02.12.08

Cores 1+4:

1. Listen and Present-on:
• Listen to the survival simulation presentations and start to ask what-if questions that are more based upon the feasibility of the society rather than terrifying events that may befall the inhabitants of the islands.
2. Group 1 Voicethread for questions.
3. Group 2 Voicethread for questions.
4. Group 3 Voicethread for questions.
5. Core 4 Group 1
6. Core 4 Group 2
7. Core 4 Group 3
8. Extensions:
• Make sure that you have your poetry analysis done for tomorrow.

Core 2:

1. Write-on:
2. Rev-it-Up:
• Survey
3. Read about the Shakers’ Utopian society:
• How have they peeled back life to the survival level?
• What is better: Simplicity and survival, or complexity and chaos?
4. Extensions:
• Write a paragraph about a day in your life as a Shaker. How would you feel? What would it be like?

Core 3:

1. Write-on:
2. Prepare for debate on transcendental revival.
• What reasons do you think would support your side?
• How are you going to argue your points without bullying your idea across?
3. Debate/Discussion
4. How does Romanticism compare to Transcendentalism.
5. Extensions:
• Ask someone if they could be a transcendentalist. If they don’t know what you are talking about, explain it to them and then ask them again.

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