Mon, Oct 26, 2020 

Introduction to Unit 2 - New England Renaissance ~ Part 1 ~ Fireside Poets

• Cover pgs 120-123

• Read in class together the historical background of the New England Reniassance 1800-1850 pg 124-126

• Read and discuss Part 1 ~ Fireside Poets pg 127

Old Ironsides by Oliver Wendell Holmes 

Assignment::

• Read and discuss Build Background, Analyze Literature, Set Purpose, Meet the Author

• Assign journal ~ Reader's Context pg 136

• Review literary terms description and meter

• Read pg 137 "Old Ironsides" - Reflect on Mirrors and Windows (M&W)

• Complete Refer and Reason questions 1-5.

• Write a response to the Persuasive/Argumentative response for discussion.

Objectives After studying this lesson, students will be able to

• read, interpret, analyze, and evaluate the poem and consider the importance of preserving reminders of a nations's history

• analyze and understand description and meter

Tue, Oct 27, 2020

• Discuss "Old Ironsides"

Stanzas on Freedom by James Russell Lowell 

Assignment:

• • Read and discuss Build Background, Analyze Literature, Set Purpose, Meet the Author

  • Assign journal ~ Reader's Context pg 139

  • Review literary terms rhetorical question, rhyme, and couplet.

  • Read pg 140 "Stanzas on Freedom" - Reflect on Mirrors and Windows (M&W)

  • Complete Refer and Reason questions 1-5.

Objectives After studying this lesson, students will be able to

• read, interpret, analyze, and evaluate the poem and recognize the intensity with which writers such as Lowell expressed their opposition to slavery.

• understand how Lowell was influenced by the abolitionist movement.

• analyze and understand rhetorical question, rhyme, and couplet.

Wed, Oct 28, 2020

• Discuss "Stanzas on Freedom"

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The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls

A Psalm of Life by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 

Assignment:

• • Read and discuss Build Background, Analyze Literature, Set Purpose, Meet the Author

  • Assign journal ~ Reader's Context pg 142

  • Review literary terms mood and personification

  • Read pg 143 "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls" - Reflect on Mirrors and Windows (M&W)

  • Read pg 144-145 "A Psalm of Life" - Reflect on Mirrors and Windows (M&W)

  • Complete Refer and Reason questions 1-5 pg 146

Objectives After studying this lesson, students will be able to

read, interpret, analyze, and evaluate two lyric poems

analyze and understand mood and personification

Thu, Oct 29, 2020

• Discuss "The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls" and "The Psalm of Life"

• Introduce Transcendentalism pg 153-155

• Read about Ralph Waldo Emerson pg 156

Assignment:: from "Nature" and "The Rhodora" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Read and discuss Build Background, Analyze Literature, Set Purpose, Meet the Author

• Assign journal ~ Reader's Context pg 157

• Review literary terms argument and theme.

• Read pgs 158-161 from "Nature" - Reflect on Mirrors and Windows (M&W)

• Read pg 162 "The Rhodora" - Reflect on Mirrors and Windows (M&W)

• Complete Refer and Reason questions 1-5 on pg 163.

Objectives After studying this lesson, students will be able to

• read, interpret, analyze, and evaluate the essay and the poem, and understand the speaker's belief in a universal beauty and truth.

• understand the influence of Transcendentalism on Emerson.

• identify common themes and styles in Emerson's works.

• analyze and understand argument and theme.

Fri, Oct 30, 2020

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