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Writing Project Overview
Project Objective
Create an informational slideshow that explains how an individual today embodies key values of transcendentalism and can be considered a modern transcendentalist.
Readings and Materials
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Excerpt: “Excerpts from "Self-Reliance"” by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Excerpt: “Chapter 1 from Nature” by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Excerpt: “Excerpts from Walden” by Henry David Thoreau
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Excerpt: “Excerpts from "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience"” by Henry David Thoreau
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Sample Response: Informational Slideshow Exemplar & Non-Exemplar (G11, U1, L12)
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Resource: Self/Peer Feedback Form (G11, U1, L12)
Lesson Map
Create an informational slideshow that explains how an individual today embodies key values of transcendentalism and can be considered a modern transcendentalist.
Brainstorm and select an individual who embodies transcendental values, and identify 2–3 values with initial examples and evidence.
- Transcendental Values Brainstorm Graphic Organizer (G11, U1, L12)
- Modern Transcendentalist Brainstorm Graphic Organizer (G11, U1, L12)
Standards
W.11-12.2W.11-12.4W.11-12.5
Plan the structure of an informational slideshow by organizing ideas and evidence, selecting relevant quotations, and explaining how they support the thesis.
- Informational Slideshow Outline (G11, U1, L12)
Standards
SL.11-12.4W.11-12.2.aW.11-12.2.bW.11-12.2.fW.11-12.4W.11-12.5
Draft an informational slideshow that uses text features to organize and enhance ideas and speaker notes to explain, expand on, and connect the information presented.
- Informational Slideshow Outline Sample Response—Slide 3 (G11, U1, L12)
- Informational Slideshow Outline (G11, U1, L12)
Standards
SL.11-12.4SL.11-12.5W.11-12.2.aW.11-12.2.bW.11-12.6
Standards
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