10/16
Turn in Close Reading Guide
Review Romanticism
Transcendentalism-Introduction-Transcendental Elements Chart
Read Comic Strip-Fill out Transcendental Elements Handout
Play Blowing in the Wind by Bob Dylan—add to Transcendental Handout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWwgrjjIMXA
Play Bob Marley Get Up, Stand Up—add to Transcendental Handout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1PbffNcbCo
Read Emerson’s “Self Reliance” --add to Transcendental Handout
Checkout The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail books (reading all outside of class)
Write your own aphorism (life motto)- Decorate and display
Homework: Start reading The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail (reading all outside of class)
10/17 and 10/18
(1) Writer’s Notebook-Review elements of transcendentalism.How Transcendental are you?
Introduce The Thoreau Challenge-Google Classroom
Transcendentalism “Civil Disobedience”-Thoreau
-Break up in groups. Each group reads a different part. Civil Disobedience broken into multiple groups. Paraphrase. Answer Questions and then share with class.
Homework: continue reading The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail - Finish by October 26th
The Thoreau Challenge
10/19 and 10/22
Review "Civil Disobedience"
Read “Nature” by Emerson
Close Reading Questions
Read excerpts from Thoreau’s Walden
Explain the historical connection between the two writers: Emerson as teacher and Thoreau as practitioner.
Homework: continue reading The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail-entire play by needs to be finished by the 25th
The Thoreau Challenge
10/23 and 10/24
Thoreau Account-share when finished (24th-5th Period)
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail Discussion-make sure it’s done by next class
Transcendentalism Test next class (Part I Essay Part II-Socratic Seminar-29th-5th and 30th-B)
How to write an Argumentative Essay (Question 3)
Homework: continue reading The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail-entire play by needs to be finished by 10/25
10/25 and 10/26
Counselors-45 minutes
Transcendentalism Test: Part I: Essay over The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
Homework: Prepare for Socratic Seminar
10/29 and 10/30
Transcendentalism Test: Part II: Socratic Seminar
Read “The Masque of the Red Death” Presentation over symbols, etc.
Homework: Read "The Fall of the House of Usher" Google Classroom
10/31 and 11/1
Essay Tracker-Google Classroom
(2) Writer’s Notebook-What do you think happened in “The Fall of the House of Usher?/reactions, mood, etc.
The Scarlet Letter Intro-take notes
Romanticism Continued (Brooding Romantics-Dark Romantics)
Start reading The Scarlet Letter (read Chs. 1-3)
Homework: Read Chs. 4, 5, and 6
11/2 and 11/5
(3) Writer’s Notebook-What happens in chapters four through six?
Read Ch. 7
Vocabulary-Google Classroom
Read Ch. 8
Homework: Read Chs. 9 and 10
11/6 and 11/7
-What is going on with Dimmesdale? Diagnose his sickness.
Read Ch. 11
AP Practice for Ch. 11
Read Ch. 12
Homework: Read Chs. 13 and 14