LEARNING TARGET: I CONTINUE EXPLORING THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS AND DEVELOPING MY
UNDERSTANDING OF TRANSCENDENTALIST VALUES BY ANALYZING THOREAU AND PERFORMING CLOSE READINGS
OF POETRY/ART
Warmup
- Begin the day sitting with people who share your Poem/ Work
- Please have your transcendentalism handout and annotated “Where I Lived & What I Lived For” by Henry
David Thoreau, and OPTIC/ TPCAST for your poem/painting out on your desk. Mr. Schmitz will be stamping
your work (TPCAST/OPTIC and links to Transcendentalism).
CJ : Thoreau – “Where I lived & What I lived for” (Journal 10min)
* Review your annotations and add a notes about the main idea of each paragraph in the margins.
* What aspects of society does Thoreau criticize?
note examples with paragraph #s in your journal
* In what way does Thoreau say the aspects he mentions inhibit the pursuit of happiness?
After 8 minutes or so, check in with a shoulder partner. Supplement your observations accordingly. Note new
information with a * in your journal.
Continue Values of Transcendentalism – dialogues based on Poems / Art etc. (next SLIDE)
HW: *Review and Annotate Krakauer (288-291) & Bring in a Photo that characterizes a moment of Happiness
in your Life / VOC 1& 2 for Friday – Select and complete 1 of the two essays (“Words in Action”) for each
unit. Your response should be 1 full page in CJ minimum – Don’t forget to use paragraphs!
THIS WEEK 8-29:
MON: CE?, Halcomb,
Credo & Thoreau
(260) due
TUE: UNIT 1 VOC &
Poems Due
WED: last day CE?
/Krakauer 288-91
THURS: Photo of
Happiness in your life
FRI: VOC Unit 1&2 DUE
select and complete
one of the two essays in
your CJ. **ALL READINGS
LISTED ON DATE DUE**
TRANSCENDENTALIST VALUES IN POETRY & ART
PREPARE THE FOLLOWING BASED ON THE NUMBER YOU WERE ASSIGNED IN CLASS # 1-5
Poetry
1. “The Depths of Solitude” – Shakur (266)
2. “Remember” Harjo (267)
3. “A Light Exists in Spring” – Dickinson (268)
Hudson River Artists: (269)
will need to look images up online
*USE OPTIC (467) to complete your
analysis
4. “The Oxbow” – Thomas Cole
*USE TP-CAST to complete your analysis (465)
*** IN ADDITION to TP-CAST or OPTIC
make correlations to address the
representation of the Pursuit of
Happiness & Transcendentalist
values. ***
5. “Kindred Spirits” – Asher Durand
LEARNING TARGET: I WILL EXPLORE THE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS OF THIS UNIT AND EXPAND MY
AWARENESS OF TRANSCENDENTALISM & THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS THROUGH THE LENSES OF POETRY &
ART.
AFTER THE FIRST TEN MINUTES ON THOREAU….
MEET with the people who had the same poem/painting as you for 5-7 Minutes. Make sure you have the
piece mastered and can full explain the TPCAST/OPTIC & correlations with Transcendentalist ideals.
Swap – to groups of 5(6) where all 5 works are represented. BE EFFICIENT & AWARE OF
YOUR TIME. Share your poem (15 minutes- 5 minutes per person/poem (read the poem, explain it,
connect to transcendentalist ideals) – the sub will notify you when it is time to change speakers).
Annotate the highlights of the poems for the other groups in your journal. You will need the
information in the future. Use the remaining time to note additional correlations to Transcendentalist
ideas, make connections among the works, ask for any clarification.
Use any time remaining to work on Vocab.
HW: *Review and Annotate Krakauer (288-291) & Bring in a Photo that characterizes a moment of
Happiness in your Life / VOC 1& 2 for Friday – Select and complete 1 of the two essays (“Words in
Action”) for each unit. Your response should be 1 full page in CJ minimum – Don’t forget to use
paragraphs!
THIS WEEK 8-29:
MON: CE?, Halcomb,
Credo & Thoreau
(260) due
TUE: UNIT 1 VOC &
Poems Due
WED: last day CE?
/Krakauer 288-91
THURS: Photo of
Happiness in your life
FRI: VOC Unit 1&2 DUE
select and complete
one of the two essays in
your CJ. **ALL READINGS
LISTED ON DATE DUE**