Transcendentalist Book Clubs, Day 1: November 29, 2018

Focus: What does it take to be self-reliant?

1. Warming up by connecting to your peers' perceptions of self-reliance (10 minutes)

• Priority #1: Make sure your blog is complete and posted.

• Priority #2: Leave comments others' blogs. Intellectual reflections? Emotional reactions? Questions? Please be specific and thorough (much like Fishbowl blogging).

• Priority #3: In your book club book, try this out: Flip through the reading you've done in your book so far. Are there any lines in your book that connect to "Self-Reliance"? Or to the idea of transcending something? Mark them on comment in the margins, or add them to your blog or syllabus.

• As a class: According to Emerson, what must we do to be self-reliant?

2. Engaging in your transcendentalist book clubs: Day 1 (40 minutes)

3. Completing a quick exit ticket (5 minutes)

HW:
1.  For FRIDAY:

• Prepare your one-minute speech (click below to see the topic you signed up for). PLEASE USE AT LEAST ONE SLIDE OR PROP IN YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT NO MORE THAN THREE.
• 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.

2. For TUESDAY: Assigned book club reading and syllabus-creating. Feel free to Google search "Teaching ______ (name of your book)" and utilize activities and questions that are already out there. Just be sure to cite on your syllabus which websites you used.