Friday, December 5, 2014

December 4

Today we read the Emerson essay, "On Self-Reliance."

Students got into groups to focus on one paragraph and answer the following questions:

  • Read the paragraph to yourself.  Then have someone in the group read it out loud. 
  • Your group should pick two words or phrases that you don’t understand. 
  • Write these down, then write down what you think they mean.  Then ask Schachter to check off if you’re right or not.
  • As a group, write one sentence that could be used to explain the entire paragraph.  You may not quote from Emerson, you need to use your own words. 
  • Write up a skit that shows the message of the paragraph and helps explain it.

1.  _____________________________________________________________________
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What you think it means:  __________________________________________________
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2.  _____________________________________________________________________
What you think it means:  __________________________________________________
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One sentence that describes the entire paragraph.
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