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5. When you are through reading, post a 1-2 paragraph response to each piece of writing to your blog. Be sure to concentrate more on what you thought of each piece of writing. Try to include at least one piece of direct evidence with each response (remember standard #1). This should be something that stuck out to you about the particular piece of writing.



"Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson



Well for nature it was a little hard to understand it but what I understood was that the writer was talking about all the special things about nature. The writing was alright and it was interesting but it wasn’t hard for me to understand it because I was really attracted to it.



Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

I like this story better because it was shorter. I also liked it because I understood it better and found every thing much easier most of all it was different. The themes in this story were put better into words and were easy to find.



6. Next, write explain how each piece is a good example of Transcendentalism by identifying the central themes I described earlier in the post. Use what you read above, and prove that each piece is a good example with a paragraph supported with direct evidence (one paragraph each)


direct evidence (one paragraph each)

"Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

One of the themes is that god spoke through peoples mind and their hard work, and it says it in the stories. When the men is talking about the farms and how beautiful they are and the hard work the farmers put into there work. It also talks about another theme in which it says that the human mind is one of the most powerful things in the world and that all the mind were connected through "oversoul". It talks about it saying how the men imagined the stars and what would happened to them if they came in a thousand years.

"Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

In this story it brings one of the themes very clear to the reader. It talks bout humans representing the hard work it says that a man is relieved and gay when he puts his heart into his work and he has done his best. Another of the themes represented in the story is that peoples mind is a powerful instrument to the transcendentalist. It explains that when it talks about how all the cultures is different and how humans do their best to make more secure places for each other.

7. How can you apply Transcendental philosophy to the man in this video? I'm sure you could easily spend a couple paragraphs telling me how. I also know it would be easy for you to back up whatever you say with direct evidence from the texts you have already read.

1)What is a theme? Would you know one when you saw it? Could you provide evidence to support what you say? Take a moment to post to your blog what this standard might mean, and while you are at it, what this thing called theme" is.

1) the theme is a main idea or main plot

2) no cause you have to read the story then you might find the theme

3) it means that the students should analyzes and read the story and they should use evidence from the story

2)What about the story did you find particularly Romantic?

1)i think that romantic is something that is not real and its in poems that have lovey-dovey stuff in it. romantic is when the story is about love and how they love there love ones or girlfriends. the story tells how much they love someone and they explain it in the story it is sometimes the theme in the story.

3)How does this poem illustrate all three of the main themes of Romanticism?

1)focus on imagination: his focus was the love of nature evidence . the love of nature holds communion with her visible forms

2)celebration of nature: he was telling people that nature is teaching and helping people that is scared of death. earth, that nourished thee, shall claim thy growth, to be resolved to earth again.

3)promotion of common people:when you die you will be like the famous people because we are all the same. thou shalt lie down with patniarchs of the infant world -- with kings, the powerful of the earth -- the wise, the good, fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, all in one mighty sepulchre.

1)As specifically as possible, please explain how you have addressed the above standards.

1)evidence:

2)theme: was love and i use stuff from the poem like the love of nature evidence

3)connections:

doug

Fresh prince of bel air show


Will Smith stars as a teenager from inner city Philadelphia who's sent

to California to live with his wealthy relatives in the hopes that they

will straighten him out and teach him some good old-fashioned values,

but Will soon takes his rightful place as The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. The

reason I say they should put The Fresh Prince of Bel Air should be back

on TV because it is a very funny series. They are all good actors on

The Fresh Prince of Bel Air there is no bad words and no violence.

So kids are able to watch the show.

I think The Fresh Prince of Bel Air is good for kids because it help them

think outside the box. This is an example Will Smith went back to his

home town and all most got into a fight but he walked away instead of

fighting and he is trying to show that you don’t have to fight to prove

anything to anyone. Will is all about the youth he helps who ever he

can if they want his help. On one series Will had his family go to a

community that needs help on the building and they gave food to the

people that wanted the food. He is a smart young man that started the

show but at the end he came out a man from the help of the cast

members and from his family. He had good cast member that was

behind him 100% and that is good to have people u don’t know help

you and believe in you. They took a low amount of money and they did

from the soul they seen that Will Smith have good things going for his

self and others. Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is definitely the best show ever. It is

hard to laugh at nearly every joke, but they make it possible in this. Every

character is awesome. This started Will Smith and I am proud to say that this

was good. The storylines in this are excellent. Every character is well developed.

James Avery and the two Vivians are really good as the parents. They convinced

me perfectly. Alfonso Ribeiro is perfect as the dorky cousin of Will and he

convinced me very much. Karyn Parsons is good as the snobby cousin and she

definitely did well. Tatyana Ali is good as Ashley and her character developed for

the better over the time. Joseph Marcell is perfect as the butler Geoffrey and he

made me laugh every time he said something funny. Ross Bagley is did well as

little Nicky and he was cool. Will Smith is the main character and he is a

good actor. And last, but definitely not least, is Will Smith. He convinced me

very much as the hood who changes when he moves in with his rich family and I

loved his character the most. Will Smith made a lot of movies after the series like

independence day, I robot, and I am legend that is some of the movies. He is one

of the best actors I know he is very funny he plays his part real good in ever

movie I seen him in. The main reason is Will Smith is a very well actor that does

care about others that needs help. The series was very good it have you

laughing and almost crying that how funny the series was.