.

Salman Rushdie

GREAT RESOURCES FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE TO DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS

https://www.dosomething.org/about/who-we-are

http://www.kidscanmakeadifference.org/

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/

http://www.achievement.org/

Ordinary people do extraordinary things everyday . . .

GUIDING QUESTIONS

In the face of adversity, what causes some individuals to prevail while others fail?

What makes an experience extraordinary?

What happens when the extraordinary touches our ordinary lives?