GREEN THURSDAY/ PURPLE MONDAY

Transcendentalism 1.3

Do now: Do you trust yourself? Why or why not?

Objectives:

• analyzing the depictions of “America” in art
• begin to unpack Emerson’s meaning

Agenda:

1. Do now

2. Finish American Art Presentation

3. Intro to Transcendentalism

4. Emerson Quote activity

• In desk teams, read your assigned quote, discuss what you think it means, and write your analysis on the paper.
• Pass your handout to the next group, who will read your quote and analyze it.  Continue passing the handouts until you have written on each quote and the handouts are with their original groups.
• In expert groups, discuss the various responses to your original quote.  One group member will report out to the class.

5. Summarizer

HW: Read and Annotate “Nature”

GREEN WEDNESDAY/ PURPLE FRIDAY

Transcendentalism 1.2

Do now: What do you consider to be dominant American Values?  List.

Objectives:

• to try and identify American Values
• consider how a founding father approached “being an American”

Agenda:

1. Do now

2. Make a class list of values

3. Franklin’s aphorisms:

• Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
• Lost time is never found again.
• A place for everything, everything in its place.
• By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

In pairs, consider: What do these quotes suggest about Franklin’s attitude toward life?

3. Franklin’s list of virtues: In pairs, review the list.  Do you agree with all of them?  Would you remove any?  Add any?  Are they still relevant in the 21st century?

4. Begin the American Art Presentation activity NOTES

5. Summarizer

HW: Research Transcendentalism.  Write one paragraph (5-8) describing the philosophy’s main tenets.

GREEN TUESDAY/ PURPLE THURSDAY

Transcendentalism 1.1

Do Now: how was writing the summer reading letter?  What is a strength?  What is a weakness? (socrative)  Hand in letter to front table

Objectives:

• get to know peers in class
• practice inference
• identify personal beliefs

Agenda:

1. Do now

2. With a partner, try to make sense of each six word memoir.

1. Moving again.  Goodbye strangers.  Hello strangers.
2. Leap!  Catch football.  Crunch.  Goodbye scholarship.
3. Mistaken verdict.  Life sentence.  I'm appealing.
4. Little brother.  Big game.  Last laugh. (Eli Manning)
5. Actually, I never had a mother.
6. Bleached blonde.  Everyone knew.  Never cared.
7. Waited a lifetime for that moment.  (Boo Radley)
8. Small hand in mine.  Hello suburbs!

3. Write your own six-word memoir, summing up your life so far.

4. Introduce the “This I Believe” assignment

5. Listen/read samples

6. Brainstorm ideas

7. Summarizer

HW: Read Ben Franklin Handout (In Google Drive Handouts- in "First Days" folder. Called "Ben Franklin's List of Good Qualities"