Civil Disobedience

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Civil Disobedience

• Henry David Thoreau

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Civic Duty

• Freewrite for five minutes addressing the
  following
• What do you think it means to be a good citizen?
• How would a good citizen perform each of the
  following actions? Always? Usually? Sometimes?
  Never?
• Vote in elections?
• Conform to the majority opinion?
• Participate in protest marches?
• Obey laws?

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Literary Terms

• Essay a short work of non-fiction that deals
  with a single subject, usually presenting the
  personal views of the writer
• Persuasive Essay an essay that tries to
  convince its readers to adopt the ideas presented
• Civil Disobedience is a persuasive essay. It
  presents political ideas Thoreau hopes his
  readers will adopt. It also reveals much about
  Thoreaus personality

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Study Sheet for Civil Disobedience
(pp.369-380) Front Back

• Literary Terms
• Write the literary terms on page 369 and
• its definition
• Essay (p.369)
• Persuasive Writing (Glossary of Lit Terms p.1357)
• Aphorism (p.363 from Self Reliance)
• Readers Notebook (see p.369)
• As you read, jot down some of Thoreaus
• aphorisms. After reading, write a brief
• evaluation of each aphorism explaining
• whether or not you agree with it.

Answer the blue questions in the margins of the
text with brief answers 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8)
9) Answer the following question using the
P.I.E. format (Point, Information,
Explanation) Think Critically (p.378) 2
Create a paragraph answer that contains two
extended examples (Topic Sentence, Point,
Information, Explanation, Transition Word or
Phrase, Point, Information, Explanation,
Conclusion Sentence)