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Bookmarks by https://padlet.com/damianaddington/Bookmarks Made with a warm hug en-us 2020-11-14 15:16:24 UTC 2020-11-15 04:49:34 UTC hello@padlet.com Sample Text damianaddington https://padlet.com/damianaddington/Bookmarks/wish/922831832 There is a time in every man’s education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion; that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried.

Excerpt from Self-Reliance Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841]]> 2020-11-14 15:19:08 UTC https://padlet.com/damianaddington/Bookmarks/wish/922831832 TOK - Food for Thought damianaddington https://padlet.com/damianaddington/Bookmarks/wish/922835037 1) What does Emerson mean by "imitation is suicide?"

2) How do others impact our own identity?

3) What is power?

4) How are metaphors used to convey ideas in this text?

]]> 2020-11-14 15:21:36 UTC https://padlet.com/damianaddington/Bookmarks/wish/922835037 Reflection damianaddington https://padlet.com/damianaddington/Bookmarks/wish/923654307 1. Which three text types could be set as writing exercises appropriate to your sample?

Essay, Blog, Opinion Column

2. After reading about the conceptual understandings, how would you use that text to teach and explore the conceptual understandings? Devise questions you might ask, and tasks you might set and add these to your sample.

Most of my conceptual understanding emphasis would be on context and meaning for this sample. I would use the following questions to address these:

What do you think Emerson means by:
1. “in every man’s education” -

2. “that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide” -

3. “no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till”-

4. “The power which resides in him is new in nature” -

TASK -
Get into groups and source the rest of this essay. With your group look dissect the essay and see where this excerpt fits into Emersons overall message.

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