Tourtellotte Memorial High School

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

American Literature

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1-Notes on Transcendentalism

2-”Self-Reliance,” assigned project

3-”Civil Disobedience,” model for project (poem, cartoon)

4-”Civil Disobedience” con’t, model for project (song lyrics)

5-”I Hear America Singing,” “I Sit and Look Out”

 

8- “Song of Myself” paraphrase

9-Walden due Friday #1, cc, 2, 3, 4

10-SNOW DAY

 

BECAUSE OF THE SNOW DAY, IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO VIEW THE FILM IN ITS ENTIRETY. THEREFORE, WE WILL VIEW THE FILM WHEN WE RETURN FROM THE FEBRUARY BREAK.

 

11- Transcendentalism quiz, Walden

12-Check-in “Mirror”, Walden

 

                          Winter Break– Do a great job on your projects!!!

22-Dead Poets Society

23-PROJECT DUE TODAY!  Dead Poet Society

24-Finish Dead Poet Society, reaction paper

25-Emily Dickinson, Research paper topics and handouts

26-Emily Dickinson

 

It’s March already!

 

Let the play begin!