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= Goldilocks and the Three Bears Approach to Evaluating Information = = = =** __I. Deceiving Yourself__ - Did Goldilocks rationalize that it was okay to go into the 3 Bears' House? **=
 * **__Deceiving Yourself:__** **"Wearing Rose Colored Glasses"** ||
 * = [[image:tall_tales.jpg width="116" height="168" align="center"]] ||< They are "wearing rose colored glasses" is an idiom that means that people see and believe things to be a lot better than they really are. They are deceiving themselves.

In Karen Day's novel //Tall Tales// one of the sisters says, "Dad isn't going to stop drinking. And we'll never, ever leave him. I've been telling the biggest tall tale of my life to myself." That sister has finally realized that she had only been looking through rose colored glasses. ||
 * ** __Deceiving Yourself:__ Believing What You //WANT to Believe// ** ||
 * [[image:Everlost.jpg width="111" height="167" align="center"]] || People sometimes choose to believe what they //want to believe//. In Neal Shusterman's book, //Everlost//, Nick is concerned that he won't remember his family's faces. His friend tells him what she knows he wants to hear and he believes her.

"I'm starting to forget things, too," Nick admitted. "I don't want to forget their faces."

"You won't," she said--and although there was no evidence to back it up, Nick chose to believe that, too. ||
 * [[image:Elijah_of_Buxton.jpg width="107" height="159" align="center"]] || "Pa says when someone sweet-talks you like this, you got to be real careful with the next words that come out of their mouth. He says the sweet-talking is like a rattling-snakes's rattles, it's like you're getting a warning that you're 'bout to get bit." ||
 * [[image:sam_and_the_tigers.jpg width="185" height="185"]] || In the picture book, __Sam and the Tigers__ by Julius Lester and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, Sam tells the tigers just what they want to hear. When Sam offers his shoes to one tiger, the tiger says that 2 shoes won't help him since he has 4 feet. Sam tells the tiger that the shoes are "ear-shoes". ||
 * ** __Deceiving Yourself:__ Always Negative ** ||
 * [[image:Noah_Confessions.jpg width="135" height="197" align="center"]] || Sometimes we are //our own worst enemy//. We say negative, mean things to ourselves.

In //The Noah Confessions// by Barbara Hall, the character says to herself, "I'm never going to do anything like a normal person except impersonate one for a little bit longer." ||

= __II. Using or Believing Incomplete Information__ = = - Do you think Goldilocks would have gone into this house if she knew that bears lived there? = = - Would she have been able to relax enough to fall asleep (?!!!) if she had known bears were coming back? = = - It seems like she had __too little__ information. = = =

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 * Vice President Joe Biden said that President Obama had "misread" the economy. President Obama responds the he "had incomplete information." Click on the video below. After the short ad, slide the marker to 1:58 to begin. We **//ALL//** need complete information in order to understand, to make choices, or to make decisions. Think about how necessary it is for the president of the United States to have reliable and complete information. What disasters can happen when the president doesn't have complete information? (OR reliable information?)


 * __Using or Believing Incomplete Information__: Jumping to Conclusions/Making Assumptions ** ||
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 * __Using or Believing Incomplete Information__: Jumping to Conclusions/Making Assumptions ** ||
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This could also go in the section: **__Deceiving Yourself:__ Believing What You //WANT to Believe above.//**
|| “You thought that breaking into a cardboard box wouldn’t be the same thing as breaking into someone’s home, didn’t you! You thought tearing through someone’s bags of stuff wouldn’t be the same as tearing through someone's kitchen or closet, didn’t you? You probably live in some cushy little house and sleep in some cushy little bed and have someone put a warm meal in front of your spoiled little face every night!” ||
 * [[image:Runaway.jpg width="159" height="219" align="left"]] || In __Runaway__ by Wendelin Van Draanen (author of the Sammy Keyes books), the Runaway is homeless except for a cardboard box. Someone breaks into it, and this is her reaction. ..
 * [[image:tops_and_bottoms.jpg width="277" height="255"]] || In the picture book, __Tops& Bottoms__ adapted and illustrated by Janet Stevens, the lazy bear is repeatedly tricked by the rabbit who tells the bear something that could mean two different things. The bear assumes that the rabbit means one thing. The rabbit intentionally misleads the bear. ||
 * [[image:chicken_little.jpg width="209" height="246" align="center"]] || In the picture book, __Chicken Little__ by Sally Hobson and in other versions of the Chicken Little story, an acorn falls on Chicken Little's head and he jumps to the conclusion that the sky is following. (He doesn't stop to consider all the possible things that an acorn following on his head could mean.) He has to tell the "news" to the king and everyone he sees on the way. ||


 * ** __Using or Believing Incomplete Information__: Biased ** ||
 * ** __Using or Believing Incomplete Information__: Out-of-Context ** ||
 * ** __Using or Believing Incomplete Information__: Stereotyping ** ||
 * [[image:Heads_or_Tails.jpg width="162" height="235" align="center"]] || When we generalize and say that all of any group does this or that, we are stereotyping.
 * ** __Using or Believing Incomplete Information__: Stereotyping ** ||
 * [[image:Heads_or_Tails.jpg width="162" height="235" align="center"]] || When we generalize and say that all of any group does this or that, we are stereotyping.

