Going Book Clubbing: November 27, 2018

Focus: How do we set up successful Transcendentalist book clubs?

Please turn in your signed letters.

1. Warming up with brainstorming ideas for your final speech: What is your ideal America? (15 min)

2. Offering you an overview of book clubs: Your freedoms and responsibilities

• Click HERE for a sample book club syllabus.

3. Setting your own schedules and manifestos

• Fill out the bookmark: Which reading will be due which days? Who will be in charge of the syllabus each day? Please write this on your bookmark AND in your calendars.

• Create a shared folder called "Book Club Folder." It should be shared with each member of your group and placed inside your Transcendentalism folder. ALL SYLLABI AND CLASSWORK must be placed inside this folder.

• Complete your book club manifesto and place it inside your shared book club folder

HW:
1.  Assigned book club reading and syllabus-creating for Thursday.

2. For FRIDAY:

• Prepare your one-minute speech (click below to see the topic you signed up for).
• 2nd hour: Click HERE for your speech topics.
• 6th hour: Click HERE for your speech topics.

• Finalize your topic for your FINAL SPEECH by entering it here.