1. Warm Up- Write a Paragraph:
What is your motto, and why?
Ex: Horace (ancient Roman poet): “Never Despair”
Ex: Woody Allen (comedian): “Eighty percent of success is showing up.”
Ex: Mrs. Buchanan:
“Always do your best,
and you will never be a failure.”
Ex: Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Trust Thyself”

2. Text Analysis: Transcendentalism
Workbook pg. 136
Transcendentalism- an intellectual movement of the mid 1800s that emphasized the individual and living a simple life.
Led by Ralph Waldo Emerson
They wanted to transcend- or go beyond- the limitations of the senses and everyday experiences.

3. Stress on individualism and self-reliance
Belief that people, nature, and God are interconnected
Belief that intuition can lead to knowledge
Transcendentalism
Celebration of emotions and the imagination
Faith in the inherent goodness of people

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7. Reading Skill: Identifying Theme
A theme is the underlying message or the central idea of a work, which can be stated in one sentence.
Writers usually do not state the theme directly.
To identify the theme of a work, readers must make inferences based on clues in the text.

8. New Vocabulary: Words you will encounter on the quiz and in the reading.

9. 1. Nonconformist (n.) one who does not follow generally accepted beliefs, customs, or practices.

10. 2. Importune (v.)- to ask urgently or repeatedly; to annoy or trouble.

11. 3. Aversion (n.) a strong dislike

12. 4. Exhilaration (n.) a feeling of high spirits or lively joy.

13. 5. Decorum (n.)- a good taste in conduct or appearance

14. 5. Occult (adj.)- secret or hidden from view

15. New Vocabulary: Academic vocabulary you should use in your writing about literature.

16. 1. Construct- to build or form by putting together in parts

17. 2. Expand- to spread or stretch out; unfold

18. 3. Indicate- to point out or point to

19. 4. Reinforce- to strengthen with some added piece, support, or material

20. 5. Role- a part; proper or customary function

21. Today’s Class
Read together Self Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson HM Workbook pgs and answer questions in the margins.
In partners (the person you are sitting beside), read Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson HM Workbook pgs and answer questions in the margins.
Complete Text Analysis: Transcendentalism pg. 143, Reading Skill: Identifying Theme, Vocabulary Practice on page 144 and Assessment Practice on page. 145.
See me when you are finished for another partner assignment