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include component="tagCloud" flat ** Standards ** [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.3] Evaluate various explanations for actions or events and determine which explanation best accords with textual evidence, acknowledging where the text leaves matters uncertain. [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.6] Evaluate authors’ differing points of view on the same historical event or issue by assessing the authors’ claims, reasoning, and evidence. [|CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.11-12.9] Integrate information from diverse sources, both primary and secondary, into a coherent understanding of an idea or event, noting discrepancies among sources. =AIM= How do I move from analogous interpretation of a term to a concrete definition? =Do Now= Describe one way that we analyzed eternity as an ocean. =Mini-Lesson= Eternity Syllabification: e·ter·ni·ty [|Pronunciation:]/iˈtərnitē NOUN (plural eternities) =Class Activity= Using a combination of the analogy with the ocean and the definitions from the Oxford English Dictionary, Students will come to a definition of what eternity means and how it applies to their lives. =Closing Reflection= How has your understanding of eternity changed? = Absence Make Up = In order to make up missed material, students need to do the following in their notebooks: Go to Previous Class Go to Next Class
 * 1 Infinite or unending time: **ex.** their love was sealed for eternity; this state of affairs has lasted for all eternity
 * 1.1 A state to which time has no application; timelessness.
 * 1.1.2 (philosophy) Existence outside of time.
 * 1.2 (Theology) Endless life after death: ** ex. **immortal souls destined for eternity
 * 1.3 Used euphemistically to refer to death: **ex.** he could have crashed the car and taken them both to eternity
 * 1.4 (an eternity) • (informal) a period of time that seems very long, especially on account of being tedious or annoying: **ex.** a silence that lasted an eternity
 * 1) Complete the Do Now.
 * 2) Read the Mini-lesson.
 * 3) Write a brief description of eternity based on the analogy of the ocean as eternity and at least one of the sub-definitions in the Mini-lesson.
 * 4) Complete the Closing Reflection.

= Lesson Plan =

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