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Emerson: “Self Reliance” 14 March 2013 Miss Rice Dare to be different!

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Page 1: Emerson: “Self Reliance” 14 March 2013 Miss Rice Dare to be different!

Emerson: “Self Reliance”14 March 2013Miss Rice

Dare to be different!

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Warm-UpIf you did not know that “The

Tide Rises, The Tide Falls” was a transcendental work, would you categorize it as so? Why? ◦List the characteristics of

transcendentalism that you see in the poem and examples of each one.

*Please take out vocab. paragraph to be collected.

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AgendaSuffixesComma RulesLongfellowEmerson

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CP Objectives 3/14To learn and review comma rules.To understand how Emerson’s biographical

information informs his work.To find transcendental characteristics in “The

Tide Rises, The Tide Falls.”To relate Emerson’s biographical information to

the themes of “Self Reliance.”To contribute equally in small group.To analyze segments of “Self Reliance” and

understand the work’s themes.To make modern day connection to “Self

Reliance.”To reinforce knowledge of new vocabulary.

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Students of the WeekBlock 2

◦Shaina: Not afraid to ask questions, always prepared, shares opinions

Block 4◦Monica: Responsible (made up all

work from when she was out), positive attitude, helpful

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Suffixesful

◦Full of _____ ◦Adj.

ic◦Having characteristics of _____◦Adj.

ing◦Verb form (present participle)

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7. Using commas with quotationsCommas set off a quotation from words used to

introduce or identify the source of the quotation. ***A comma following a quotation goes inside

the closing quotation mark.

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7. Using commas with quotationsUse a comma before the quotation marks and after a

phrase that introduces a quotation.

A comma following a quotation goes inside the closing quotation mark.

Do not use commas if you are ending a quotation with a question mark or exclamation point.

Add commas to a-d

*Short quiz early next week*Comma Rules practice ALL SECTIONS due

Monday

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Can you find the comma mistake?

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Homework“This I Believe” presentation due

tomorrow◦Technology compatibility◦Leave it with us◦Give us your rubric tomorrow

Vocab. unit 3 test tomorrowComma WS Sections 1-8 due

Monday

Get notecards and folder!

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“I am a part of all that I have seen.”

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Dare to be different!

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Man Living Amongst AnimalsGrizzly Man and Timmy the Fox:

◦http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEo7W5Oib8M

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Warm-UpIf you did not know that “The

Tide Rises, The Tide Falls” is a transcendental work, would you categorize it as so? Why? ◦List the characteristics of

transcendentalism that you see in the poem and examples of each.

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“The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls”Themes

◦Cyclical◦Life and death are natural◦Everyone dies◦Returning to the earth

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1807-1882

Born in Portland, Maine

Lived near the ocean

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Most popular poet after Robert Frost

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Taught at Harvard for 18 years

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Appealed to a general audience

Spoke to the common man

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Offers comfort about life and death

Woooooo!

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Criticism◦Sentimental◦Optimistic

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Longfellow and “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls”

72 when he wrote it◦3 years from his death

Returns to his boyhood in Portland when he loved listening to the sounds of the waves

Water symbolized life to Longfellow

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Ralph Waldo EmersonBorn in Boston to a family that was poor but cultured - he was one of six children

His father died of TB when Emerson was 8 and his mother opened a boarding house

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Ralph Waldo EmersonHis aunt, Mary Moody Emerson, took his father’s place - she emphasized self-sacrifice and drove the Emerson boys to achievement

Emerson entered Harvard at age 14 as an indifferent yet well-read student

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Ralph Waldo EmersonHe became a minister, like the

eight generations of Emersons before him (unitarian)

His life was a series of attempts to establish his own identity against his background of expectations

Eventually he stepped down from the pulpit after his wife died from TB at the age of 19 and along with his grief came a disbelief in some of the central doctrines of his religion

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Ralph Waldo EmersonHe eventually remarried and his

new wife had 4 childrenUnfortunately, his eldest son

Waldo died at the age of 5 from scarlet fever

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Ralph Waldo EmersonHe eventually took up writing and

lecturingHe expressed the advantages of a

young land - its energy, opportunity, and freedom - more than anyone before him

Appealed to both intellectuals and the common man because he focused on humanity

He is considered on of the leaders of the Transcendentalist movement

In his later years, Emerson suffered from severe memory loss

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“Self Reliance”“Self Reliance” mood and modern

connection◦http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S

enkf92xmnc

Great themes, but somewhat dry◦Therefore, we will get the main ideas

from excerpts

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“Self Reliance” Group WorkGroups picked using playing cards

◦Read ◦Define◦Meaning◦Key Ideas (everyone writes this in)◦Modern Connection (song- school appropriate)◦Poster

Names Meaning Key Ideas Definitions Bio. Connection Song Illustration

Roles:-Researcher-Illustrator-Presenter-Translator (optional)

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Group MaterialsOne laptopOne dictionaryOne orange literature bookMarkersPoster paper

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VobackularyIf we have time…

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Homework“This I Believe” presentation due

tomorrow◦Technology compatibility◦Leave it with us◦Give us your rubric tomorrow

Vocab. unit 3 test tomorrowComma WS Sections 1-8 due

Monday

Get notecards and folder!