Friday, Nov. 15 Agenda

• Bell Ringer: Prep for the Essay (45 min): Outline done by Monday for test
• American Voices: start a section of Reader’s Notebook for new topic
• Defn: Ideas, beliefs, authors, styles, etc that contribute to what it means to be American; things that have influenced society to become what it currently is
• In American Voices section: What does it mean to be self-reliant? What does it mean to conform? What is a nonconformist? What are the positive and negative connotations of the words conform and nonconformist? 
• Transcendentalist Notes Review: 
• Ralph Waldo Emerson notes 
• Read Self-Reliance pg 278 (or print out), ?s sheet while you read: Due Monday
• Homework: Emerson, BAL reading/commenting, outline for test on Monday!!
• Read, post, or comment (Blogging About Lit) 
• Blog Post #2 should be up already and comments on two individual’s blog should be posted by Monday
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