Transcendentalism Museum
11 March 2013Miss Rice
Warm-Up
• Look over the Vocab. Unit 3 list and write the words you already know on your pink warm-up sheet
• Then get your TIB essay materials in this order (top to bottom):
FINAL COPYPEER EDIT SHEETROUGH DRAFT(S)
Agenda
• Suffixes• Vocab. Unit 3• TIB Presentation Rubric• Transcendentalism Museum
CP Objectives 3/11• To make personal connections to new vocabulary
words.• To introduce suffixes.• To review the “This I Believe” presentation
format.• To introduce transcendentalism and understand
common characteristics of the genre.• To conduct close readings of lines of
transcendentalist work.
Suffixes
• What is a suffix?• able/ible: able to be done• al/ial: having
characteristics of• ed: past-tense verbs
Vocab. Unit 3
• Homework• Due Wednesday
• Mark the accented syllables and parts of speech• Write 1 synonym & 1 antonym for each
• Due Thursday• Creative paragraph relating to nature
using at least 5 of the vocab. words correctly
• *Vocab quiz Friday!
Adversary
Adverse
Alienate
Alien
Artifice
Artificial
Coerce
Craven
Culinary
Delete
Demise
Exhilarate
Fallow
Harass
Inclement
• Climate
Muse
Negligible
• Not eligible to be counted
Perpetuate
• Perpetual
Precedent
Punitive
• Punish
Redress
Sojourn
Urbane
“This I Believe” Presentations
DUE FRIDAY, 3/15 (write this in on the rubric)• 15 points to present in front of class• Tone• Clarity• Emotionality
• If you do not want to share with the class, you can opt to not present and get a 0/15
• 5 extra credit points for a radio/voice recording• YOUR VOICE
• 10 extra credit points for your voice recording with a videoTECHNOLOGY
Welcome!
• The Museum of Transcendentalism
Directions
• Circulate and read/listen to all of the quotations
• Reflect• Independent and quiet
Reflection Sheets
• Which was your favorite?• Which was your least favorite?
Common Themes
• Core values/beliefs that come from these quotations?• Write these on the back of your reflection
sheet to be collected
• Similarities to Romantics?
• What is Transcendentalism?
Vocab. Unit 3
• Homework• Due Wednesday
• Mark the accented syllables and parts of speech• Write 1 synonym & 1 antonym for each
• Due Thursday• Creative paragraph relating to nature
using at least 5 of the vocab. words correctly
• *Vocab quiz Friday!