Week 4 - Punctuating Well; Exploring Transcendental Non-Conformity; Finishing Into the Wild

We've all been in that ^ situation. Part of what we'll do in here is work toward learning how to make that situation happen less often. As 11th graders, you should be thinking hard about those ACTs and SATs - about scheduling mock versions and actual tests, analyzing your study needs, STUDYING, and getting scores that show the colleges you want to attend exactly what you're capable of academically.

On Friday, we had to cut the lesson because off the half snow day, which threw a few things off this week. In any case, here we are:

On Monday, we completed the chapters 3 through 13 reading guides and Transcendentalism Traits analysis packets and talked a bit about semi-colons.

On Tuesday, we talked about semi-colons AND colons and composed blog posts using them correctly and incorporating research via hyperlinks. Thiis is your 3rd required blog post, and the prompt is as follows: Search online for a group of people who lives outside of what most would consider “normal” society. Add a video or website link about them, describe them, and relate their existence to Alexander McCandless’s. (This is essentially a compare and contrast piece – remember to be thorough and interesting). Use at least one colon and one semi-colon correctly.

On Wednesday, we will watch the video below to take notes on Transcendentalism and read what we missed out on last week: "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson and "Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau. We will also - ASSUMING YOU TURN IN YOUR PERMISSION SLIPS!!! - begin watching Into the WIld. Homework: Divide up the remaining chapters of the novel amongst your group members. Read them before Monday.

MODEL OF TRANSCENDENTAL ARGUMENT ANALYSIS AND TEXT SYNTHESIS:

On Thursday, we will make sure the homework was completed, talk about your ACT/SAT plans, read a bit, and watch a bit more of the movie.

On Friday, we will complete an epigraph analysis of different chapters, read a bit more, and watch more of the movie. REMEMBER to finish the book over the weekend. Next week, we will complete our final unit assessment for this novel. 20% of our overall grade for the course is almost completely on the books!