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Plot Sickens Developing Engagement in the Age of Avoidance
Matt Morone #CEL17
Absurd Education The process of engaging in educational practices that run contrary to one’s educational beliefs while being surprised by disappointing results.
What if
oncology pedagogy
was treated like
oncology? pedagogy?
“I didn’t read an entire in-class book…I spark-noted" “I used the same book like 3 times for separate book reports (when I was younger)”
“I would always fake reading logs and make up bogus times and titles"
“I usually only read 1/2 of every book and then give up” “I always tell people I like to read sometimes for fun but I really don’t” “In 8th grade I pretended I read the book and when we had to draw something that stood out to us I just drew the cover”
Reader Confessions “I have never completely
“I haven’t picked up a book for fun since the 5th grade”
finished a full book” “Last year, I did a book report on a book I read in 3rd grade” “When I said I read the books it means that I Shmooped them” “I never read and just move my bookmark farther in the book each day”
“When I was younger my mom did half of my book report”
Do you ever " Fake Read" required book s for school? sometimes, but only for a few chapters
no, but I’ve considered it
10.5% never!
yes, but rarely yes, depending on the book
often!
Honors Soph omore Survey Resul ts 19.8% don’t visualize narrative as they read 37.2% don’t hear text in their heads as they read 30.2% often get to the bottom of a page and don’t remember what they’ve read 73.3% are often distracted by external stimuli when reading 31.4% struggle with reading for more than 15 minutes at a time 19.8% wait for a friend or the teacher to tell them what the book or chapter is “about” 37.2% believe they never fully learned how to read effectively
DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A READER?
YES 28%
NOT
SURE
23%
NO 49%
LOVE ABILITY
ENGAGINGLY HELPLESSLY
STUCK
Experiment! Explore! Don’t be afraid of failure!
FUN with how STUCK we are STUNNED by how we are
CHOICE, The ability to make independent decisions
COMPETENCY, based on an underlying familiarity with the subject at hand
& CURIOSITY and motivated by a desire to learn more.
CHOICE COMPETENCY _____________ FRUSTRATION
CHOICE CURIOSITY _____________ “HACKABILITY”
HOW MANY OF OUR ASSESSMENTS ARE
HACKABLE?
FAKE TWEETING #FAKEMOBYD
ASSIGNMENT: MEMORIZE A POEM (OF AT LEAST 12 LINES) “12 Lines” by Gordon David
@BillRawson
For every When? There is a Why? For every push, there is a pull For every truth there is a lie For every fall there is a fool For every Where? There is a How? For every Heaven, there is a Hell For every moment there is a now For every nose there is a smell For every foe there is a friend For every smile there are many tears For every start there is an end When every day we face our fears
+ CHOICE COMPETENCY + CURIOSITY _____________ “CURIOUS COMPETENCY”
DISMANTLE THE
PRO-PLOT AGENDA
non-complimentary response
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
STRUCTURE
“how does it look?”
MUSICALITY
“how does it sound?”
CONTENT
“how does it feel?”
If you assign a whole book, and students don’t read it… TOTAL PAGES READ: 0
If you assign one page, and students read it… TOTAL PAGES READ: 1
THEY CAN’T FAKE READ THE BOOK
IF YOU NEVER ASSIGN IT
The Art of X-Ray Reading by Roy Peter Clark
Antigone / Sophocles
Antigone: Yes; for it was not Zeus that had published me that edict; not such are the laws set among men by the justice who dwells with the gods below; nor deemed I that thy decrees were of such force, that a mortal could override the unwritten and unfailing statutes of heaven. For their life is not of to-day or yesterday, but from all time, and no man knows when they were first put forth. W
ould you betray yo u r the c Not through dread of any human pride could I answer to gods for breaking these. Die I must,-I o u to ho n t r y n o r yourthyfaedicts. knew that well (how should I not?)-even without if I am to die before my time, I milyBut ? count that a gain: for when any one lives, as I do, compassed about with evils, can such an one find aught but gain in death?
So for me to meet this doom is trifling grief; but if I had suffered my mother's son to lie in death an unburied corpse, that would have grieved me; for this, I am not grieved. And if my present deeds are foolish in thy sight, it may be that a foolish judge arraigns my folly.
SYNTOPIC TEXT TREE “WRECKING BALL”
LYSISTRATA
“DO NOT GO GENTLY…”
EVIL CHANGE FATE RELIGION JUSTICE CHOICE
EVERYTHING,EVERYTHING
RANDOM NYT ARTICLE
MALCOLM X
GOOD SIN
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD
JUDGEMENT
MACBETH
TRUTH
CATCHER IN THE RYE
HONESTY
FEAR
THE STRANGER PARCC
SAT/ACT
Cohort “Big Idea” Discussion IDENTITY - CHOICE FREEDOM
“STRING THEORY”
STRING THEORY
Strategies for Killing Fake Reading 1. Move past the plot, and maybe the book, too 2. Get random and embrace the unknown 3. Don’t assume; do it live 4. Check for hackability 5. Accept that true love needs time and support @
e n o r o M r M
Plot Sickens Developing Engagement in the Age of Avoidance
Matt Morone #CEL17
Absurd Education The process of engaging in educational practices that run contrary to one’s educational beliefs while being surprised by disappointing results.
