Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Week 20, Day 3
Objective:Determine the meaning of grade-level technical academic English words derived from Latin roots and affixes; Use dictionaries and thesauri as needed; Demonstrate familiarity with works by authors in American fiction from each major literary period; Revise drafts to clarify meaning and achieve logical organization by adding transitional words and phrases; Write an interpretation of a literary text that identifies and analyzes the ambiguities, nuances, and complexities within the text and anticipates and responds to readers' questions or contradictory information; Reflect on understanding to monitor comprehension.

  1. Bell Work: Write this definition of “transcendentalism” in your bell work from yesterday: Transcendentalism focuses on gaining spiritual knowledge by recognized one’s connection to God and nature.  Transcendentalists tried to simplify their lives and live according to basic principles. 
  2. Week 20 SAT Words are up.
  3. Finish reading “from Walden” and “from Civil Disobedience”  These need to be read by tomorrow, no exceptions. 
  4. If you have time in class, read the author information over Ralph Waldo Emerson on page 365 and his poems that follow. 
  5. At training, I will be back tomorrow.  Please be good. I miss you!!!!!!!!
  6. If you have questions you can tweet me @ChelseaAvalos.  I'll reply back as soon as I can. 

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