Thursday, November 21, 2019

HOMEWORK:
1. Create your Walden Poster 
2. Finish chapter 10 in The Scarlet Letter. We will be discussing on December 2

TODAY:
Scarlet Letter Vocabulary
quiz Thursday, Dec 5 over words preternatural-denizen
Read chapters 5-10, Scarlet Letter
Discuss chapters 1-4
Characteristics of Romanticism in the novel, with examples
Beethoven--characteristics of Romanticism in Pathetique Sonata
    Pathetique, Opus 13, 1st movement, performed by Isabella Jacques (she's a sophomore :)
    Pathetique, Opus 13, 1st movement, performed by Vladamir Ashkenazy (critically acclaimed)

EXTRA--for those who are interested (not required, but very interesting)
Apple Computers TV ad narrated by Steve Jobs
The Crazy Ones  And the same message at Jobs' memorial service Crazy Ones
Can you see that the message of this ad is in line with Emerson and Thoreau's thinking?
How?
Do Schools Kill Creativity?--Sir Kenneth Robinson. The is the #1 TED Talk of all time.
Changing Education Paradigms, by Sir Kenneth Robinson--FASCINATING
In what ways is the message of this TED Talk in line with Emerson and Thoreau's thinking?

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