1. Agenda 8/27 BELL WORK: Favorite Tree Review Vocabulary
Discuss Journal Responses
Read excerpt from Emerson’s “Nature”
“Nature” Jigsaw Activity
Share Findings
Homework:
Tomorrow you will have a quick quiz asking explain how a quote from Nature represents a Transcendental ideal. Please review your notes tonight to prepare.
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2. Bellwork
View 10 of the most famous trees in the world. Then select your favorite. Write a SPES explanation as to why the tree sparked your interest (ex. memory, imagination, beauty, strangeness).

3. Lone Cypress in Monterey

4. Circus Trees

5. Giant Sequoias: General Sherman

6. Chapel-Oak of
Allouville-Bellefosse

7. Quaking Aspen:
Pando
(The Trembling Giant)

8. Montezuma Cypress:
The Tule Tree

9. Banyan Tree: Sri Maha Bodhi Tree

10. Bristlecone Pine:
Methuselah and Prometheus, the Oldest Trees in the World.

11. Baobab

12. The Lonely Tree of Ténéré

13. Vocabulary BELL WORK: Favorite Tree Review Vocabulary
Discuss Journal Responses
Read excerpt from Emerson’s “Nature”
“Nature” Jigsaw Activity
Share Findings
Homework:
Tomorrow you will have a quick quiz asking explain how a quote from Nature represents a Transcendental ideal. Please review your notes tonight to prepare.

14. positive assertion; confirmation
Affirmation –
positive assertion; confirmation
The cat affirmed that he would eat ALL of the hotdogs.

15. Easily approachable; warmly friendly
Affable –
Easily approachable; warmly friendly
The Zombie’s found Janet affable, because she gave them jelly donuts.

16. Ms. Geiss’ AP English III Class
Alleviate –
Relieve
Ms. Geiss’ AP English III Class

17. Aesthetic –
artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful
Thomas did not believe that the art had any aesthetic appeal.

18. Altruistic – unselfishly generous; concerned for others
In the future, even though George was having a bad day, he altruistically helped his friend change the spaceship’s flat tire.

19. Analogous – comparable
Bees and a bee hive are analogous to ants and an ant hill.

20. Ambivalence –
the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes
Patricia felt ambivalent about ambulances; they had cool sounds and light, but often carried hurt people.

21. Ambiguous – unclear or doubtful in meaning
It was ambiguous whether they were eating with their Grandma or actually eating their Grandma.

22. Advocate – urge; plead for
Tommy’s good conscience advocated that he not steal the new X-Men movie.

23. Aloof – apart; reserved
Aloof Cat taught Aloof Cat Jr. how to ignore people who tried to pet them.

24. Adversity – unfavorable fortune; hardship; a calamitous event
The snake experienced adversity when being bullied by the school of possums.

25. Ms. Geiss’ AP English III Class
Abstruse –
obscure; profound; difficult to understand
The child didn’t understand the abstruse internet article on Dark Matter and the String Theory.
Ms. Geiss’ AP English III Class

26. Ms. Geiss’ AP English III Class
Abstract –
theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational
Gina did not understand what the abstract painting was suppose to mean.
Ms. Geiss’ AP English III Class

27. Abstemious – sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
Huston believed that the restaurants serving of one potato encouraged an abstemious lifestyle.

28. Accessible – easy to approach; obtainable
The walkway was blocked by a tree, making the building inaccessible.

29. Acclaim – applaud; announce with great approval
This weekend Mr. Holland decided to see the summer’s most highly acclaimed movie.

30. Adversary –
opponent
After viewing the new Star Trek movie, Grumpy Cat found the villainous Khan an unworthy adversary.

31. Ms. Geiss’ AP English III Class
Acknowledge –
recognize; admit
Ms. Geiss’ AP English III Class

32. Adulation – flattery; admiration
Mr. Yorkson was a very critical boss, but he finally gave adulation during a meeting. Unfortunately, it was for his own idea.

33. Abridge – condense or shorten
The book had been abridge from a 600 page novel to a 10 page summary.

34. Vocabulary BELL WORK: Favorite Tree Review Vocabulary
Discuss Journal Responses
Read excerpt from Emerson’s “Nature”
“Nature” Jigsaw Activity
Share Findings
Homework:
Tomorrow you will have a quick quiz asking explain how a quote from Nature represents a Transcendental ideal. Please review your notes tonight to prepare.

35. Vocabulary BELL WORK: Favorite Tree Review Vocabulary
Discuss Journal Responses
Read excerpt from Emerson’s “Nature”
“Nature” Jigsaw Activity
Share Findings
Homework:
Tomorrow you will have a quick quiz asking explain how a quote from Nature represents a Transcendental ideal. Please review your notes tonight to prepare.

36. “Nature Jigsaw Activity
Your group will complete a Jigsaw activity. For the activity, you will have thirty minutes to analyze one section of the reading.
You and your group will…
Translate the section into everyday language,
Select a literary device and explain HOW and to what PURPOSE it is used, and
Select a transcendental ideal and link it to a specific word or sentence in the section. Students will record their findings on large paper.

37. Vocabulary BELL WORK: Favorite Tree Review Vocabulary
Discuss Journal Responses
Read excerpt from Emerson’s “Nature”
“Nature” Jigsaw Activity
Share Findings
Homework:
Tomorrow you will have a quick quiz asking explain how a quote from Nature represents a Transcendental ideal. Please review your notes tonight to prepare.