Transcendentalism Museum

Transcendentalism Museum

11 March 2013Miss Rice

Warm-Up

• Look over the Vocab. Unit 3 list and write the words you already know on your pink warm-up sheet

• Then get your TIB essay materials in this order (top to bottom):

FINAL COPYPEER EDIT SHEETROUGH DRAFT(S)

Agenda

• Suffixes• Vocab. Unit 3• TIB Presentation Rubric• Transcendentalism Museum

CP Objectives 3/11• To make personal connections to new vocabulary

words.• To introduce suffixes.• To review the “This I Believe” presentation

format.• To introduce transcendentalism and understand

common characteristics of the genre.• To conduct close readings of lines of

transcendentalist work.

Suffixes

• What is a suffix?• able/ible: able to be done• al/ial: having

characteristics of• ed: past-tense verbs

Vocab. Unit 3

• Homework• Due Wednesday

• Mark the accented syllables and parts of speech• Write 1 synonym & 1 antonym for each

• Due Thursday• Creative paragraph relating to nature

using at least 5 of the vocab. words correctly

• *Vocab quiz Friday!

Adversary

Adverse

Alienate

Alien

Artifice

Artificial

Coerce

Craven

Culinary

Delete

Demise

Exhilarate

Fallow

Harass

Inclement

• Climate

Muse

Negligible

• Not eligible to be counted

Perpetuate

• Perpetual

Precedent

Punitive

• Punish

Redress

Sojourn

Urbane

“This I Believe” Presentations

DUE FRIDAY, 3/15 (write this in on the rubric)• 15 points to present in front of class• Tone• Clarity• Emotionality

• If you do not want to share with the class, you can opt to not present and get a 0/15

• 5 extra credit points for a radio/voice recording• YOUR VOICE

• 10 extra credit points for your voice recording with a videoTECHNOLOGY

Welcome!

• The Museum of Transcendentalism

Directions

• Circulate and read/listen to all of the quotations

• Reflect• Independent and quiet

Reflection Sheets

• Which was your favorite?• Which was your least favorite?

Common Themes

• Core values/beliefs that come from these quotations?• Write these on the back of your reflection

sheet to be collected

• Similarities to Romantics?

• What is Transcendentalism?

Vocab. Unit 3

• Homework• Due Wednesday

• Mark the accented syllables and parts of speech• Write 1 synonym & 1 antonym for each

• Due Thursday• Creative paragraph relating to nature

using at least 5 of the vocab. words correctly

• *Vocab quiz Friday!