PURPLE MONDAY/ Transcendentalism 3.1

Do know: Whose writing style do you prefer-- Emerson or Thoreau? Explain.

Objectives:

identify elements of transcendentalism such as the connection between people and nature, an individual's ability to think freely, and the importance of spiritual self-reliance to the individual found in the works of Emerson and Thoreau.

Agenda:

1. Do now

2. Song! Instructions

3. Groups: Identify one tone word for “O Captain”

4. Groups: Draft one thesis statement (how= nautical conceit, why= use tone word, so what= larger message)

5. Activity: Identify key quotations from the excerpt that reveal Thoreau’s thinking about the relationship between humans and nature. Explain the relationship between the quotation chosen and the basic characteristics of transcendentalism.

4. DPS

5. Summarizer

HW: TIB draft due TUESDAY. Read and annotate Walden chapters: “Higher Laws,” “Conclusion,” and “Civil Disobedience” for THURSDAY.