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