Daily Agendas: Wed 28 Jan

LA 9                                                             Wed 28 Jan: Maus

Y  Journal: What is the best way for us to honor and pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the Holocaust? Why?

Y  Ch.2-4 Quiz

Y  p.95-127 Ch.5 Mouse Holes from Maus

Y  Ch.5 questions & add to character chart

HW: Ch.5-6 Quiz Monday

LA 11                         Wed 28 Jan: Transcendentalism

Y  Journal: What is the best way for us to honor and pay tribute to those who lost their lives in horrible tragedies? Why?

Y  Final Word Discussions (assessment)

Y  Whole group review

Y  Exit Ticket: Which idea from Thoreau do you think is most important and why?

HW: One-page response to discussion (See prompt below; part of assessment credit)
Mission statements

Discussion Response: Choose one of the questions that you discussed with your group and write a one page response. Explain what your group talked about in relation to this question. Write about whether you tended to agree or disagree with the group. Did listening to what other groups had to say change your opinion about the question? You may answer any or all of these questions. Just “show me a mind thinking!” 

Discussion Questions                                                                                                                                                

1.      Is Walden simply a place to Henry, or does it represent something more than that? What do you think Walden represents? What does Henry mean that “it is not necessary to be there in order to be there” (pg 101)? How important is it for people to have their own “Walden?”

2.      Why does Henry decide to leave Walden? Has his perspective on society changed at all over the course of the play? Has his perspective on Walden Pond changed? If so, how and why?

3.      What is our individual responsibility to society? If society is unjust, or if we are disillusioned with society, can we simply live outside of it? Or do we have an obligation to change society? In other words, what should come first: ourselves or our society? Why?

4.      Throughout the play, Lydian and Waldo constantly describe Thoreau in opposite terms. For instance, on page 5 Waldo says “He was the saddest happy man I ever knew,” and Lydian says “The happiest sad man, I think.” Who do you agree with? What made Henry happy, and what made him sad? What is the difference between ‘the happiest sad man’ and ‘the saddest happy man?’

5.      What do you think is the most important idea that we can take away from Thoreau’s life? Why?