Daily Log

Tuesday, December 14

Before resuming our reading from Emerson's essay "Nature," we explored what we mean by that word by breaking into small groups, brainstorming, writing definitions, and then reporting back to the class as a whole. After that we read further in the essay, trying to reach the notorious "transparent eyeball" -- succeeding in some sections, failing in others.

HW due Thursday:
Vocabulary assignment with "Words to Own" from Thoreau's Walden (pp. 234-44 in the textbook). For each of the ten words you are to supply
(1) the original sentence containing the word;
(2) a definition;
(3) a real-world example of the word in use in the relevant meaning; and
(4) a sentence of your own composition using the word in such a way as to demonstrate its meaning.