Day 4

Self Reliance and Other Essays Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    The Infinite Pursuit of Success

    Kind of Activity:

    Collaborative Writing

    Objective:

    Students will write original essays and engage in a peer editing process to explore the concept of "the unattainable."

    Common Core Standards:

    CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.2. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.6

    Structure:

    Begin this activity by taking one or two volunteers to read the following excerpt from "Circles": "Our life is an apprenticeship to the truth that around every circle another can be drawn; that there is no end in nature, but every end is a beginning; that...

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