If all of the elements of this lesson plan are employed, students will develop the following powers, skills, and understanding:
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Students will participate in classwide and group discussions which call on them to draw on both good textual citation practices and intuitive/socially-acquired knowledge.
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Students will engage in a mindfulness exercise in order to create the conditions for a firsthand, embodied experience of Chinese philosophy. They will be invited to practice taking this embodied experience into an everyday educational task (reading/speaking in front of their classmates).
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Students will write in several genres and styles, including arguments, informative pieces,...
