Rational Ground
Every number you fear is still a point on a line.
Place −7, 0, 3 on a real line aloud.
Student places −2 and −5; compare distance.
Open notebook; date the week page.
Mark the hall’s claim
Track what the poet claims about kinship, hall, and threat — evidence on the line, not vibes.
“In the dark, Grendel nursed a hard grievance and harrowed the hall. The poem gives him motive and monstrosity at once…” Beowulf (public-domain translation, adapted coach passage)
Three marks + oral claim model.
“Where is the evidence for that?”
Chunk + claim sentence for Day 3 paragraph.
Absolute value on the line
|−7| and |7| are both distance 7. Compare −2 and −5 by position — then by distance from zero.
Number line + |−7|, |3| narrated.
Compare −2 and −5; place fractions.
10 items + 3 wrong-rule traps.
What limits life here?
Outside or window survey. List biotic and abiotic. Observations only today — CER draft comes Day 3.
Two biotic + two abiotic aloud on site.
Shared question + observation headers.
List + food-chain sketch seed.
Words that unlock the week
Precise language is civic power — math meaning and street meaning of “rational” are not the same.
Budget as argument
Build the blank weekly template. Enter sample numbers. Track Day 1 of a real or simulated log.
Show categories once with clear definitions.
Place one income and one need together.
Full template + start the log.
Math meaning vs street meaning
If “rational” has a math meaning and a street meaning, what happens when citizens blur them?