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Week of February 15 th through 19 th

Week of February 15 th through 19 th. Honors English 3. Monday, February 15 th. Collect signed progress reports Reminder: Bring books this week! Transcendentalism graffiti walk Notes on transcendentalism. Tuesday, February 16 th. Vocabulary Quiz New Vocabulary words

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Week of February 15 th through 19 th

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  1. Week of February 15th through 19th Honors English 3

  2. Monday, February 15th • Collect signed progress reports • Reminder: Bring books this week! • Transcendentalism graffiti walk • Notes on transcendentalism

  3. Tuesday, February 16th • Vocabulary Quiz • New Vocabulary words • Begin reading Self-Reliance

  4. SAT VocabList 2 • Affable • Good-natured • Affectation • Artificial behavior • Alacrity • Eager willingness • Altruism • selflessness • Amenable • Willing to respond to persuasion • Anachronism • The placing of something in the wrong historical period • Analogous • comparable • Ancillary • extra • Androgynous • Gender neutral • Anthropocentric • Regarding humans as the center of the universe

  5. Apathy • Lack of interest • Aphorism • Concise, witty remark expressing a general truth • Audacious • Willing to take bold risks • Arbitration • The use of a person to settle a dispute • Archaic • Belonging to ancient times • Arduous • difficult • Articulate • Fluent and clear in speech • Astute • Good at making accurate judgments • Augment • Add to or increase • Auspicious • Indicating a good chance of success

  6. Wednesday, February 17th • Journal writing • Review key concepts from transcendentalism notes • Read from Self-Reliance or excerpts from Walden • Individualism discussion • Notes on Thoreau

  7. Journal Entry • “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.” • Discuss the concept of conformity and nonconformity in relation to this quote.

  8. Thursday, February 18th • Romanticism introductory activity • Romanticism notes • Distribute The Scarlet Letter and read chapter 1 • Evidence/commentary journal instructions

  9. Friday, February 19th • Read “A Cross of Snow” and “Thanatopsis” • Discuss and answer questions • Or read The Devil and Tom Walker

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