Thursday and Friday With the Substitute

11^th grade: You were assigned a research project regarding Transcendentalism in history. The details of the project are below:

Research and explain the philosophies of Transcendentalism, then in a visual research presentation assess how it impacted one of the following time periods in history. Included in the presentation, you must research social and political effects, key figures in the movement, cultural implications (morals, art, music, etc.) and major events. Also, incorporate quotes or examples from the original Transcendentalist movement.

A) 1830-1860

B) 1960-1970             

C) 2000-Present

11^th grade will work on this both Thursday and Friday and will present on Tuesday after the break.

Finish Chapter 12 by this Friday and Finish the Book by Next Friday, January 30th

Test ITW Chapters 7&8

Tuesday!!!! Bring your book!

Socratic Seminar and Test

Read through the end of Chapter 8.
Prepare 5 neatly written Socratic Seminar questions and bring to class on Thursday. Your questions can be from chapters 1-8 and need to be written to facilitate discussion and or debate.
Test on Friday over Chapters 7-8.

While on Break... READ!!!!

Read to the end of Chapter 6. We will start with Chapter 7 as soon as we get back. Happy Holidays!!!!

Quiz on Thursday!!! Into the Wild

Through the end of Chapter 4...

Novel Study

Into the Wild.... by John Krakauer