Title: Self Reliance
1Self Reliance
2Self-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?
3Literary 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
4Study 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)