1. Monday 1.26.15 AP/ GT  Get an orange lit book  Journal #2—The Real You  Meet The Transcendentalists—pg. 311  Meet the father of Transcendentalism, Ralph Waldo Emerson—pg. 368  “Self-Reliance”—pg. 370  HW:  Transcendentalist Webquest is due Wednesday submit ti turnitin.com  Memoir Rough Draft is due Thursday  Mock AP is March 28th. That is the ONLY date available to us for use of cafeteria.

2. Journal #2 The Real You  1. If money were no issue, what would you pick as a career and why?  2. Who/what determines what is right and wrong for an individual?  3. What is an individual’s responsibility to the world/ society?  4. Is it more important to live according to your own opinion or society’s? At some point is conformity necessary?  5. Is it ever ok to break the law?  6. Do you believe you have too many, just enough, or too few conveniences in life?  7. Do/Should you express your opinion even when you know it is not a popular or orthodox?

3. Tuesday 1.27.15  Journal # 3—Characteristics of Transcendentalism  Quickly skim pg. 311—especially the beige box at the top  Then Read “Self-Reliance”—pg. 370-372  Provide a textual example from “Self-Reliance” for any THREE of the following characteristics of Transcendentalism 1. nonconformity 2. self-reliance 3.free thought 4. all living things (human, nature, and God) are connected 5. importance of nature 6. People are inherently good 7. living a simple life 8. individualism  Read Emerson's Nature and start Nature Questions (we will work on them in class tomorrow)—due Friday  Submit Transcendentalism Webquest to turnitin.com—by tomorrow  Rough Draft of Memoir--Thursday

4. Wednesday 1.28.14 AP/GT  Due: Transcendnetal WebQuest—submitted to turnitin.com by 4  No Journal  Let’s dig deep into Transcendental Ideology  Work on Emerson’s Nature and Nature Questions—due Friday (you may work with a partner but you must turn in your own responses)  Bring a hard copy of Memoir Draft to class tomorrow

5. Thursday 1.29.15 AP English Lang  Journal # 4—What is your opinion on Emerson and the Transcendentalists so far?  Memoir Revisions  Peer  Self  Turn in with your final draft on Tuesday  Be sure you have completed your assigned Nature Questions for tomorrow

6. Friday 1.30.15 English Language  Share out Nature Questions  You need 5 questions total done by the end of the period—for a grade!