Your Verse: November 26, 2018

Focus: What will your verse be?

1. Warming up with three good things and reflections on your memoirs

"That you are here—that life exists and identity,

That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse."

From Walt Whitman's "Oh Me! Oh Life!"

2. Offering you an overview of the final speech and brainstorming possible topics for your speeches on ideal visions of America

• As you peruse the links below, take out one index card for each commercial. 

• Jot down the specific vision of America that each offers. 

• Another way of thinking about it: What do we, as Americans, value? What do we want our country to be?

Michael Phelps/Rule Yourself
Women's Gymnastics/Rule Yourself
Jeep: Free To Be
Jeep Superbowl: Portraits
Liberty Mutual
Nike: The Jogger
Nike: Excuses
Nike: Extra Time
Go Army
iPhone/FIFA
iPhone/Olympics 2016
Dicks Sporting Goods: Gold in US
Visa Go World
Dove: How Our Girls See Themselves
Be Brave
Michael Jordan: Failure
Subaru: Daughter
Ram Trucks: Farmer
Ram Trucks: The Courage Inside
Still I Rise: University of Phoenix
Panera: Eat Clean
What Will Your Verse Be?

If you can think of other ads/short videos that focus on ideal visions of America, please e-mail them to me right away & I'll add them to this list.

3. Collecting, ranking, and specifying your ideals by personal interest and importance

• Click HERE to enter your final speech topic.

4. Finalizing your transcendentalist book clubs

HW:
1. For TOMORROW: 

• Bring your book club book and signed letter to class.

• Make sure your Gothic assessment is complete and inside your shared folder.

2. For THURSDAY: Assigned book club reading (to be determined by club on Tuesday).

3. 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.