1. Thursday, December 10 th, 2015 Sit anywhere

2. Describe your favorite outside location. Use sensory details and be thorough.

3. Thoreau “Where I Lived, and What I Lived For” annotations Partner score Record on text and on Unit 4 rubric Initial next to score on rubric **Review progress on Unit 4 rubric!!

4. Have a conversation with the people around you Talking points: BOTH Emerson AND Thoreau Which essay did you like better? Why? Discuss the concrete and abstract nouns found in both essays. Then discuss each author’s thesis statement. How do the authors construct their arguments? What did you find effective, and what do you not understand? What is our responsibility to nature?*** Collaboratively – make a bullet-point précis pre-write for one of the essays. Discuss your ideas as you work!

6. Frontier précis (3 pieces) due Fri. 12/11/15 Carson: From Silent Spring annotations due Mon. 12/14/15 Oates “Against Nature” annotations due Tues. 12/15/15 Unit 4 Rubric due Tues. 12/15/15 Nature précis (3 pieces) due Thurs. 12/17/15