Wednesday, May 15, 2019

American Literature

15 May 2019

Webpage: https://sites.google.com/olivetstudent.org/odell/home

Planbook: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/JFXN6

Objective: (1) To be exposed to the characteristics of the Transcendentalism Literary Period. (2) To locate and analyze Transcendentalist characteristics within Emerson’s “Self-Reliance.” (STANDARD RL.9, RI.9)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by (1) selecting “bumper sticker” worthy lines from the text and (2) selecting their favorite Emerson aphorism.

Agenda:

1.      SSR with notebook – 25 min

2.      Grammar Notes #12, with clicker quiz – 10 min

3.      Intro to Transcendentalism – Prezi Notes – 10 min

4.      Read Emerson’s “Self-Reliance” with EXIT SLIP – 30 min

5.      Continue Divergent individually – 15 min

Assessment: EXIT SLIP: Side #1 – Which line from “Self-Reliance” would make a good bumper sticker? Side #2 – Copy down your favorite aphorism from p. 257.

Homework: Divergent Ch. 32-35 p. 408-444