Bell Ringer- SAT Practice
http://www.majortests.com/sat/wordlist.php
- Reviewed opportunities to use the LEFT side bar links on this page
- As a class, we did the first six words on the vocabulary quiz (Root) section
- Thought out loud to share their step by step reasoning for choosing the answer they did
Review- Discussion Rubric
PPT on Transcendentalism (see below)- Took journal notes using the chart they created last time (see the previous post for pictures of the board/chart)
Discussed Two Emerson Quotes-
1) Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force; that thoughts rule the world. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
2) A person—not society, the church, or government—is his or her own best authority. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
Poetry Analysis Review (pg. 525- Whitman poem in textbook)
- As a class, we went through the steps of determining meaning and translating our observations into a written analysis
- Tuesday classes- Extra Credit Opportunity (Wed. Classes- no time)
Duck Dynasty v. Emerson & Thoreau (handout attached below)
transcendentalists_power_point.ppt |
discussion_rubric_(1).pdf |