1. From Nature Ralph Waldo Emerson

2. Literary Focus  Imagery is the use of language to evoke a picture or a concrete sensation of a person, thing, place, or experience  Appeals to the 5 senses  Prose is the ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse.

3. Think-Pair-Share  What can one benefit from an appreciation of nature?

4. Jot Note  Imagery  Main idea  Personification

5. GIST  Summary  About 20 words

6. Key Points  Describes the exaltation human beings can experience when they really see the natural world around them  Must be child-like to fully appreciate nature  Humans & plants are both part of the natural world – delight found in our relationship with nature  Our moods affect our perception of nature.

7. From Self-Reliance

8. Literary Focus  Figure of speech  Simile  Metaphor  Personification  Symbol

9. Table Talk  Read and discuss the questions posed in the beige text boxes.

10. Persuasive Essay  What is Emerson’s claim?

11. Key Points  Nonconformity  Self-sufficiency  Express ourselves strongly  Only individuals know the best course of action  Imitation of others is ignorance