Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Week 20, Day 2
Objective:Determine the meaning of grade-level technical academic English words derived from Latin roots and affixes; Use dictionaries and thesauri as needed; Demonstrate familiarity with works by authors in American fiction from each major literary period; Revise drafts to clarify meaning and achieve logical organization by adding transitional words and phrases; Write an interpretation of a literary text that identifies and analyzes the ambiguities, nuances, and complexities within the text and anticipates and responds to readers' questions or contradictory information; Reflect on understanding to monitor comprehension.

  1. Bell Work:Search the internet and find the definition of "transcendentalism." Then, put it into words that you and your classmates will more easily understand.  
  2. Discuss Bell Work
  3. Talk about Henry David Thoreau
  4. Finish reading "from Walden" and "from Civil Disobedience"
  5. Author information about Ralph Waldo Emerson (p. 365)
  6. If time permits, read a few of Ralph Waldo Emerson's poems (p. 364)
  7. SAT Words will be up sometime today.  

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