American Literature Collection 2

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American LiteratureCollection 2

• American Romanticism

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Day 1

• How do you think Americans in the late 1700s
  would describe the American Dream?
• P. 157 Ralph Waldo Emersons quote
• How would Emerson describe the American Dream?
• Why do you think the years from 1800-1860 are
  referred to as American Romanticism?
• What does Romanticism mean in that context?

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• Video segment 3 The American Journey
• As you watch, listen for words and ideas that
  help you understand Romanticism.
• Using the Timeline (pages 158-159)
• Select the top 5 most important events from the
  bottom portion of the timeline.
• Write your top 5 events and the reasons why you
  have chosen them on large papers.

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Day 2

• Finish posters from yesterday (10 min.)
• Read and Retell strategy
• P. 160, Westward Ho!
• Good readers review what they remember from a
  passage before going further.
• Read The Gold Rush and Education and Reform
  with your partner, using Read and Retell

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• Together, select one of the three events as the
  most important event in this time period.
• Write three reasons to support your choice.

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Day 3

• The Holt Reader p. 67-72
• Read pgs 67-72
• Complete the activities in the side notes on a
  separate piece of paper (turn in when done)
• Literary Movements chart
• Fill out the sections for Puritans and
  Rationalists
• Add Transcendentalism and Dark Romantics on
  separate lines

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Day 4

• Journal entry Which philosophy do you agree with
  more Transcendentalism or Romanticism? Explain.
• P. 174 Washington Irving background info.
• Power Notes (in groups)
• Watch The Rise of American Literature
• P. 176 Vocabulary
• Use the strategy that works best for you to
  remember the words and their definitions.

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Day 5

• Practice Vocab quiz!
• Mood in literature
• P. 175 definition of Mood
• Review quote from The Devil and Tom Walker,
  writing down words and phrases that convey a
  mood.
• What is the mood of this passage?
• Underline words and phrases that convey the mood

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• With your partner, write a paragraph stating the
  mood and the evidence from the passage that
  proves your ideas.
• In a 3 chunk paragraph, explain the mood.
• The mood of this passage is ____. This is
  revealed in the description of the shortcut
  .(etc.)
• Pair with another group and exchange paragraphs.
• Share with class

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Day 6

• Journal entry why is it important to understand
  the mood of a story?
• Quickie vocab quiz! (bwahahahahaaaa)
• P. 175 Archetypes
• Quickwrite write everything you know about
  Faust, or the concept of a deal with the devil
• Think, pair, share
• Listen and read The Devil and Tom Walker by
  Washington Irving (p. 177)

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Day 6 and 7 Questions

• Pg. 177 What possible plot development does the
  mention of buried gold allow? How does this
  affect the setting?
• What do the phrases well-known and he always
  does suggest about the old stories?
• Pg. 179 Why is it appropriate that this place be
  associated with an evil spirit?
• How do the details describing the dark man make
  him special and strange?
• What might the great tree, rotten at the core,
  symbolize?

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Day 7 and 8 Questions

• What conclusion can you draw from the fact that
  these mens names are on the trees and the black
  man carries an axe?
• Pg. 180 What range of evil activity is attributed
  to the devil?
• What do you predict Tom will do, now that he is
  face to face with the devil?
• Pg .181 What is the meaning of the fingerprint on
  Toms forehead, and what does it imply about his
  future?
• What do you think happened to Toms wife?

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Day 8 and 9 Questions

• Pg. 182 What generally understood terms does
  the narrator refer to? Why do you think he
  doesnt state the terms explicitly?
• Pg. 183 What is Irving really saying in the
  paragraph where he says Tom was the universal
  friend of the needy.
• Pg 184 What do you think is going to happen to
  Tom?
• How do Toms words the devil take me ironically
  bring about his own fate?

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Day 10

• Vocab Quiz and Story CFA
• Complete the following graphic organizer
• Explain the storys mood. How does Irving create
  humor in a story in which there are few happy
  events? On a separate sheet of paper, write a
  paragraph that explains your answer. Support your
  ideas with details from the selection and
  organizer above.

Beginning Middle End
Mood
Evidence from story
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Day 11

• Journal Was the writing of Washington Irving
  more reflective of the Dark Romantics, the
  Transcendentalists, the Rationalists, or the
  Puritans? Explain your reasoning.
• Divide into groups based on how you answered the
  journal question.
• Support/defend your position on Irvings writing
  with examples from the storywrite on
  mini-posters.
• Read each poster discuss the merits of each
  argument as a class

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Day 12

• Journal How are the following words alike and
  different self-reliance selfishness and
  self-centeredness.
• P. 203-204 Ralph Waldo Emerson
• As you read, write down words and phrases the
  author uses to describe Emerson.
• Share and list the words on the board. What kind
  of a guy was Emerson?

