Friday, February 19, 2021

Friday, February 19th

 Starter: FOUR CORNERS

  1. Chris McCandless was on a transcendental odyssey.
  2. The feeling of transcendence can be explained by brain chemistry.
  3. Happiness is only real when shared.

PREVIEW: YOUTH SEEKING WISDOM project

  • Who might have folks to interview? Who wants to be part of the group interviews with Westminster?
  • What questions are not on the list that should be?
TO-DO/WORK TIME
  • Transcendentalism Notes/Response to Walden
  • Spend some time in the pages of Leaves of Grass (see OPTIONAL EXTENSION)
  • Some of you: Self-Assessment
  • Catch up late work
  • Conference with Jessica
  • HONORS: Personal Narrative! Conference with me?
    • Draft for Peer Critique due March 1st
  • HONORS: Read  A Tale for the Time Being 
    • Part 1 (through Page 108 due February 23rd for plot clarification meeting)
  • Monday's Journal #11 assignment