Transcript American Literature

American Literature
Learning Targets
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.2 Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and
analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and
build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of
the text.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are
used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of
specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or
language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful. (Include Shakespeare as well
as other authors.)
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.5 Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to
structure specific parts of a text (e.g., the choice of where to begin or end a story, the
choice to provide a comedic or tragic resolution) contribute to its overall structure and
meaning as well as its aesthetic impact.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.6 Analyze a case in which grasping a point of view requires
distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what is really meant (e.g., satire,
sarcasm, irony, or understatement).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.7 Analyze multiple interpretations of a story, drama, or poem
(e.g., recorded or live production of a play or recorded novel or poetry), evaluating how
each version interprets the source text. (Include at least one play by Shakespeare and
one play by an American dramatist.)
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.9 Demonstrate knowledge of eighteenth-, nineteenth- and
early-twentieth-century foundational works of American literature, including how two
or more texts from the same period treat similar themes or topics.
Unit 2 American Romanticism
Why do some consider Dickinson
and Whitman the first American
poets?
What is the American Dream?
Transcendentalism
• Refers to the idea that in determining the ultimate
reality of the universe, you had to transcend
beyond every day human experience in the
physical world.
• Believed in the mystic and spiritual
• Felt like they could see/feel the presence of God
in nature
• Death is simply a cycle of life.
• Transcendentalists provided optimism and hope
in a time of economic struggle and conflict over
slavery.
Unit 2 Vocabulary
You are responsible for these words (which you
should already know):
Alliteration
Simile
Metaphor
Onomatopoeia
Personification
Imagery
Narrative Poem
Unit 2 Vocabulary
Slant Rhyme-Rhyme that involves the final
consonants of two words but is imperfect
(ex: I was ill and stayed in my shell.)
Meter- Structure of a pattern of sound in a poem
(ex: Iambic Pentameter)
Iambic Pentameter- A meter in which there are
ten syllables to a line and every other syllable is
stressed
(ex:× / × / × / × / × /
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
Unit 2 Vocabulary
Blank Verse- a poem in unrhymed iambic
pentameter (pg 262)
Ode- generally a poem that celebrates something
or someone
Lyric Poem- generally a poem that expresses
emotions
Ballad- a poem that tells a story within strict
meter and can be sung or set to music.
Unit 2 Vocabulary
Limerick-a silly rhyming poem
(ex: I see London; I see France . . .)
Assonance- repetition of vowel sounds
(ex: the silken sad uncertain rustling of each
purple curtain)
Consonance- repetition of consonant sounds and
not just at the beginning like alliteration
(ex: It is met with the pitter patter of little feet)
Free Verse- a poem with no rules in regard to
rhythm or rhyme
Unit 2 Vocabulary
Synecdoche- using a part of something to represent
the whole
(ex. I’m going back to my crib. He has a nice set of
wheels.)
Metonymy- when something is called by the name of
something closely related to it
(ex. Hollywood has come to mean the entire film
industry because many films are made there and
stars live there. / Lend me your ear. Ear has
come to mean can I have your attention because
listening is part of paying attention.
Group Project
You are to create a playlist of songs that have
the same theme as the poems we read by
Dickinson or by Whitman. They must be
appropriate for school and you must be able
to provide the links to the lyrics and the
song itself.
Group Project
Criteria
Evidence
Song Choice
Each of the 4 songs must clearly
4 items @ 15
relate to themes or ideas in one of
points = 60
the poems we have read
points
The song must be appropriate for
school
The student turns in typed links to
the song on youtube.com AND lyrics
Presentation
The student plays an EXCERPT
of each song and explains how the
song relates to specific parts of each
poem.
The student uses technology
efficiently in order to keep the
presentation going
(You do not
have to
present)
Points
40 points
Group Project
Your paper should look like this:
Emily Dickinson Playlist
1. Right To Dream. This song goes with
the poem ‘Because I Could Not Stop For
Death’
Lyric:
http://www.lyricsaver.com/righttodream
Song:
http://www.youtube.com/rightodream
Group Project Alternative
(Individual)
Write a poem about life, living and/or
death.
The poem should have four lines
Each line should have the same number of
syllables
Lines 2 and 4 should rhyme (either slant or
perfectly)
Words To Know For Your Exit Ticket
(Unit Two Resource Book pg 167-172 pg 185-190)
Paradox
Clarify
Emphasize
Mortality
Paraphrase
Filament
Philosophy
Epic
Emily Dickinson
1. Because I Could Not Stop For Death pg
409
2. I Heard A Fly Buzz When I Died pg 411
3. There’s a Certain Slant Of Light pg 412
4. My Life Closed Twice Before Its Close pg
413
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8.
The Soul Selects Her Own Society pg 414
The Brain Is Wider Than The Sky pg 415
There Is A Solitude Of Space pg 416
Water Is Taught By Thirst pg 417
9. Complete Exit Ticket
10. Playlist Activity
Performance Task
Option
Emily Dickinson’s Because I Could Not Stop For Death
Recall: How does Emily Dickinson personify
Death in the poem?
Evaluate: Think of horror movies and popular
images of death. How is Dickinson’s portrayal
similar? Different?
Evaluate: (Performance Task): Research
Dickinson’s life, anxiety disorder,
anthropophobia and reclusiveness. Use one of
these and discuss why Dickinson might have
portrayed Death the way she did in the poem.
Walt Whitman
1. Leaves of Grass Preface pg 426
2. Song of Myself pg 428
3. When I Heard The Learned Astronomer
pg 432
4. I Hear America Singing pg 435
5. A Noiseless Patient Spider pg 436
6. Complete Exit Ticket
7. Playlist Activity
Performance Task
Walt Whitman’s I Hear America Singing
Recall: How does Whitman portray American
workers?
Analyze: How do Whitman’s American workers
demonstrate ‘The American Dream’?
Synthesize/Evaluate: (Performance Task): USA
News & World Report has recently compiled a
list of the best 100 jobs in its Money section. The
professions are a far cry from the ones Whitman
wrote about. If Whitman were to write the poem
today, how might the workers’ songs be different.
Give examples.