What if
oncology pedagogy
was treated like
oncology? pedagogy?
“I didn’t read an entire in-class book…I spark-noted" “I used the same book like 3 times for separate book reports (when I was younger)”
“I would always fake reading logs and make up bogus times and titles"
“I usually only read 1/2 of every book and then give up” “I always tell people I like to read sometimes for fun but I really don’t” “In 8th grade I pretended I read the book and when we had to draw something that stood out to us I just drew the cover”
Reader Confessions “I have never completely
“I haven’t picked up a book for fun since the 5th grade”
finished a full book” “Last year, I did a book report on a book I read in 3rd grade” “When I said I read the books it means that I Shmooped them” “I never read and just move my bookmark farther in the book each day”
“When I was younger my mom did half of my book report”
Do you ever " Fake Read" required book s for school? sometimes, but only for a few chapters
no, but I’ve considered it
10.5% never!
yes, but rarely yes, depending on the book
often!
Honors Soph omore Survey Resul ts 19.8% don’t visualize narrative as they read 37.2% don’t hear text in their heads as they read 30.2% often get to the bottom of a page and don’t remember what they’ve read 73.3% are often distracted by external stimuli when reading 31.4% struggle with reading for more than 15 minutes at a time 19.8% wait for a friend or the teacher to tell them what the book or chapter is “about” 37.2% believe they never fully learned how to read effectively
DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF A READER?
YES 28%
NOT
SURE
23%
NO 49%
LOVE ABILITY
ENGAGINGLY HELPLESSLY
STUCK
Experiment! Explore! Don’t be afraid of failure!
FUN with how STUCK we are STUNNED by how we are
CHOICE, The ability to make independent decisions
COMPETENCY, based on an underlying familiarity with the subject at hand
& CURIOSITY and motivated by a desire to learn more.
CHOICE COMPETENCY _____________ FRUSTRATION
CHOICE CURIOSITY _____________ “HACKABILITY”
HOW MANY OF OUR ASSESSMENTS ARE
HACKABLE?
FAKE TWEETING #FAKEMOBYD
ASSIGNMENT: MEMORIZE A POEM (OF AT LEAST 12 LINES) “12 Lines” by Gordon David
@BillRawson
For every When? There is a Why? For every push, there is a pull For every truth there is a lie For every fall there is a fool For every Where? There is a How? For every Heaven, there is a Hell For every moment there is a now For every nose there is a smell For every foe there is a friend For every smile there are many tears For every start there is an end When every day we face our fears
+ CHOICE COMPETENCY + CURIOSITY _____________ “CURIOUS COMPETENCY”
DISMANTLE THE
PRO-PLOT AGENDA
non-complimentary response
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off - then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
STRUCTURE
“how does it look?”
MUSICALITY
“how does it sound?”
CONTENT
“how does it feel?”
If you assign a whole book, and students don’t read it… TOTAL PAGES READ: 0
If you assign one page, and students read it… TOTAL PAGES READ: 1
THEY CAN’T FAKE READ THE BOOK
IF YOU NEVER ASSIGN IT
The Art of X-Ray Reading by Roy Peter Clark
Antigone / Sophocles
Antigone: Yes; for it was not Zeus that had published me that edict; not such are the laws set among men by the justice who dwells with the gods below; nor deemed I that thy decrees were of such force, that a mortal could override the unwritten and unfailing statutes of heaven. For their life is not of to-day or yesterday, but from all time, and no man knows when they were first put forth. W
ould you betray yo u r the c Not through dread of any human pride could I answer to gods for breaking these. Die I must,-I o u to ho n t r y n o r yourthyfaedicts. knew that well (how should I not?)-even without if I am to die before my time, I milyBut ? count that a gain: for when any one lives, as I do, compassed about with evils, can such an one find aught but gain in death?
So for me to meet this doom is trifling grief; but if I had suffered my mother's son to lie in death an unburied corpse, that would have grieved me; for this, I am not grieved. And if my present deeds are foolish in thy sight, it may be that a foolish judge arraigns my folly.
SYNTOPIC TEXT TREE “WRECKING BALL”
LYSISTRATA
“DO NOT GO GENTLY…”
EVIL CHANGE FATE RELIGION JUSTICE CHOICE
EVERYTHING,EVERYTHING
RANDOM NYT ARTICLE
MALCOLM X
GOOD SIN
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD
JUDGEMENT
MACBETH
TRUTH
CATCHER IN THE RYE
HONESTY
FEAR
THE STRANGER PARCC
SAT/ACT
Cohort “Big Idea” Discussion IDENTITY - CHOICE FREEDOM
“STRING THEORY”
STRING THEORY
Strategies for Killing Fake Reading 1. Move past the plot, and maybe the book, too 2. Get random and embrace the unknown 3. Don’t assume; do it live 4. Check for hackability 5. Accept that true love needs time and support @
e n o r o M r M
