Activity 1.2- perception is everything

1. SpringBoard Senior English
Activity 1.2
Perception is Everything

2. Do Now
• Copy the vocabulary terms on page 5, found in
the margin, into your Vocabulary Section of
your Classroom journal.
– Literary Theory
– Aphorism
– Perception

3. Learning Targets
• Interpret and paraphrase quotations
• Respond to an aphorism in a timed writing
assignment

4. Literary Theory
• Study of ways to analyze literature by thinking
about the text from different perspectives
– Competing versions of truth
– Texts are seen through a filter of different
ideologies, theories and perspectives
– Adds dimensions to reading
– There is no one version of the truth

5. Optical illusions 1.2
For each illusion, ask yourself:
How can this image be perceived in
two ways?
Number your paper from 1-12

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19. Group answer – Think – Pair – Share

20. Aphorisms
• Short statement that expresses an opinion,
perception or general truth
• “If all you have is a hammer, everything looks
like a nail”
– General truth= people who are narrow-minded,
only see what they want to see.

21. Work period
• Each person must choose an aphorism, and think about
what general truth, opinion or perspective does it
express- then draw a picture that best expresses that
• Fill out your Index Card with the Aphorism on one side
and your picture on the other
• Be prepared to share your thoughts
• Homework: If you finished your card, no homework;
otherwise, please finish.