From Walden, or Life in the Woods By Henry David Thoreau.
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Transcript of From Walden, or Life in the Woods By Henry David Thoreau.
from Walden, or
Life in the Woods
By Henry David Thoreau
What are these words?
fnyorncnomoit
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Consider…
• “How do you really want to live?”
• “What do you need to feel fulfilled?”
• “What are you doing right now that isn’t really necessary?”
Reading Strategies
• Making inferences- What is this again??
• Generalization- Making assumptions and connections based on your own experience and prior reading
• Essentially, a reasonable guess
First-person point of view
• Thoreau uses “I” to describe his experience
Begin reading Walden (pg. 233)
• Fill out the reading questions
as you read!
Begin reading Walden (pg. 233)
• As you are reading, we will stop and periodically answer the questions together. Please follow along and pay attention so you know what is happening!
• Fill out the reading packet as we go; we will do this together.
PowerPoint Reminders!
PowerPoint Reminders!• Make sure your font is easy to read against
your backgrounds.
• Go into DETAIL I want more than the “basic” information.
• When you present, you should be referring to notes, not reading off the slides. Make sure you aren’t simply reading your notes.
• Come to class prepared!!
• Make sure you have cited all outside pictures.
Vocabulary (pages 233-244)
• Pertinent• Encumbrance• Impervious• Temporal• Derision• Tumultuous• Ethereal• Review: Superfluous / Incessantly