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• P. 209 Emersons Self-Reliance
• Fill out the quotes organizer as you read.
• P. 211 look at the caricature of Emerson.
• Using this picture, answer question 4.
• Going back to the beginningwhat is this mans
  philosophy of life (or how he feels about life
  and what people should believe)?
  (think-pair-share)

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Day 13 and 14

• Quickwrite What is Emersons philosophy of
  life?
• P. 208 Figures of Speech
• P. 211 Answer question 2
• What specific passage in Self-Reliance created
  an image in your head? On a separate piece of
  paper, explain why this image has an impact to
  you.
• Use this image to create a motivational poster
  that represents this idea. You must have the
  quote on the front of the poster.
• Attach your explanation to the back.

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Day 15

• P. 233 Calvin and Hobbes cartoonread silently,
  then write a journal entry, explaining the
  cartoonists message. (think-pair-share)
• Journal What is the meaning of Civil
  Disobedience? List examples from the past.
  (think-pair-share)
• P. 232 examples of civil disobedience.
• Journal Think about people who hold rallies,
  boycotts, or hunger strikes today to protest a
  perceived injustice. Do you think they are
  abusing the role of citizens or fulfilling that
  role in a responsible way? (think-pair-share)

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• P. 213-214 Henry David Thoreau background
• Read each paragraph out loud to a partner. After
  each paragraph, write the most interesting piece
  of information you heard.
• Listening for a purpose It is easier to
  understand when you have a reason for listening.
• P. 234 vocabulary read the Point of View
• Use each of the vocabulary words in a paragraph
  about Thoreaus night in jail.

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Day 16

• Warm-up something fun!
• Continuum Take a Stand
• Would you be willing to go to jail to protest
• A parking fine
• An unjustified war
• Taxes paid for an environmental policy you dont
  believe in
• Voting age
• Drinking age

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• Would you be willing to be given a long-term
  suspension from school for protesting
• A dress code
• An unjust suspension of an acquaintance
• School lunch
• Ending SIP
• P. 233 Persuasive techniques (review)
• Holt Reader p. 82-83 from Resistance to Civil
  Government (read aloud in partners, complete
  margin questions as you read)

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Day 17

• Warm-up Fun!
• p. 84-90 in Holt Reader (continue from
  yesterday) read to each other, answer questions
  in the margins.
• When you have finished with the reading, complete
  the content frame on page 91 of the Reader.
  (think-pair-share)
• Turn in margin questions and content frame.

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Day 18

• Turn to pg 195
• Literary Focus Meter ( a pattern of stressed and
  unstressed syllables in poetry.)
• Read the poem The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls by
  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
• Answer questions 1-7 on pg 201.

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Day 19

• What do you think of when you hear the name Edgar
  Allan Poe?
• P. 277-278 Background on Poe
• Create once sentence summaries for each section
  of the article
• What is a symbol?
• something that stands for or suggests something
  else

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• Some common symbols

• Use the following content frame to identify five
  more symbols of your choosing

Object What do you see? What idea, emotion or belief does it represent?

• The symbolic meaning of a story is one that goes
  beyond the storys literal meaning.

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Day 20

• Holt Reader, p. 117 Poes The Raven
• Sound Effects in poetrycomplete the content frame

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Sound Device Example from poem
Refrain repeated lines
End rhyme Rhymes at the ends of lines
Internal rhyme rhyme that occurs within lines
Alliteration Repetition of a consonant sound
Onomatopoeia Use of words with sounds that echo their sense
Meter Regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a poem
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• Using the Holt Reader, paraphrase the meaning of
  each stanza.
• A paraphrase is a restatement of a segment of
  writing in your own words or style
• One sentence long
• No repeating of the same words the author used
  (except definite articles like an, the, etc.)
• Share your paraphrases with the class (in order!)

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Day 21

• Holt Reader page 122
• Re-read lines 103-108 (the last stanza). What do
  you think the Raven symbolizes? (write)
• Review the poem. What other symbols has Poe
  included in the poem? List them and their
  possible meanings.
• Read the handout on The Raven
• P. 123 Concept maphomework if not completed in
  class!

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Day 22

• Quickwrite Review the content frame from
  yesterday. What do the sound effects contribute
  to the poem?
• Selection Test
• What is an Allegory?
• Definition a story or poem in which characters,
  settings, and events stand for abstract ideas or
  moral qualities
• An allegory is not the same as a symbol
• Examples Fairy Tales, fables, parables
• Modern-day allegories? (brainstorm stories, etc.)

