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Transcendentalism and The Red Badge Of Courage

Welcome to Ms. Rosamond's class
December , 2007 (Monday and Tuesday)

What are we doing today?
1. We are writing and responding to questions about Transcendentalism
2. We are supporting our responses with textual evidence
3. We are responding to text-specific interpretive questions and supporting our responses with textual evidence
4. We are comparing and contrasting text and other sources
5. We are imitating how successful writers write by ?????


GROUP # 1
Group # 1 Go to this url http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/ideas/moderndef.html
and click on the url's. As you read the web pages, you will do the following:

Member # 1. Explain what Transcendentalism means.
Member # 2. Choose a definition that you prefer and explain why you prefer it.
Member # 3. Answer this question, "What is the difference between Transcendentalism and Naturalism/Humanism/?/????? (Choose one)
Member # 4. Ms. Rosamond (What type of convention task do you want here?)
Member # 5. Explain how these web pages helped you understand transcendentalism








GROUP # 2
Group # 2
Go to this url http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/walden/ and listen to the podcast As you listen to this podcast, you will do the following:

Members # 1 : Read the script of the podacst and summarize it.
Member # 2. Choose an excerpt from the text or podcast and explain how it helped you understand transcendentalism.
Member # 3. Answer this question , "What did the Transcendentalists believe in?"
Member # 4. Ms. Rosamond (What type of convention task do you want here?)

Member # 5. Explain what you learn from this podcast and its text about transcendentalism and support your response with evidence from the podcast/text.



GROUP # 3
Group # 3
Go the this url http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043961/trailers-screenplay-E17560-310
and watch this trailer for the movie version of The Red Badge Of Courage. As you watch this video clip, you will do the following:
Member # 1: Summarize the video trailer.
Member # 2. Choose a moment from the trailer that resonates with you and explain why it appeals to you.
Member # 3. What does this trailer tell you about the novel, "The Red Badge of Courage"?
Member # 4. Ms. Rosamond (What type of convention task do you want here?)

Member # 5. Explain what you learn from this video trailer and support your response with evidence from the web pages.

GROUP # 4
Group # 4 Ms. Rosamond, can you think of a song????? that's related to Transcendentalism or the theme of The Red Badge of Courage?
Listen to the song ans as you listen to the song, you will do the following:
Member # 1: Summarize the song.
Member # 2. Choose a line or stanza from the song that resonates with you and explain why it appeals to you.
Member # 3. Explain how this song relates to Transcendentalism/The Red Badge of Courage.
Member # 4.Ms. Rosamond (What type of convention task do you want here?)

Member # 5. Explain what you learned from this song about Transcendentalism and support your response with evidence from the lyrics.


GROUP # 5
Group # 5
Watch this video about transcendentalism. As you watch this video???? ( I will send you a copy of the video Ms. Rosamond), you will do the following:
Member # 1: Summarize the video.
Member # 2. Choose a moment in the video that resonates with you and explain why it appeals to you.
Member # 3. Explain how this video relates to Transcendentalism.
Member # 4. Ms. Rosamond (What type of convention task do you want here?)

Member # 5. Explain what you learned from this video about Transcendentalism and support your response with evidence from the video.


GROUP # 6
Group # 6
Group # 1 Go to this url
http://english.byu.edu/Novelinks/Literary%20Units/Transcendentalism.html
and click on the url's. As you read the web pages, you will do the following:
Member # 1. Explain what Transcendentalism means.
Member # 2. Choose a definition that you prefer.
Member # 3. Answer this question, "????"
Member # 4. Ms. Rosamond (What type of convention task do you want here?)
Member # 5. Explain how these web pages helped you understand Transcendentalism.


GROUP # 7
Group # 7
Go to this url http://www.emersoncentral.com/transcendentalist.htm
As you read Ralph Wado Emerson's "The Transcendentalist", you will do the following:
Member # 1. Summarize the essay.
Member # 2. Explain what transcendentalists believe in and support your explanation with textual evidence.
Member # 3. Answer this question, "How did Emerson describe a transcendentalist?"
Member # 4. Ms. Rosamond (What type of convention task do you want here?)
Member # 5. Explain how this essay helped you understand Transcendentalism.

Guidelines for the panel discussion
1. Each member will explain his task.
2. A member of each group will ask each of the presenters a question related to their task.
3. Each presenter will respond to the questions of th audience and support responses with textual evidence, logical reasoning and personal experience.
4. ??? (Do you have other ideas Ms, Rosamond?)
5. ???
6. ???



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Rubric for an effective group presentation
Criteria Effectively (90-100) Somewhat effective (71-89) Poorly (60-70)






























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