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Brainstorm and plan a short essay or free verse poem that uses a moment of observation of the natural world to reflect on something about life.
Excerpt: Epiphany in the Beans by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Book: The Book of Delights by Ross Gay (Essays: "Hummingbird," "The Irrepressibles: The Gratitudes," "Fireflies")
Poem: “The Summer Day” by Mary Oliver
Poem: “The Swan” by Mary Oliver
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Build background knowledge on Transcendentalism and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Standards
RI.11-12.2RL.11-12.2SL.11-12.1SL.11-12.6
Identify Emerson's central ideas and how he develops those ideas in excerpts from "Self-Reliance."
L.11-12.5RI.11-12.2RI.11-12.4
Analyze Emerson's use of literary devices and rhetoric to convey his argument about the relationship between man and nature.
L.11-12.5RI.11-12.4RI.11-12.6RL.11-12.9
Build background knowledge on Thoreau, and identify his purpose and audience for Walden.
Analyze Thoreau's use of figurative language and rhetorical devices to convey his central ideas in Walden.
Analyze how Thoreau uses imagery and figurative language to develop his central ideas.
L.11-12.5RI.11-12.2RL.11-12.4
Engage in a Socratic seminar about poetry, making connections to ideas from Emerson and Thoreau and supporting arguments with strong textual evidence.
L.11-12.5RL.11-12.2RL.11-12.4SL.11-12.1.aSL.11-12.1.bSL.11-12.1.cSL.11-12.1.d
Analyze Sherry Turkle's purpose and how she persuades her audience using rhetorical appeals.
RI.11-12.2RI.11-12.6SL.11-12.3
Analyze Thoreau's central ideas and rhetorical strategies in his essay "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience."
RI.11-12.2RI.11-12.6
Engage in small group discussions of Emily Dickinson poems, as well as a Gallery Walk, analyzing Dickinson's central ideas and how she communicates those through diction, imagery, and other literary devices.
L.11-12.1L.11-12.5RL.11-12.2RL.11-12.4
Analyze how Whitman uses imagery and figurative language to convey his central themes in "Song of Myself."
RL.11-12.2RL.11-12.4RL.11-12.5
Review the expectations of a personal essay assignment, gather related quotations from Emerson and Thoreau, and brainstorm a chosen personal subject.
RI.11-12.1RI.11-12.2W.11-12.4
Outline and draft an introduction to the Being True essay.
W.11-12.1W.11-12.2W.11-12.4W.11-12.5
Complete a draft of the Being True essay.
Provide peer feedback and make revisions to the Being True essay.
Analyze Kimmerer's central idea about reciprocity and how she develops that idea in her essay.
RI.11-12.2RI.11-12.3RI.11-12.4RI.11-12.5
Analyze how the diction, imagery, and structure of Mary Oliver's poems contribute to her message about the role of nature in an individual's life.
L.11-12.5RL.11-12.2RL.11-12.4RL.11-12.5
Analyze Gay's tone, structure, and overall purpose in essays from his The Book of Delights.
RI.11-12.3RI.11-12.4RI.11-12.5RI.11-12.6
L.11-12.3L.11-12.5W.11-12.10W.11-12.4
Write a short essay or free verse poem that uses a moment of observation of the natural world to reflect on something about life.
L.11-12.3L.11-12.5W.11-12.10
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