In //Heads or Tails// by Jack Gantos, Jack (the character) is trapped by a vicious dog in an abandoned house, **//"If he eats, I thought, he isn't rabid. I knew that sick animals never ate.//** **//"//**

Jack makes a life or death decision based upon the generalization that //all sick animals never eat//. ||
 * [[image:I_crossed_No-Bob.jpg width="158" height="228"]] || In //When I Crossed NO-BOB// by Margaret McMullan, Addy hears this conversation.

**Mr. Frank laughs and says how once upon a time, he imagined Yankee soldiers as cruel monsters blowing fire and smoke.**

**"And then you saw one up close," his pa says.**

**They both nod and they are quiet.** ||

=** III. Bothering with Unnecessary Information **= =** - What was Goldilocks there for? Did she have a purpose? **= = - ** If so, she was distracted by the porridge, and chairs, and the bed. She found out __too much__ information. **= =** - Bothering with unnecessary information can prevent you from accomplishing your purpose. **=


 * **__Bothering with Unnecessary Information__: Irrelevant** ||
 * **__Bothering with Unnecessary Information__: Red Herring**
 * **__Bothering with Unnecessary Information__: Red Herring**

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 * **__Bothering with Unnecessary Information__: Distraction**
 * **__Bothering with Unnecessary Information__: Distraction**

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=** IV. Using or Believing Inaccurate Information **= = **- Why did Goldilocks go to the cottage? Did someone tell her a lie? Did they tell her something that wasn't true anymore?** **Did they exaggerate?** =

2) The chief counselor is envious of the king's treasurer and lies to the king. The counselor tells the king that the treasurer has stolen gold || **Carla hesitated. “Well . . . I’m not saying I know anything for sure . . .** **It’s just – you know . . .”**
 * ** __Using or Believing Inaccurate Information__: Exaggeration ** ||
 * ** __Using or Believing Inaccurate Information__: Lie or Trick ** ||
 * = == "A lie can get half way around the world before truth gets its boots on." Mark Twain == ||
 * [[image:secret_room_shulevitz2.jpg width="250" height="273"]] || 1) In the picture book, __The Secret Room__ by Uri Shulevitz, an old man obeys the king by following the literal directions rather than the intended directions that were given to him by the king.
 * [[image:secret_room_shulevitz2.jpg width="250" height="273"]] || 1) In the picture book, __The Secret Room__ by Uri Shulevitz, an old man obeys the king by following the literal directions rather than the intended directions that were given to him by the king.
 * [[image:Lapin_Plays_Possum.jpg width="245" height="264"]] || In the picture book, __Lapin Plays Possum: Trickster Tails from the Louisiana Bayou__ adapted by Sharon Doucet, Lapin lies to and tricks Bouki **.** ||
 * ** __Using or Believing Inaccurate Information__: Opinion ** ||
 * ** __Using or Believing Inaccurate Information__: Mistake ** ||
 * ** __Using or Believing Inaccurate Information__: Out-of-Date ** ||
 * ** __Using or Believing Inaccurate Information__: Lazy, Unconfirmed ** ||
 * [[image:My_perfect_life.jpg width="136" height="212" align="left"]] || In //My Perfect Life// by Dyan Sheldon,
 * ** __Using or Believing Inaccurate Information__: Out-of-Date ** ||
 * ** __Using or Believing Inaccurate Information__: Lazy, Unconfirmed ** ||
 * [[image:My_perfect_life.jpg width="136" height="212" align="left"]] || In //My Perfect Life// by Dyan Sheldon,
 * [[image:My_perfect_life.jpg width="136" height="212" align="left"]] || In //My Perfect Life// by Dyan Sheldon,

**When Carla Santini says she doesn’t know anything for sure, it really means that she doesn’t know anything at all.** || = **V. Depending Upon Underdeveloped Observation Skills** = =** - Goldilocks' observation skills weren't great. There were so many clues she missed. **= = - A bears' house probably smells like bears. She didn't notice. = = - A bears' house probably has bear hair here and there. She didn't notice. = = - These bears may have had pictures of their family on the walls or table. She didn't notice. = = - Goldilocks seemed to be //oblivious// to the important information that she was in a bears' house! =


 * **__ Depending Upon Underdeveloped Observation Skills: What You or Someone Else Saw __** ||
 * [[image:Rosie's_walk.jpg width="167" height="142"]] || Rosie the chicken in //Rosie's Walk// by Pat Hutchins is oblivious to the fox's effort to catch her. (It is similar to a Jack tale.) ||
 * **__ Depending Upon Underdeveloped Observation Skills: What You or Someone Else Heard __** ||