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Lesson Plan for Monday (a thread): Read this article from @nytimes about the 20 words/phrases that defined 2020. THEN... https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/style/words-of-the-year-2020.html?smid=ig-nytimes&utm_source=curalate_like2buy&utm_medium=curalate_like2buy_3euQ1BMQ__3d524d3e-4df5-4641-870d-8a42ad99df66&crl8_id=3d524d3e-4df5-4641-870d-8a42ad99df66
Option A: explore this list! What do these words really mean? What ELSE do they mean? What discoveries can you make about them? Beyond their connection to the pandemic, what patterns or trends do you notice? OR
Option B: make your own list of 20 words/phrases that have defined your personal year. Explore these words! What do these words really mean? What ELSE do they mean? What discoveries can you make about them? What patterns do you notice? OR
Option C: Make a list of 20 words/phrases that you hope define 2021. Explore these words! What do these words really mean? What ELSE do they mean? What discoveries can you make about them? What patterns do you notice?
Finally, ask each student to put a handful of words they explored on a @padlet wall or Jamboard or Google Doc. As a class: what do we notice? What patterns do we see? How might we group or categorize these words? What might this tell us?
