Lesson Plan in Teaching Essay Level: Third Year I. Objectives: A. Identify meaning of words thro gh str ct ral analysis.

!. Point o t the rhetorical devices sed by the a thor that reveal his tone and attit de. ". Point o t the imagery sed in the te#t. $. %ain an awareness and general nderstanding what te#t str ct res are II. & bject 'atter :To(ic: )*at re+ by ,al(h -aldo Emerson III. Teaching . Learning &e/ ence A. 'otivation Imagine if one day all the earth0s flowers fail to bloom1 do yo thin2 the earth wo ld still be a good (lace to live in3 !. 4nloc2ing of $iffic lties Identify the (refi#es and s ffi#es in the itali5ed words. Then loo2 ( the meaning of the root word and se the words in yo r own sentences. 6.The atmos(here was made trans(arent. 7.The stars awa2en a certain reverence. 8.The stars are inaccessible. 9.All nat ral object ma2e a 2indred im(ression. :.The charming landsca(e is ind bitably made ( of some twenty or thirty farms. ;.I have enjoyed a (erfect e#hilaration. <.$es(ite all his im(ertinent grief1 he shall be glad with me =.-e mean the integrity of im(ression made by manifold nat ral objects. ". %etting a general im(ression 6. -hat is the (lot overview of the essay *at re by ,al(h -aldo Emerson 7. -hat is Emerson0s belief towards niversal nderstanding3 $. 4nderstanding the content 6. In which lines does ,al(h -aldo Emerson state his (reference for a nat re setting to a village or a city3 7. -hat distinction does Emerson ma2e between *at re in the (hiloso(hical and common senses3 8. The (oet becomes a )trans(arent eyeball+ when he entranced by nat re aro nd him1 b t who act ally does the )trans(arent eyeball+ re(resent3 9. -hat season do yo s ((ose nat re )dresses in holiday attire3+ -inter3 &(ring3 & mmer3 >all3 $efend yo r answer. :. In what way is man not solitary when he reads1 even when he is alone3 -hat is the message of this line3 $oes Emerson coach the reader to a((reciate the solit de over distractions and h man com(any3 ;. -hat do yo thin2 is his message as he observes seeing (lots of farm owned by different (eo(le b t no one owns the landsca(e3 <.Occ lt means nothing more than ) the hidden.+ &o what do yo thin2 is the occ lt3 Is the occ lt relation between man and vegetable3 =. One writer says that all children are artists at birth1 b t the daily b siness r b most of them their sensitivity. The same thread of tho ght is contained in this (iece. -hich lines echo the same line of thin2ing3

?. -hat does Emerson@s A*at reA teach s abo t o rselves3 E. Inferring the a thor0s (ersonality1 thro gh the style1 tone and lang age 6. -hat is the a thor0s ( r(ose in writing the essay3 -ho do yo thin2 is the intended a dience3 -hy3 7. -hat is the tone of the essay3 ,ead the lines that s ggest tone. 8. !ased on the idea (resented1 what ty(e of (erson is the a thor3 >. ,hetorical devices 6. -hat is Emerson@s style as well as his literary techni/ es in his essay A*at reA3 7. The essay ses some very (owerf l imagery. "ite them. %. Analy5ing str ct res of the te#t 6. ,eread the essay and com(lete the following table . Introd ctory Paragra(h Paragra(h n mber To(ic &entence.'ain Idea

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7. -rite a brief s mmary of the essay. 4se the above table as yo r g idelines. IB. Assignment -riting e#ercise Every season yield sits trib te of delight. In other cooler climates where there are fo r seasons1 s(ring yield flowers1 fall1 the changing color of the leaves1 winter1 everything is white from near or far1 and s mmer1 the season of the s n. In the Phili((ines1 there are only two seasons. ! t can yo thin2 a (artic lar trib tes of delight of o r tro(ical seasons: s mmer and rains3 En merate those yo can thin2 of. -hat of its gifts do yo li2e so well3 -hat do yo thin2 of nat re teach s3 -rite yo r own ,al(h -aldo Emerson essay abo t it1 yo r own reflections nat re.

