PPT-HENRY DAVID THOREAU

18171862 Thoreau age 39 At 37 Concord MA Walden Pond Reconstructed cabin Pond in winter Need for wildness When I ask for a garment of a particular form my tailoress tells me gravely They do not make them so now not emphasizing the They at all as if she quoted an authority as impersonal as the Fates. Three rules:. It should be the same dimensions as Thoreau’s cabin, 15’ x 10’ (2 boxes = 1 foot).. No electricity, gasoline, propane, hamster wheels, etc. . No human housemates.. Consider the following:. An APHORISM is a brief cleverly worded statement that makes a wise observation about life. . Emerson’s style is . aphoristic. , in other words he incorporates many . quotable . sayings into his essays.. Evidence. of Hindu and . Buddhist. Thought in the works of H.D. Thoreau. Elizabeth Thompson. Framingham High School. 2011. Transcendentalism. C. irca 1830 Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson were at the forefront of the creation Transcendentalism, a spiritual, political, and intellectual . Do Now:. Take out your packet from yesterday.. Homework:. Get an . Into the Wild . book. Content Objective. : . Students will gain understanding . . on how to complete the “controlling idea” question and an understanding on literary elements of personification, tone , diction, and conflict.. Self-Reliance . to . Civil Disobedience: . Guerilla Transcendentalist Projects. Aerie Treska. English Department. Roland Park Country School. Baltimore, MD . First, some context….. AP English 11. American Literature focus. and Composition. Tuesday, February 3. rd. , 2015. Partner-Score Homework. Due: Read and Annotate. Thoreau . – . On the Duty of Civil . Disobedience. Reminder: . Be honest and accurate in your scoring. By: Evan, Evan, Ben, and Jordan. Squatting. Thoreau did not own the land he built his house on. Instead, he was squatting – using an unoccupied space that he didn’t have permission to use.. He squatted for over 2 years . “John Muir is remembered primarily as a no-nonsense conservationist and the founding president of the Sierra Club, but he was also a bold adventurer, a fearless scrambler of peaks, glaciers, and waterfalls whose best-known essay includes a riveting account of nearly falling to his death, in 1872, while ascending California’s Mt. Ritter. In another essay Muir rapturously describes riding out a ferocious Sierra gale, by choice, in the uppermost branches of a on-hundred-foot Douglas fir…” (. An exploration of the pond in Concord, MA where the Transcendentalist author lived and recorded his thoughts.. The . Hollowell. Farm. The . Hollowell. Farm. Thoreau uses the . Hollowell. Farm to showcase his belief that purchasing property actually “burns” the new owner. He suggests that one should liberate oneself from the desire to own something because it is better to leave . by: . chris. . kazun. Henry VIII . (1491-1547). King of England from 1509-1547. Highly educated. spoke French, English and Latin. Devout Catholic. Detested Protestantism. Hated Martin Luther. First Marriage. Rigdon. “Nature” Emerson. “Self-Reliance” Emerson and . Walden Thoreau . Walden. Thoreau. “Civil Disobedience” Thoreau. Walt Whitman. 10. 10. 10. 10. 10. 20. 20. 20. 20. 20. 30. 30. 30. 30. 1817-1862. Thoreau, age 39. At 37. Concord, MA. Walden Pond. Reconstructed cabin. Pond in winter. Need for “wildness. ”. When I ask for a garment of a particular form, my . tailoress. tells me gravely, "They do not make them so now," not emphasizing the "They" at all, as if she quoted an authority as impersonal as the Fates. Academic Vocabulary Genre conventions The essential features and format that characterize a specific genre Literary Terms Connotation feelings or ideas associated with a word Epigraph A life of principle. A. n American author, essayist, poet, Transcendentalist and naturalist. He is best known for his book . Walden. , a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay, .