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Name:________________________________________Period:_________________

Do Now:
Complete the packet from last class.

Questions you would like to ask your peers based on the articles:

1.)

2.)
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Video
While watching the video, answer the following questions:

1.) Who works at Hugs Café?

2.) Does the community support Hugs café? How do they support it?

3.) What stops other companies from hiring people with special needs?

4.) If you met Ruth Thompson (The owner/creator of Hugs Café) what would you say to
her or ask her?
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Delving Deeper
Answer the following questions about the video:

1.) Hugs Café is in McKinney, Texas (Exactly 1 hour northeast of Mighty). Based on
what you know, what is your opinion of the community of McKinney?

2.) In the video a mother spoke about bringing her young son, who has special needs, to
the café. Why do you think she does that? What impact will growing up seeing people
with special needs employed and happy have on her son?
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Socratic Seminar Bingo:

Risk Taker
Someone
Mr. Talbot “I would like to restarts the Someone
add on…” conversation answers
Interjects another
after a long
pause person’s
question
Someone
references
Someone “I disagree Mrs. Shurley previous
references the with_____, Interjects knowledge
text because…” (Something
not from the
text)

Someone Someone Someone “I agree with

asks for references the asks a ____,
clarification Social Model question because…”
of Disability
Someone
says “Person
Someone “I thought…, with Someone
compares 2 but now I Impairment” praises
different think…” instead of someone
articles or “Person with a else’s
videos disability” comments
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Accountable Talk Sentence Stems:

Affirm:

Thanks for explaining that.

That’s a great point.

I like the way you…

Connect:

That makes me think of…

That reminds me of…

I can relate to that because…

Agree:

I agree with ____, because…

I agree with ___, but on the other hand…

Disagree:

I disagree because…

Could it also be that…?

That idea doesn’t seem to fit with…

Clarify:

Could you explain that again?

Say more about that.

What do you mean when you say…?

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Piggyback:

I have something to add to that.

I want to go back to what ___ said…

Support:

Where is that in the text?

Could you give and example?

Can you prove that?

Another example of that is…

Refer:

I noticed…here in the text.

In our notes, it says…

I think the author is saying here that…

Summarize:

So, what you’re saying is…

So far we have said…

We already decided that…

Inquire:

What do you think?

Why do you think that?

Can I ask ____ a question about…?

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Socratic Seminar Reflection

How would you rate your performance during this Socratic Seminar? Participants rate
yourself based on your contributions to the discussion. Observers, rate yourself on how
well you listened and if you followed the guidelines of the discussion (No talking).
Rate from 1-5 with 1 being, “I need to do better next time,” and 5 being, “I’m crushing
it.”

________

What could you do to improve next time?

Which of your peers was an exemplar participant in the discussion?

What is something that they did that you want to emulate (copy) the next time you are in
the discussion?

The thing that I learned/had never thought about during this Socratic Seminar was…
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Poem
Complete the following before reading the poem on page 7:

Look at the title. What do you think that this poem is about?

Who is the author of this poem?

Answer honestly…The last time that you passed a person with an impairment (disability)
on the street (Or in the hallway, or at a store, etc…) how did you react?
Did you stare? Did you say hello? Did you try not to stare, so you ended up ignoring
them?

While you are reading:

Circle words that you do not know
Underline passages that make you think or feel something
Put a star next to lines that express an emotion that you can relate to
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When You Pass Me on the Street: a Poem About Disability

By Rachel Cantrell

1-When you pass me on the street, you always try to turn away and avoid my
searching eyes

2-When I attempt to speak to you, you merely give me blank stares and overly
frustrated sighs

3-When I opt to sit at the table next to yours, you rise and move to another one
much farther away

4-When I dare to ask you a question, you do not even try to understand me and
hear what I have to say

5-If, by chance, you do somehow glance my way, your eyes are so often filled with
disgust and fear

6-And you simply do not care to see the pain that you cause while, from my eye,
escapes an unseen tear

7-Sometimes, I feel as if nobody can actually see me for the person I am; perhaps,
I’m truly invisible

8-Why must you choose to either totally ignore me or judge me with eyes so
piteous and miserable?

9-Why do you view me with such a glacial heart and not see the real person who is
living inside?

10-You cannot see the way in which you treat me makes me want to find a dark
place to hide
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11-Why is it that you look upon me as being so different than yourself and as such
a mysterious alien?

12-Is it possible for you not to judge me and see that I’m just like you, a common
Homo sapien?

13-Am I so grotesque to you that you cannot stand, for an instant, to simply smile
and look at my face?

14-Are you really that uncomfortable to see me outside of my proper position and
accepted place?

15-All you notice about me is how my words are so unintelligible and how my
movements are so erratic

16-You see me through your biased lens of intolerance and assume that my head is
full of senseless static

17-My bent and twisted frame blinds you to the fact that I have genuine feelings
and a sensitive heart

18-It is impossible for you to see that your cold and condescending stares are
tearing my self-esteem apart

19-I just wish that you would only slow down and take the time to get to know me
as a human being

20-You might be surprised to discover the extent to which the experience could be
liberating and freeing

21-Just stop whatever it is you happen to be so busy doing and chat with me for a
little while
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22-Perhaps, you would be pleasantly surprised to find that I might even bring to
your face a smile

23-And perhaps, I can make your long-held prejudices and preconceived notions
come to an end

24-And maybe, you might discover that I can be a kindred spirit and possibly even
a lifelong friend.

After Reading the Poem

Write down a line/passage that made you think/feel. What did it make you think? What
did it make you feel?

Write down a word that you did not know. Look it up and write down the definition of it
here.
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Delving Deeper

Reread line 10: “You cannot see the way in which you treat me makes me want to find a
dark place to hide”

Have you ever felt the way that the author feels in this line? Write about that experience.

Do you think that you may have ever made someone else feel this way, even if you didn’t
mean to? Write about that experience. If you don’t think you have, write about how you
would feel if someone told you that you had made them feel like they wanted to find a
“dark place to hide.”
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The word kindred means: a natural relationship or attraction. With that in mind, reread
line 24, “24-And maybe, you might discover that I can be a kindred spirit and possibly
even a lifelong friend.”

What are some differences between you and people with impairments?

What are some similarities between you and people with impairments?

Using the lists that you made above, do you think that you are more alike or dislike
people with impairments? How will this information effect your perspective on people
with impairments’ personal journeys?