Week 2: January 13-17

UPCOMING DUE DATES 

• Monday January 13 -- Need a copy of The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
• Monday January 13 -- return the signed syllabus
• Tuesday January 14 -- Bring song lyrics and journal paragraph
• Friday January 17 -- TNTSJ Quiz Act I + Unit 7 Vocab Quiz
• Wednesday January 22 -- TNTSJ Act II Quiz
• Tuesday January 28 -- Transcendentalism Unit Test
• Wednesday January 29 -- Biography Reading Circles -- need book in hand

 

 RECENT HANDOUTS AND PRESENTATIONS

• Syllabus, Policies and Overview of Course Recovery/Extra Credit Opportunities
• Transcendentalism Survey
• Biography Book Circles Reading Choices and Schedule 
• The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail reading guide
• Transcendentalism Key Beliefs Matching Chart with Quotes and Pictures
• The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail Packet

 

  MONDAY JANUARY 13

• Vocab Graffiti activity
• Finish page 1 of TNTSJ packet -- Thoreau's paradoxes
• Juxtaposition of time and space -- be careful to notice flashbacks and flashforwards as Thoreau moves from the jail cell to his past and Emerson's past.  Use the stage diagram on page 2 of the packet to help you pay attention to how Lawrence and Lee juxtapose events from the past and present to draw attention to an aspect of Thoreau's character
• We read pages 1-8 in class
• Homework: bring annotated lyrics and complete a journal paragraph on the back of your lyrics.  In an informal but thoughtful paragraph, describe what your lyrics mean to you, why you selected them, how they inspire you, and what beliefs of Transcendentalism you see in the song

  TUESDAY JANUARY 14

• Vocab Graffiti activity
• Begin tracking Thoreau's character -- what details give us insight into Thoreau's character?  How do his actions reveal his motivation, desires, values, etc.?
• Direct and Indirect Characterization
• Homework: work on Vocab Activities for Unit 7 quiz on Friday

  WEDNESDAY JANUARY 15

• Vocab activity
• Continue tracking Thoreau's character (page 3 of packet)
• Homework tonight -- read to page 55 in the big book and page 59 in the little book (stop after Waldo's line, "Perhaps he wants too much.")

  THURSDAY JANUARY 16

• Vocab Graffiti activity
• Continue tracking Thoreau's character (page 3 of packet)
• Homework -- study for vocab quiz

FRIDAY JANUARY 17

• Vocab Quiz Unit 7 and TNTSJ Act I Quiz
• Thoreau's conflicts with himself, with others and with society (page 4 of packet)