Days-of-the-Week Language Study (D.O.T.W.L.S.)
Enhance your language skills with the Days-of-the-Week Language Study (D.O.T.W.L.S.) schedule, featuring activities like interpretation, rewriting, analysis, evaluation, and free writing. Dive into meaningful topics and reflect on the quote "Better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer," exploring its origins and implications across different traditions.
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Days-of-the-Week Language Study D.O.T.W.L.S. Happy Days https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W6y7YhHdVE
D.O.T.W.L.S. Schedule Meaning Monday: -Interpret, explain purpose, theme, inferences, etc. Twist It Tuesday: -Rewrite, imitating structure, grammar, etc. Why It Works Wednesday: -Analyze structure, punctuation, word choice, devices, etc. Think about It Thursday: -Evaluate, respond, agree/disagree, connect, etc. Free-write Friday: -Write at least half a page about a meaningful topic of your choice
Quotation Better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer. -Sir William Blackstone, from Commentaries on the Laws of England, 1765 (known in law as Blackstone s formulation from Genesis 18) D.O.T.W.L.S
Background: The principle is much older than Blackstone's formulation, being closely tied to the presumption of innocence in criminal trials. An early example of the principle appears in the Bible (Genesis 18:23- 32),[1][2]as: Abraham drew near, and said, "Will you consume the righteous with the wicked? What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?[3]... What if ten are found there?" He [The Lord] said, "I will not destroy it for the ten's sake."[4] D.O.T.W.L.S
Background: Another example in the Islamic tradition, as compiled in the tome [Jami'] of at-Tirmidhi, quotes Muhammad as saying, "Avoid legal punishments as far as possible, and if there are any doubts in the case then use them, for it is better for a judge to err towards leniency than towards punishment". Another similar expression reads, "Invoke doubtfulness in evidence during prosecution to avoid legal punishments".[7] D.O.T.W.L.S
Background: Similarly, on 3 October 1692, while decrying the Salem witch trials, Increase Mather adapted Fortescue's statement and wrote, "It were better that Ten Suspected Witches should escape, than that one Innocent Person should be Condemned."[10] D.O.T.W.L.S
Meaning Monday -Interpret, explain purpose, theme, inferences, etc. Better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer. -Sir William Blackstone, from Commentaries on the Laws of England, 1765 (known in law as Blackstone s formulation from Genesis 18) Blue Monday, Fats Domino https://youtu.be/5qz94yveXgQ D.O.T.W.L.S Monday Morning, Fleetwood Mac https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAHBWXlVL88
Twist It Tuesday -Rewrite, imitating structure, grammar, etc. Better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer. -Sir William Blackstone, from Commentaries on the Laws of England, 1765 (known in law as Blackstone s formulation from Genesis 18) Twist, Chubby Checker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im9XuJJXylw D.O.T.W.L.S Twist and Shout, The Beatles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9ypq6_5bsg
Why It Works Wednesday Analyze structure, punctuation, word choice, devices, etc. Better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer. -Sir William Blackstone, from Commentaries on the Laws of England, 1765 (known in law as Blackstone s formulation from Genesis 18) I Want It That Way, The Backstreet Boys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fndeDfaWCg D.O.T.W.L.S Working Man s Song, Merle Haggard https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=SRmerle%20haggard%20working%20man%20blues&v=fbEstJ98TcM
Think about It Thursday Evaluate, respond,agree/disagree, connect, etc. Better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer. -Sir William Blackstone, from Commentaries on the Laws of England, 1765 (known in law as Blackstone s formulation from Genesis 18) D.O.T.W.L.S Think, Aretha Franklin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsL9UL9qbv8 Thinking Out Loud, Ed Sheeran https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQLqu-ThMOY
Free-write Friday Friday, Rebecca Black https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfVsfOSbJY0 Friday I m in Love, The Cure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa2nLEhUcZ0 D.O.T.W.L.S