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Day 23 24

• Pg. 252-259 Dr. Heideggers Experiment
• Listen to audio
• Each time we stop, answer the following
  questions
• Based on what Hawthorne reveals about the four
  guests, what qualities might each represent?
  (Allegory)
• Answer the yellow box question 1

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Day 23 and 24

• What is the mood or ambience of Heideggers
  study?
• Pg 253. What does the this detail about the death
  of Dr Heideggers fiancé reveal about the title
  character?
• Answer the yellow box Q 2
• Pg. 254 Paraphrase the paragraph before yellow
  box 3
• Answer the yellow box Q 3
• After the Widow Wicherlys quote that begins with
  Nonsense! predict what events her words might
  foreshadow.
• Answer yellow box Q4

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Day 24

• Pg 255 Answer yellow box Q 5
• What does Heideggers warning to his guests
  suggest about the moral of this allegory?
• Explain why the guests laugh at and dismiss
  Heideggers warning.
• How does the first drink of elixir affect the
  guests?
• Pg. 257 What might you infer about Hawthornes
  view of politicians based on his description of
  Gascoigne?
• Based on the guests actions once they are young
  again, what moral point does Hawthorne seem to
  make?

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Day 24/25

• Answer yellow box Q 6
• What might the image of Dr. Heidegger in his
  throne-like chair suggest/represent? (Allegory)
• What does the doctors refusal to dance suggest
  about how he is different from his guests?
• Pg. 259 Answer yellow box Q 7
• What moral, or point, is Hawthorne making when
  Heidegger says he now loves the withered rose as
  much as he loved it when it was fresh?

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Day 24/25

• Answer yellow box Q 8
• What do you believe is the moral of this
  allegory? Why?
• Answer yellow box 9
• Answer question 8 on pg 261

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Day 27

• Warm-Up
• Write the belief system of the Romantics. You may
  use the Collection 2 introduction or your orange
  content frame if you need help.
• One of the ever-present lessons of nature is the
  cycle of life. Think of and write down some ways
  nature reminds us of this Recurring cycle.

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Day 27 Cont.

• Purpose/Focus Theme and meter
• Turn to pg 190 in the text book
• Thanatopsis by William Cullen Bryant
• Read and answer questions on your paper. Be
  prepared to discuss.
• Answer questions 1,2,3 and 5 on pg. 193

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Day 28

• Warm Up- Read the Make the Connection on pg. 195
  and answer the question.
• Purpose/Focus Meter and Alliteration
• Read The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls by Henry
  Wadsworth Longfellow

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Day 28 Cont

• Find the metered pauses in the first stanza.
  Write the line and put a // at the pause
• Where is the alliteration in the first stanza?
• What words are repeated in the 2nd stanza? How
  does this, along with the meter, create a somber
  effect?
• To what are the waves being compared? What type
  of figurative language/figure of speech is this?

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Day 28 Cont.

• What sound is used most frequently to create
  alliteration in the 3rd stanza?
• How does this affect the meter/speed of the poem?
• Answer questions 1-7 on pg. 201

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Day 29

• Test Review!
• Create two column notes for each of the following
  (17 total)
• Romanticism Transcendetalism Dark
  Romaticism Mood Meter
• Generalization Theme Inversion
• Allegory Symbol Alliteration
• Figures of speech (Name and define each)
• 3 Different types of persuasive appeals

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Works Studied in Collection 2

• The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving
  (p. 177)
• Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson (209)
• Resistance to Civil Government by Henry David
  Thoreau (235)
• On Nonviolent Resistance by Mohandas K. Gandhi
  (244)
• Letter from Birmingham City Jail by Dr. Martin
  Luther King, Jr. (245)

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• The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls
• The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe (298)
• Dr Heideggers Experiment by Nathaniel
  Hawthorne (312)

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Extra Credit Assignment Fall of the House of
Usher

• Answer each of the following questions
  thoughtfully, using examples from the story to
  support your ideas.
• Are Roderick and Madeline vampires? Why or why
  not?
• Does Roderick knowingly bury Madeline alive?
  Explain.
• Is the story a narrative of events the narrator
  experiences, or is it all part of his
  imagination? Explain.
• Are these twins having an incestuous
  relationship? Why or why not?

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Fall of the House of Usher

• Journal write Imagine you are telling a friend
  about this story. List the main events in
  chronological order.
• Group work Each group answers the question they
  are given (10 minutes!)
• Jigsaw puzzle new groups, new question! Share
  your answers with new group, and defend your
  position (if needed). You will turn in answers
  to both questions.
• How did discussing with others help you answer
  the questions?

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Fall of the House of Usher

• What is an Allegory?
• Definition a story or poem in which characters,
  settings, and events stand for abstract ideas or
  moral qualities
• An allegory is not the same as a symbol
• Examples Fairy Tales, fables, parables
• Modern-day allegories? (brainstorm stories, etc.)

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• Define the following figures of speech--metaphor,
  simile, personification--in the space indicated
  on the content frame below

Figure of Speech Definition Examples Pg Effect on Reader
Metaphor 1. 2.
Simile 1. 2.
Personi-fication 1. 2.

• Review the story, finding examples of each
  figure of
• speech, and writing them in the content frame.