Engl 11 10/25/21

Mon, Oct 25, 2021

  • 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.

Tue, Oct 26, 2021

  • Discuss "Nature and "The Rhodora

  • Read Author Study -- Henry David Thoreau

from "Walden"

Assignment

  • Read and discuss Build Background, Analyze Literature

  • Assign journal ~ Reader's Context pg 169

  • Review literary terms purpose and tone.

  • Read pgs 170-178 Reflect on Mirrors and Windows (M&W) pg 178

  • Complete Refer and Reason questions 1-5 on pg 181.

Objectives After studying this lesson, students will be able to

  • read, interpret, analyze, and evaluate Thoreau's description of his year at Walden Pond and state the theme of the essay: that individuals should live as simply and as close to nature as they can have.

  • compare and contrast the essay with one by Annie Dillard.

  • identify Thoreau's role as a Transcendentalist.

  • analyze and understand purpose and tone.

Wed, Oct 27, 2021

  • Discuss "Walden"

  • Read background on American Gothic pg 197

Assignment:: "The Devil and Tom Walker"

  • Read and discuss Build Background (BB) pg 198

  • Assign Journal writing - Reader's Context pg 198

  • Discuss plot, conflict, climax and exposition; Discuss Set Purpose pg 198

  • Read pg 199-208 Reflect on Mirrors and Windows (M&W) pg 208

  • Complete discussion questions 1-5 page 209

Objectives After studying this lesson, students will be able to

  • read, interpret, analyze and evaluate a story with the theme that people obsessed by personal gain usually end up destroying their souls.

  • understand how the story exemplifies Gothic literature.

  • analyze and understand plot, conflict, climax and exposition.

Thu, Oct 28, 2021

  • Discuss "The Devil and Tom Walker" pg 209

  • Read Edgar Allan Poe, Author Focus pg 210

Assignment: Edgar Allen Poe

  • Read and discuss Build Background, Analyze Literature, Set Purpose pg 211

  • Assign journal ~ Reader's Context pg 211

  • Review literary terms mood and alliteration.

  • Listen to Inside the Mind of Poe by Dr. R.C. Sproul

  • Read pg 212-215 "The Raven" Reflect on Mirrors and Windows (M&W) pg 215:

  • Read pg 216 "Alone" Reflect on Mirrors and Windows (M&W) pg 216

  • Read Primary Source Connection and "Letter to John Allan" pg 217-218

  • Complete review questions 1-3 and Text to Text connection pg 218

  • Do questions ??? 1-5 pg 219

Objectives

After studying this lesson, students will be able to

  • read, interpret, analyze, and evaluate the two poems by understanding the raven as a symbol of the speaker's profound loss and appreciating "Alone" as an expression of the speaker's feelings of isolation.

  • Identify common themes and style in Poe's writing.

  • analyze and understand mood and alliteration.

Fri, Oct 29, 2021

  • No School