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Perhaps everyone is familiar with the fear of failure: a paralyzing sensation of a probable setback preventing a person from accomplishments, broadening one’s zone of comfort, trying out something new, self-expression, and so on. Indeed, the fear of failure can greatly affect a person’s life, so even a gifted and skilled man or woman who could have reached success due to their talents prefers to stay passive to avoid potential failures. However, this is not the only obstacle one can face; there is also another fear, which for many people might seem paradoxical, but which, nevertheless, is an effective and sometimes unbearable barricade on one’s way to accomplishments: the fear of success.

At first glance, it might seem absurd; the fear of success is something a person in the modern success-oriented society can hardly confess to other people. Still, it remains a great problem for thousands of people all over the world. A talented writer having written several brilliant novels, hesitating to send them to a publishing house; an office worker who could greatly improve the productivity of his/her department, afraid to step up and submit his/her propositions on reorganization; a scientist bearing a revolutionary theory contradicting deep-seated conceptions, but does not expose them; a person having found a dream job, but afraid to send his/her CV. These are just some examples of the fear of success.

But what causes this fear? Why would someone be so afraid of reaching their dreams so badly that it would prevent them from even trying to do it? Psychologists suggest several possible reasons for this.

Susanne Babbel, a psychologist specializing in trauma and the post traumatic stress disorder, believes that the fear of success might have something in common...

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Bell Work:
Explain to me in your own words, what is an expository essay and what does it need to include? Think-Pair-Share
Class Work:

Read SCOPE (March 2017) pgs.19-23.

Complete the prompt on the bottom of page 23. We learned ALL about expository writing yesterday, so you should have very little difficulty with this task. It should be 3-paragraphs minimum with a thesis statement, transition words, evidence, accurate punctuation, spelling, capitalization, etc.

With any time remaining, you may complete the “Lazy Editor” activity on pages 28-29, and then read pages 30-31 and summarize what you read. :)

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-Bell Work Discussion
-Read over and elaborate on expository writing by having students popcorn read and take notes on the following link: http://www.time4writing.com/writing-resources/expository-essay/
-After a good understanding of expository writing is developed, complete a 45 minute cold read/write. Your essay MUST be 3 paragraphs and not argumentative but EXPOSITORY!! :)

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Read over the attachment below. List 3 thoughts or questions you have about writing an expository essay.

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Bell Work: Gather essays and pens! We're heading to the auditorium for class! :)
**Review handouts on writing.
**Review student essay models.
**Break-out groups to peer-assess and fill-out assessment forms for your classmates using the MS State Writing Assessment Rubric.
**Whole group to discuss what was learned and what will be applied in the near future. Questions??

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Bell Work: What have you learned about the Ceremonies in The Giver from Chapter 6? What is the most reasonable ceremony in your opinion that you wouldn't mind adopting in our society? Recording and reflecting on this will jog your memory to prepare for our upcoming reading.
**Pick-up on reading chapters 7-8; identify and analyze the author's craft and purpose (HOW and WHY the author writes and uses figurative language, words, parts of speech, symbolism, etc.).
**With time remaining, take your Thrill Seekers essays and self-assess it using the state assessment rubric. (We'll be doing a good bit of this tomorrow!) :))