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 * Today's Objective:**
 * To learn the word of the week
 * To familiarize the advisees with a current event


 * Class Format:** Whole-Group, Journalizing


 * Time Allotment:** One 15-minute session

[sang-gwin] - adjective 1. cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: //a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations.// [|and more at dictionary.com]
 * Word of the Week: Sanguine (Sanguineous)**
 * Current Event:** Click HERE to read the article.
 * When finished, discuss:
 * **What** is happening?
 * **Who** is involved (countries, parties, people)?
 * **Where** is this taking place (part of the world)? //If you have Google Earth installed on your computer,// //you might use it. Start at Batesville.//
 * **Why** is this happening?
 * **How** does this affect me?


 * Essential Questions/Topic Starters**: English Essayest Joseph Addison is quoted as saying, //"Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health, and is a friendly to the mind as to the body."// Also commonly heard is //"Laughter is the best medicine."// Do you agree that cheerfulness and laughter make you feel good? Do you think you can forcing yourself to be happier by being more cheerful and by laughing more with friends and family?


 * Today's Activities**:
 * 1 minute
 * Define **Sanguine** [sang-gwin] and write or display definition on the board. Definition: Being cheerful, optimistic, hopeful or confident..
 * 5 minutes
 * Discuss the **Essential Question**: English Essayest Joseph Addison is quoted as saying, //"Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health, and is a friendly to the mind as to the body."// Also commonly heard is //"Laughter is the best medicine."// Do you agree that cheerfulness and laughter make you feel good? Do you think you can forcing yourself to be happier by being more cheerful and by laughing more with friends and family?
 * Discuss **Current Events**, locally and from around the world. [|Click here to link to MSNBC U.S. and World News.]
 * Remaining Session - (if time remains)
 * Journalizing and Discussion: In your journal, write a list of things you can do to make yourself more cheerful especially on days when you have a case of the "blues". (i.e. give others a cheerful smile, watch a funny movie, research funny quotes on the Internet.)
 * Homework: Display a cheerful attitude and make an effort to smile and greet others as you meet them in the hallway.


 * Key Terms:** sanguine, optimism, cheerfulness, laughter, happiness


 * Quote:** //"So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it remains."// - Poet Ralph Waldo Emerson

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 * Resources**: [|Dictionary.com], [|ThinkExist] [|MSNBCNews]