10/16
Persuasive Essay: Money is the number one goal for people in today’s society.
Start“The Devil and Tom Walker” p. 320
-Close Reading Guide
Introduce Outside Reading Assignment-Due November 30th and December 1st
10/17 and 10/18
LIBRARY
Finish “The Devil and Tom Walker”
Read Books
10/19 and 10/22
Read “A Psalm of Life” p. 344
Analysis and Essay-Modified outline-Full Intro and Conclusion. Just bullet points for specific examples for body paragraphs.
-Work through introductions together. Label-Hook, Bridge, Thesis
-Label so-what in Conclusion
Show examples of Good Intros and Conclusions
(1) Writer's Notebook-How are you affected by nature? What is the role of nature in your life?
Introduce Transcendentalists
Read Comic Strip-Fill out Transcendental Elements Handout
Play Blowing in the Wind by Bob Dylan—add to Transcendental Handout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWwgrjjIMXA
Play Bob Marley Get Up, Stand Up—add to Transcendental Handout
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1PbffNcbCo
Read “Nature” by Emerson p.372--add to Transcendental Handout
10/23 and 10/24
Read “Civil Disobedience” p. 390-each group is given a section. Summarize and share with class.
Discussion: Ralph Waldo Emerson vs. Henry David Thoreau
-Who do you like better? Why?
Classify your friends and famous people as being transcendentalists or not.
American Gothics Introduction-Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville
Watch A&E Biography on Poe
http://www.biography.com/people/edgar-allan-poe-9443160/videos/edgar-allan-poe-full-episode-2104513528
Fill out Movie Watching Guide
Poe Discussion-How did his life influence his writing?
10/25 and 10/26
Counselors-45 minutes
Start “The Fall of the House of Usher”
Paraphrase Poe Paragraph (The house is creepy)
10/29 and 10/30
Personal Dictionary-Point of view, Mood, Theme
Finish “The Fall of the House of Usher”-continue Paraphrasing Poe
“Fall of the House of Usher” Questions
Discussion: Imagine you are the narrator, you run into town. What do you say? What if the people said, “What Ushers? What house?” You have no proof because the house is gone. What if this never happened? What if the crack in the house is a crack in the narrator’s sanity?
10/31 and 11/1
(2) Writer’s Notebook-Is safety an illusion?
Read “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe p. 446
Create a presentation where you include the following:
-plot, characters, symbols, POV, and theme
-Use Animoto, iMovie, or Storyboard
11/2 and 11/5
Age of Transition-From Romanticism to Realism
Personal Dictionary-free verse and tone
Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson Poetry Activity
11/6 and 11/7
Age of Transition
Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson Poetry Activity
(3) Writer’s Notebook- What kind of legacy do you want to leave behind? (Lincoln’s legacy: equality for all.)
Watch Gettysburg Address Kindergarten Cop http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMLpxPMtvYk - link doesn’t work anymore
Read Gettysburg Address p. 586
Gettysburg Address Analysis-Author's purpose and tone?
11/8 and 11/9
Reminder: Book Project Due 12/5 and 12/6-Book Project Choices -100 choices-included are
ceiling tiles, sketch quotes, and anything you can think of.
Research-What do you wish you were learning right now? If school didn’t have any subjects and your only criterion was learning, what would you study right now? What is something you’ve always wanted to know? Okay, learn about it.
(4) Writer’s Notebook-What did you pick to research? Why? Include notes on research.
Chromebooks-Find Source 1-Google Classroom-Cornell Notes