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Today we are going to look at  Emerson - "Self-Reliance" and "Nature" (page 369)  but first we should review what "Transcendentalism" is.  see - Shmoop: https://www.shmoop.com/american-romanticism/ Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Self-Reliance" Learning Goal: RI2, Analyze a complex set of ideas and explain how they develop over the course of the text Today's Objective: Identify Emerson's theme in "Self-Reliance" and discuss how he expands upon the idea.  What we will do today: Read the background information of Emerson, read the essay "Self-Reliance" and "Nature" discuss a theme in each and ways he develops it. On page 375 answer questions 1, 4, 5 and 6.   https://waldrep.weebly.com/uploads/1/6/8/8/16887134/11_emerson_self-reliance_and_nature.pdf     Review for Test on Romanticism 1 – Be able to discuss with examples how Emerson (Nature and Self-Reliance)   and Thoreau (Walden and Civil Disobedience...
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 Today we are going to read Act III of A Raisin in the Sun.   Quotations — Identify the speaker. 1.       “Asagai, there is only one large circle that we march in, around and around, each of us with our own little picture--in front of us--our own little mirage that we think is the future.” (Act Three)     2.      “What you just said--about the circle. It isn't a circle--it is simply a long line--as in geometry, you know, one that reaches into infinity. And because we cannot see the end--we also cannot see how it changes. And it is very odd but those who see the changes are called "idealists"--and those who cannot, or refuse to think, they are the "realists." (Act Three)       3.      “He finally came into his manhood today, didn't he?” (Act Three)       Questions — Why does Mama put her plant back on the windowsill?  ...
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 Today, I want to discuss where you are with your creation myths and researching a Native American story (and prepping to retell it).  Then I would like to move on to explorers and settlers. Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca's "from La Relacion" (pages 71-78) and answer questions 4-7 on page 79. You can find the reading selection online at: http://mrsdsenglishclass.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/5/0/13500591/la_relacion.pdf
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