1. American Literature 201
October 27
Michael Simpson
Section 051
. . . the noblest ministry of nature is to stand as the apparition of God. It is the
organ through which the universal spirit speaks to the individual, and strives
to lead back the individual to it. [973]
Ralph Waldo Emerson “Nature”
2. Revised Schedule
Recording of Poems
Added reading rehearsal and analysis
Video taping pushed back a week
Argumentative paper
Added email of thesis
Importance of strong “workable” thesis
3. Next Week’s Assignments
November 1
Read Emily Dickinson poems
Emails
Identify Dickinson poem for analysis
Identify 3 poems for recording
Blog #13
November 3
Final selection and rehearsal of poems for
recording
Blog #14
4. Argumentative Paper
Deadlines
Thesis statement email - 11/8
1st
Draft - 11/15
Final draft - 12/1
Requirements
Strong thesis and development
2 sources or more (with Works Cited)
Approximately 1200 words
8. Last Questions
Remember for November 1
Read Emily Dickinson poems
2 emails – record poems, Dickinson poem
Blog #13
It is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson *
* Sante, Luc. “The Fiction of Memory” The New York Times. March 14, 2010.
![American Literature 201
October 27
Michael Simpson
Section 051
. . . the noblest ministry of nature is to stand as the apparition of God. It is the
organ through which the universal spirit speaks to the individual, and strives
to lead back the individual to it. [973]
Ralph Waldo Emerson “Nature”](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/2010-10-27amerlit201-101026220858-phpapp01/85/American-Lit-10-15-1-320.jpg)
