Emerson: “Self Reliance”
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Transcript of Emerson: “Self Reliance”
Emerson: “Self Reliance”14 March 2013Miss Rice
Dare to be different!
Warm-UpIf you did not know that “The
Tide Rises, The Tide Falls” was a transcendental work, would you categorize it as so? Why? ◦List the characteristics of
transcendentalism that you see in the poem and examples of each one.
*Please take out vocab. paragraph to be collected.
AgendaSuffixesComma RulesLongfellowEmerson
CP Objectives 3/14To learn and review comma rules.To understand how Emerson’s biographical
information informs his work.To find transcendental characteristics in “The Tide
Rises, The Tide Falls.”To relate Emerson’s biographical information to
the themes of “Self Reliance.”To contribute equally in small group.To analyze segments of “Self Reliance” and
understand the work’s themes.To make modern day connection to “Self
Reliance.”To reinforce knowledge of new vocabulary.
Students of the WeekBlock 2
◦Shaina: Not afraid to ask questions, always prepared, shares opinions
Block 4◦Monica: Responsible (made up all
work from when she was out), positive attitude, helpful
Suffixesful
◦Full of _____ ◦Adj.
ic◦Having characteristics of _____◦Adj.
ing◦Verb form (present participle)
7. Using commas with quotationsCommas set off a quotation from words used to
introduce or identify the source of the quotation. ***A comma following a quotation goes inside
the closing quotation mark.
7. Using commas with quotationsUse a comma before the quotation marks and after a
phrase that introduces a quotation.
A comma following a quotation goes inside the closing quotation mark.
Do not use commas if you are ending a quotation with a question mark or exclamation point.
Add commas to a-d
*Short quiz early next week*Comma Rules practice ALL SECTIONS due
Monday
Can you find the comma mistake?
Homework“This I Believe” presentation due
tomorrow◦Technology compatibility◦Leave it with us◦Give us your rubric tomorrow
Vocab. unit 3 test tomorrowComma WS Sections 1-8 due Monday
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“I am a part of all that I have seen.”
Dare to be different!
Man Living Amongst AnimalsGrizzly Man and Timmy the Fox:
◦http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEo7W5Oib8M
Warm-UpIf you did not know that “The
Tide Rises, The Tide Falls” is a transcendental work, would you categorize it as so? Why? ◦List the characteristics of
transcendentalism that you see in the poem and examples of each.
“The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls”Themes
◦Cyclical◦Life and death are natural◦Everyone dies◦Returning to the earth
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow1807-1882
Born in Portland, Maine
Lived near the ocean
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowMost popular poet after Robert
Frost
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowTaught at Harvard for 18 years
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowAppealed to a general
audience
Spoke to the common man
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowOffers comfort about life and
death
Woooooo!
Henry Wadsworth LongfellowCriticism
◦Sentimental◦Optimistic
Longfellow and “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls”
72 when he wrote it◦3 years from his death
Returns to his boyhood in Portland when he loved listening to the sounds of the waves
Water symbolized life to Longfellow
Ralph Waldo EmersonBorn in Boston to a family that was poor but cultured - he was one of six children
His father died of TB when Emerson was 8 and his mother opened a boarding house
Ralph Waldo EmersonHis aunt, Mary Moody Emerson, took his father’s place - she emphasized self-sacrifice and drove the Emerson boys to achievement
Emerson entered Harvard at age 14 as an indifferent yet well-read student
Ralph Waldo EmersonHe became a minister, like the
eight generations of Emersons before him (unitarian)
His life was a series of attempts to establish his own identity against his background of expectations
Eventually he stepped down from the pulpit after his wife died from TB at the age of 19 and along with his grief came a disbelief in some of the central doctrines of his religion
Ralph Waldo EmersonHe eventually remarried and his
new wife had 4 childrenUnfortunately, his eldest son
Waldo died at the age of 5 from scarlet fever
Ralph Waldo EmersonHe eventually took up writing and
lecturingHe expressed the advantages of a
young land - its energy, opportunity, and freedom - more than anyone before him
Appealed to both intellectuals and the common man because he focused on humanity
He is considered on of the leaders of the Transcendentalist movement
In his later years, Emerson suffered from severe memory loss
“Self Reliance”“Self Reliance” mood and modern
connection◦http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S
enkf92xmnc
Great themes, but somewhat dry◦Therefore, we will get the main ideas
from excerpts
“Self Reliance” Group WorkGroups picked using playing cards
◦Read ◦Define◦Meaning◦Key Ideas (everyone writes this in)◦Modern Connection (song- school appropriate)◦Poster
Names Meaning Key Ideas Definitions Bio. Connection Song Illustration
Roles:-Researcher-Illustrator-Presenter-Translator (optional)
Group MaterialsOne laptopOne dictionaryOne orange literature bookMarkersPoster paper
VobackularyIf we have time…
Homework“This I Believe” presentation due
tomorrow◦Technology compatibility◦Leave it with us◦Give us your rubric tomorrow
Vocab. unit 3 test tomorrowComma WS Sections 1-8 due Monday
Get notecards and folder!