Friday, March 6, 2020

American Literature Lesson

6 March 2020

PLANBOOK: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/CFSJ1

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.      Time to read - 25 min

2.      Time to read EXIT SLIP (SSR EXIT SLIP) – 10 min

3.      Book Club group conference - 10 min

4.      Intro to Transcendentalism – Prezi Notes – 15 min

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

6.      Book club book reading until the end of class – 10 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: 20 minutes of Book Club book reading