Engl 11 10/17/22
Mon, Oct 17, 2022
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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.
Tue, Oct 18, 2022
Discuss "Stanzas on Freedom"
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
Wed, Oct 19, 2022
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.
Thu, Oct 20, 2022
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.
Fri, Oct 21, 2022
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