6. -hat e#actly does Emerson mean in *at re when he writes1 AEvery man@s condition is a sol tion in hierogly(hic to those in/ iries he wo ld ( tA C99DE3 Fow does this comment relate to his thesis abo t nat re3 7. -hat distinction does Emerson ma2e between *at re in the (hiloso(hical and common senses3 $oes Emerson@s insistence that this distinction is nim(ortant still ma2e sense in today@s0 world3 -hy or why not3 8. -hat does Emerson mean when he says he becomes Aa trans(arent eyeGballA C997E3 9. Fow does Emerson@s essay combine (hiloso(hical and (oetic insight3 *at re is an essay written by ,al(h -aldo Emerson1 ( blished anonymo sly in 6=8;. It is in this essay that the fo ndation of transcendentalism is ( t forth1 a belief system that es(o sesa nonG traditional a((reciation of nat re. ,ecent advances in 5oology1 botany1 and geology confirmed Emerson@s int itions abo t the intricate relationshi(s of *at re at large. " -hat is Emerson@s main (oint in the essay from *at re3 Personifies nat re what are literary techni/ es that emerson sed in his essay of nat re3 Emerson disc sses the harmony and nity between man and nat re thro gho t this essay. Febelieves that the world is divided into two (arts: the self Cthe so lE and the o tside world Cwhich... 6.%ain an awareness and general nderstanding what te#t str ct res are 7.Learn what cl es they can se to identify the te#t str ct re of a (iece of writing -hat is Emerson@s style as well as his literary techni/ es in his essay A*at reA3 Accessibility of 4niversal 4nderstanding *at re e#(resses Emerson@s belief that each individ al m st develo( a (ersonal nderstanding of the niverse. Emerson ma2es clear in the Introd ction that men sho ld brea2 away from reliance on secondhand information1 (on the wisdom of the (ast1 (on inherited and instit tionali5ed 2nowledge. O r age is retros(ective. It b ilds the se( lchres of the fathers. It writes biogra(hies1 histories1 and criticism. The foregoing generations beheld %od and nat re face to faceH we1 thro gh their eyes. -hy sho ld not we also enjoy an original relation to the niverse3 -hy sho ld not we have a (oetry and (hiloso(hy of insight and not of tradition1 and a religion by revelation to s1 and not the history of theirs3 According to Emerson1 (eo(le in the (ast had an intimate and immediate relationshi( with %od and nat re1 and arrived at their own nderstanding of the niverse. All the basic elements that they re/ ired to do so e#ist at every moment in time. Emerson contin es in the Introd ction1 AThe s n shines toGday also. There is more wool and fla# in the fields. There are new lands1 new men1 new tho ghts. Let s demand o r own wor2s and laws and worshi(.AEmerson@s rejection of received wisdom is reinforced by his re(eated references thro gho t *at re to (erce(tion of familiar things1 to seeing things anew. >or Emerson Cand for Thorea as wellE1 each moment (rovides an o((ort nity to learn from nat re and to a((roach an nderstanding of niversal order thro gh it. The im(ortance of the (resent

