Engl 11 11/14/22

Mon, Nov 14, 2022

  • discuss Gettysburg Address and The Second Inaugural Address.

Assignment:

  • Build Background, Journal, Meet the Author, Analyze Literature pg 305

  • Read "Farewell to the Troops" pg 306 Do Mirrors and Windows (M&W) Do Questions pg 309

  • Read Literature Connection "At the Public Market..." pg 307-308 Do ??? 1-3 and Text to Text pg 308

Objectives After studying this lesson, students will be able to

  • read, interpret, analyze, and evaluate Lee's farewell letter

  • understand and analyze purpose and tone.

Tue, Nov 15, 2022

  • Discuss "Farewell to the Troops

Read in class Part 2 -- Lyric Poems pg 315

  • Read Poetry Defined and Lyric Poetry in American Literature pg 316

  • Author Focus -- Walt Whitman

Assignment: from "Preface to Leaves of Grass" and from "I Hear America Singing"

  • Build Background, Journal, Analyze Literature pg 319

  • Read "Leaves of Grass" pg 320-321 Do Mirrors and Windows (M&W)

  • Read "I Hear America Singing" pg 322 Do M&W pg 322 and ??? 1-5 pg 323, Analyze literature ???

Objectives After studying this lesson, students will be able to

  • read, interpret, analyze, and evaluate a poetic preface describing what makes a democratic nation and a poem celebrating working people.

  • identify common themes and elements in Whitman's writing.

  • understand and analyze Romanticism and FreeVerse.

Wed, Nov 16, 2022

  • Discuss "Leaves of Grass" and "Hear America Singing"

Assignment: "By the Bivouac's Fitful Flame" and "Beat! Beat! Drums!"

  • Build Background, Journal, Analyze Literature pg 335

  • Read "By the Bivouac's Fitful Flame" pg 336 Do Mirrors and Windows (M&W)

  • Read "Beat! Beat! Drums!" pg 337 & 338 Do M&W pg 338 and ??? 1-5 pg 342

Objectives After studying this lesson, students will be able to

  • read, interpret, analyze, and evaluate two poems, the first depicting a soldier by a campfire at night, worried about dying in battle; the second, about the effect of warmongering despite society's wish for peace.

  • compare and contrast these selections with Whitman's other works in this volume.

  • understand and analyze alliteration and onomatopoeia.

Thu, Nov 17, 2022

  • Discuss "By the Bivouac's Fitful Flame" and "Beat! Beat! Drums!"

Assignment:

  • Read Literature Connection "Ode to Walt Whitman" " pg 344-347

  • Do Mirrors and Windows and Do ??? 1-3 on pg 347

  • Do Writing Option #1 in your Journal.

Objectives After studying this lesson, students will be able to

  • read, interpret, analyze, and evaluate Lee's farewell letter

  • understand and analyze purpose and tone.

Fri, Nov 18, 2022

  • Purple Day - Enrichment and Intervention