DO NOW:

1. Make sure you picked up the handout on the table. DO NOT

LOSE IT!!!

2. Take out your silent reading book and start reading

3. PERIOD 2 ONLY: Turn in your rhetoric chart!!

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REMINDERS:

If you lose any of the

copied texts,

they’re available on my website.

AGENDA:

1.Grammar:

Semicolon

Activity

2.Read “Self-

Reliance”HOMEWORK:

1. “Self-Reliance” one pager

LAST CLASS:Intro to Trans

NEXT CLASS:Reading Walden

OUR LEARNING FOCUS FOR TODAY:1. Develop a working definition of Transcendentalism and its key tenets

2. Analyze foundational works of American literature to identify philosophical tenets

3. Explain how Transcendentalists envisioned the pursuit of happiness

Word Connections

ANALOGIESAnalogies express relationships between

meanings of words. When creating or analyzing analogies, pay attention to consistency in parts

of speech. For example, if a set of words is noun : adjective, then the related set of words will be

noun : adjective.

Is this analogy correct? appoint : ambassador

elect : president

Grammar & Usage

SemicolonsEmerson uses semicolons to string

together a series of relative clauses into one long sentence to show his convictions

are broad and deep.

Relative Clause: a type of dependent clause (can’t stand alone as a sentence) also referred to as an adjective

clause because it gives more information about a noun.

First Reading1. As we read the passage from Emerson’s

essay, “Self-Reliance,” highlight one sentence in each paragraph that seems to best express the main idea of the paragraph. Then, paraphrase the highlighted sentence.

2. In the first two paragraphs, Emerson contrasts the image of the individual as a farmer with that of being a shareholder. What is he attempting to establish through the analogies in the first two paragraphs?

3. What is Emerson’s criticism of consistency?

Second ReadingYou will now, INDEPENDENTLY, highlight,

annotate, label, and explain as you’ve been taught to do (don’t just highlight!!! You

MUST have margin notes!).Here’s a reminder:

• Highlight the main idea(s) in green.• Highlight all supporting details in yellow.• Highlight any examples of rhetoric

(persuasive appeals, tone, diction, syntax, allusion, etc) in pink.

• Circle difficult/unknown words and define them.

• Your margin notes should label and/or explain.

What’s the answer?

Textual evidence?

Subject

Occasion

Audience

Purpose

Speaker

Tone

SOAPStonePlease copy down the table below on your own piece of paper. You have 10 minutes to fill it out on your own. This will be collected at the end

of the 10 minutes.

HomeworkChoose three lines from “Self-Reliance” that

state a strong opinion. Write a personal response to these lines reflecting on how they

compare with your own beliefs. Be sure to:• Demonstrate your understanding of the text

by summarizing at least one quote from Emerson in your reflection.

• Support your response with details and examples from personal experience.

• Embed your quotation using correct conventions.