moment1 of s(ontaneo s and dynamic interactions with the niverse1 of the (ossibilities of the here and now1 render (ast observations and schemes irrelevant. Emerson foc ses on the accessibility of the laws of the niverse to every individ al thro gh a combination of nat re and his own inner (rocesses. In ALang age1A for e#am(le1 he states that the relation between s(irit and matter Ais not fancied by some (oet1 b t stands in the will of %od1 and so is free to be 2nown by all men.A In his disc ssion of Aintellect al scienceA in AIdealism1A he writes thatA all men are ca(able of being raised by (iety or by (assionA into higher realms of tho ght. And at the end of the essay1 in APros(ects1A he e#horts1 AInow then1 that the world e#ists for yo . >or yo is the (henomenon (erfect.A Each man is ca(able of sing the nat ral world to achieve s(irit al nderstanding. J st as men in the (ast e#(lored niversal relations for themselves1 so may each of s1 great and small1 in the (resent: AAll that Adam had1 all that "aesar co ld1 yo have and can do.AIn A$isci(line1A Emerson disc sses the ways in which each man may nderstand nat re and %od Kthro gh rational1 logical A4nderstandingA and thro gh int itive A,eason.A Altho gh the mystical1 revelatory int ition leads to the highest s(irit al tr th1 nderstanding1 too1 is sef l in gaining a (artic lar 2ind of 2nowledge. ! t whichever mental (rocess ill minates a given object of attention at a given time1 insight into niversal order always ta2es (lace in the mind of the individ al1 thro gh his own e#(erience of nat re and inner (owers of rece(tiveness. 4nity of %od1 'an1 and *at re Thro gho t *at re 1 Emerson calls for a vision of the niverse as an allGencom(assing whole1 embracing man and nat re1 matter and s(irit1 as interrelated e#(ressions of %od. This nity is referred to as the Over so l elsewhere in Emerson@s writings. The ( r(ose of the new1 direct nderstanding of nat re that he advocates in the essay is1 ltimately1 the (erce(tion of the totality of the niversal whole. At (resent1 Emerson s ggests1 we have a fragmented view of the world. -e cannot (erceive o r (ro(er (lace in it beca se we have lost a sense of the nifying s(irit al element that forms the common bond between the divine1 the h man1 and the material. ! t if we a((roach nat re (ro(erly1 we may transcend o r c rrent foc s on isolated (arts and gain insight into the whole. Emerson does not offer a com(rehensive scheme of the com(onents and wor2ings of %od@s creation. Instead1 here commends an a((roach by which we may each arrive at o r own vision of totality. Emerson asserts and reasserts the nderlying nity of distinct1 (artic late e#(ressions of the divine. In the Introd ction1 he em(hasi5es man@s and nat re@s (arallel (ositions as manifestations of the niversal order1 and conse/ ently as means of nderstanding that order. Fe elaborates (on the origins in %od of both man and nat re in A$isci(line1A in which he disc sses evidence of essential nity in the similarities between vario s nat ral objects and between the vario s laws that govern them: Each creat re is only a modification of the otherH the li2eness in them is more than the difference1 and their radical law is one and the same. Fence it is1 that a r le of one art1 or a law of one organi5ation1 holds tr e thro gho t nat re. &o intimate is this 4nity1 that1 it is easily seen1 it lies nder the ndermost garment of nat re1 and betrays its so rce in niversal &(irit. O r striving to com(rehend nat re more s(irit ally will ill minate nat ral order and the relationshi(s within it as manifestations of %od. In AIdealism1A Emerson stresses the advantages of the ideal theory of nat re Cthe a((roach to nat re as a (rojection by %od onto the h man mind rather than as a concrete realityE. Idealism ma2es %od an integral element in o r nderstanding of nat re1 and (rovides a com(rehensively incl sive view: Idealism sees the world in %od. It beholds the whole circle of (ersons and things1 of actions and events1 of co ntry and religion1 not as (ainf lly acc m lated1 atom after atom1 act after act1 in managed cree(ing Past1 b t as one vast (ict re1 which %od (aints on the instant

eternity1 for the contem(lation of the so l. &(irit ali5ation1 hastened by ins(ired insight1 will heal the fragmenti5ation that (lag es s. Emerson writes in APros(ectsA: AThe reason why the world lac2s nity1 and lies bro2en and in hea(s1 is beca se man is dis nited with himself. Fe cannot be a nat ralist1 ntil he satisfies all the demands of the s(irit.A !y drawing (on o r latent s(irit al ca(abilities and see2ing evidence of %od@s order in nat re1 we will ma2e sense of the niverse.T hro gho t *at re Emerson ses analogy and imagery to advance the conce(t of niversal nity. In "ha(ter I1 he s ggests1 thro gh the analogy of the landsca(e1 the transformation of (artic late information into a whole. ,egarded from a transcendent1 A(oeticalA (oint of view1 the many individ al forms that com(rise the landsca(e become less distinct and form an integrated totality. CIn addition to the (oet1 the (ainter1 the sc l(tor1 the m sician1 and the architect are all (artic larly sensitive to (erceiving wholes.EEmerson also ses the imagery of the circle e#tensively to convey the allG encom(assing1 (erfect selfGcontainment of the niverse. For example, in A!ea ty1A he describes the way in which the str ct re of the eye and the laws of light cons(ire to create (ers(ective: