March 25, 2019

Objective:  I can determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text.(RI11-12.2).
Agenda:

• Entry Task:  Split yourselves into equal groups and meet at one of the posters “In the Depths of Solitude” by Tupac Shakur, “Remember” by Joy Harjo, “A Light Exists in Spring” by Emily Dickinson, “The Oxbow” by Thomas Cole, or “Kindred Spirits” by Asher Durand.
• With your group, “read” the poem or artwork for elements of Transcendentalism by reviewing your notes.  
• Annotate the poem or painting for at least 3 elements of Transcendentalism that are revealed.  
  • Share out your poem/painting to the class and and one of your pieces of evidence.
  • Take a copy of your poem/painting back to your desk with you.  
• Pre-reading:  Look for evidence of Transcendentalism as we listen today.
  • Listen to Ch. 4 (29:14) p. 25-37
• Post-reading: Cut and paste your poem or painting into your journal. Explain how it and ch. 4 utilize Transcendental ideals.  
  • If you use a quotation to support your thinking and you feel the page, this could count as one of your quotations!
• Exit Task:  Cut and paste the map of the Detrital Wash into your notebook--remember to add color details throughout in order to earn a 4 for creativity.  Put away your scissors, glue, and garbage.