Lesson 19 | Living Deliberately: Transcendentalism Then and Now | 11th Grade English

Engage in a Socratic seminar about poetry, making connections to ideas from Emerson and Thoreau and supporting arguments with strong textual evidence.

Materials

“Transcendentalism Socratic Seminar Poems”

Standards

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

Lesson

Analyze Sherry Turkle's purpose and how she persuades her audience using rhetorical appeals.

Materials

“Sherry Turkle: Connected, but alone?”

Standards

RI.11-12.2RI.11-12.6SL.11-12.3

Lesson

Analyze Thoreau's central ideas and rhetorical strategies in his essay "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience."

Materials

Excerpts from "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience"

Standards

RI.11-12.2RI.11-12.6

Lesson

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.

Materials