Self Reliance

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Self Reliance

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Self-Reliance Defined

• Freewrite for five minutes addressing the
  following
• What do you think self-reliance means? (break it
  down to the basic parts self and rely
• Which people in the world today seem to have this
  quality?
• What are some advantages and disadvantages of
  being self-reliant?

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Literary Terms

• Aphorism a brief statement, usually one
  sentence long, that expresses a general principle
  or truth about life
• Ben Franklin coined the aphorism Honesty is the
  best policy in his work Poor Richards
  Almanack
• Self-Reliance is full of statements that could
  be classified as aphorisms

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Study Sheet for Self-Reliance
(pp.363-367) Front Back

• Literary Terms
• Write the literary terms on page 363 and
• its definition
• Aphorism
• Summarizing
• Readers Notebook (see p.363)
• As you read, provide brief answers to the
• blue questions in the margins
• 1)
• 2)
• 3)

Answer the Comprehension Check questions on
page 367 1) 2) 3) Answer the following
question using the P.I.E. format (Point,
Information, Explanation) Think Critically
(p.367) 3 Create a paragraph answer that
contains two extended examples (Topic Sentence,
Point, Information, Explanation, Transition Word
or Phrase, Point, Information, Explanation,
Conclusion Sentence)