This document contains notes from an English class that discuss the concepts of autonomy, mastery, and purpose. It provides links to videos about these topics and an example of autonomy. It also includes reminders about turning in a rough draft and instructions for an upcoming vocabulary quiz and bingo game. Students are instructed to make connections between the current reading assignment and other texts previously read in class.

1. English 83R
Sept. 12, 2013
More Autonomy
Bingo Vocabulary
Vocabulary Quiz

2. In Drive, which component is
more confusing to you?
a. Autonomy
b. Mastery
c. Purpose

3. Review of
Autonomy, Mastery, and
Purpose
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6XA
PnuFjJc
 Audio and visual learners may benefit
from seeing Daniel Pink describe these
three, along with pictures.

4. An example of autonomy
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ef6F
SYdKL0
 Penny convinces Sheldon to help her with
her new business “Penny Blossoms.” See
how the friends work together.

5. Rough Draft Reminders
 Due on Monday
 May be handwritten or typed
 Not a finished product
 Do not quote - paraphrase

6. Vocabulary Quiz 1-2
 First we will play a game of bingo.
 Upon completion of the quiz please work
on something else while the rest of the
class finishes.

7. Reading Strategy Making
Connections Using “I Just
Wanna Be Average.”
 When we make connections between the
text we are reading and other texts we
have read, we start to see ideas from
multiple perspectives.
 .

8.  Making connections helps readers
understand that one text does not
provide all the information necessary to
understand a topic, and by reading more
than one text on a given topic and
making connections among those
texts, we learn to synthesize information to
create our own opinion on a topic instead
of passively accepting what we have
read

9. Making Connections
 What other texts we’ve read so far can
relate to this article?
 Let’s start reading this together.
 What we don’t finish, please complete
and turn in on Monday.

10. Connect Reading Lab
 When we go to the lab on Thursdays, our
first priority is to work on Connect.
 For this week, you need to continue
working on “Context Clues.
 This will be followed by “Word Structure
Clues.”
 If you finish both of these, you may work
on your rough draft essay or “I Just Wanna
be Average.” assignment