JUN 15: Lesson Four - Resiliency

Introduction

Lesson Five - Visual Verbal Essay
Duration - 3 blocks (3 x 80 min + homework)

"I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become." ~ C. G. Jung

You will end your study of "Threatening Forces" texts
by creating a visual/verbal essay that answers the unit question,
"What idea does the author develop regarding
an individual's capacity to prevail over threatening forces?"

Have you ever considered the idea that the forces threatening personal happiness may come from within?

Resources

Documents

E + R = O
Learn From Failure
Push Through Adversity
Grounding Techniques
Positive Thinking

Visual/Verbal Exemplar

Website
Unsplash: Photos for Everyone

Lesson

Read through all five documents on the Resources page.

Study and read the visual/verbal exemplar.

Through the course of this unit, the following question was studied, "What idea does the author develop regarding an individual's capacity to prevail over threatening forces?" 

Think about how YOU would answer the unit question.

Assignment

ASSIGNMENT  (50 marks)
Open a new Word or PowerPoint document. Label it E201U4L4surname 
In this document, complete the assignment as outlined below.
Submit this assignment using the Dropbox for U4L4 visual/verbal essay

VISUAL / VERBAL ESSAY

• You have read five texts which deal with resiliency. From these texts, you will create a visual/verbal essay.
• Your task is to get at the essence of the texts - as concisely as possible.
• Your completed project will contain two parts - the visual and the verbal.

In the VISUAL (Word or PowerPoint), you MUST 

• the unit question - "What is the individual's capacity to prevail over threatening forces?"
  
• your one-sentence answer to the unit question, 
• ONE quotation from each reading selection in this lesson (1-3 lines or sentences maximum) Each quotation must capture the essence of the thesis statement you have created in response to the unit question
• a photo that captures the essence of your thesis statement
• think about the message regarding resiliency in the face of threating forces that you will create in the visual 

In the VERBAL (Word or PowerPoint) will be an explanation in paragraph form of what is included in the visual. You MUST comment on

• how each quotation is related to your thesis statement - at least three sentences per reading
• how your visual is an apt illustration for your thesis statement and the five texts in this lesson - at least six sentences
• what you were trying to achieve through the use of colour, font, and arrangement - at least three sentences

Conclusion

“Never say that you can't do something, or that something seems impossible, or that something can't be done, no matter how discouraging or harrowing it may be; human beings are limited only by what we allow ourselves to be limited by: our own minds. We are each the masters of our own reality; when we become self-aware to this: absolutely anything in the world is possible. Master yourself, and become king of the world around you. Let no odds, chastisement, exile, doubt, fear, or ANY mental virii prevent you from accomplishing your dreams. Never be a victim of life; be its conqueror.”
― Mike Norton

Consider how this quotation speaks to your capacity to prevail over adversity.