Review all the strategies for close reading in Chapter 2 of your textbook. Read the essay by Christopher Morely on page 64. Apply the close reading strategies to the "On Laziness" essay, and then list three basic ways readers could relate to the text (choose from text to self, text to itself, text to text, and text to society), citing four specific examples from the text to support your conclusion.

In a group discussion, which statement most clearly uses evidence to support a conclusion? a) the author makes some good points, but i feel that he’s ultimately biased. b) the author proves that he’s biased when he uses terms like “silly” and “stupid”. c) the author obviously hates the way fast food tastes, which is why he’s negative. d) the author first criticizes fast food, and then goes in to criticize junk food.

Which of the following most affects macbeth’s character ? a. he has an angry temperament b. he has only a minor title c. he is unhappy in his marriage d. he is offended by his friends

Of the three selections you read in this lesson, discuss the one story or poem that you think most closely represents the transcendentalist way of thinking. include textual evidence from both short story or poem and emerson or thoreau's essay that you use as an example. you should have no less than eight to ten sentences.