Poetry and Fiction that Examines the Self

Because they bought it with shared money, Manuel and Morgan’s tape/CD player belongs to both of them, and I can’t understand why Morgan always says, “That’s mine!”

Mug Shot Tuesday Aug 30th, 2011

Bathrooms/Leaving the class◦ Many people have been abusing the right to leave

the class. ◦ If you do need to use the restroom or leave what

are my three stipulations? If you ask during those times I will not allow you.

◦ I don’t want to have to make a limit.

A Couple Things

I can define and teach a literary device to the class.

I can

You now have been given the task to teach the class.

You have been placed in groups. ◦ Groups will not be changed.

Each group has two literary devices/terms they are responsible for learning and then teaching to the class.

Example: group 1 is responsible for terms 1 and 2 If you are a group with an A and B below your terms,

you are responsible for those terms. Those will be your examples.

What I Want From You

1. A definition of the term, the glossary in the back of the book is the best resource.

2. An example of that term, the book can also be a great resource.

3. An engaging way to teach the class, this could be a song, a picture, or other creative ideas. As long as the components from 1 and 2 are included.

This is worth a daily assignment grade.

While You Are The Teacher

As a student you will complete the guided-notes handout while your classmates are presenting.

While you are the student

One of the greatest baseball players of the 1880’s and 1890’s was left-handed Billy Sunday, a native of Ames, Iowa, who was discovered by the famous player-manager Cap Anson of the Chicago White Stockings.

Mug Shot August 31, 201

You will now present your term lessons to the class. ◦I ask that you respect the presenters Hold questions or comments till the

end. ◦Take notes using the Guided-Notes. There is a quiz over these terms.

If you were absent meet with me real quick before presentations start.

Today

“Alcohol,” Billy Sunday used to preach, “is an appealing source of misery and crime in the land;” his efforts help bring about legal prohibition in the ‘20s and early ‘30s.

Mug Shot September1st, 2011

Today, we will finish the presentations. Remember you will be quizzed over these

terms Friday. We will jump into new materials after the

lessons.

Finish Presentations

As of today the grade book is up-to-date except for the Nature Writing and Literary Terms Lessons. ◦ If you did not turn something in, you have

received a zero until I receive it. ◦ The late work policy is in effect. ◦ If you were absence we need to talk.

Bonus ◦ There are some supplies you can bring for ten

points bonus.

Grade Book and Bonus Opportunity

Bring the two of the following items and you can receive bonus points. ◦ Pencils ◦ Tissues◦ Pens ◦ Loose Leaf Paper

Bonus Items

I can identify how Longfellow uses poetic form to celebrate the self.

I can

What is Rhyme Scheme?◦ It is the charting of rhyme by assigning a letter to a

line, and then that same letter to the next line that has that similar rhyme.

Example: In silent night when rest I took aFor sorrow near I did not look aI wakened was with thund’ring noise. bAnd piteous shrieks of dreadful voice bAnd piteous sound of “Fire!” and “Fire!” cLet no man know is my desire. c

Rhyme Scheme

Sixteenth-century English poet Thomas Deloney didn’t think much of cooks; in fact, he once wrote the following: “God sends meat, and the devil sends cooks.”

Mug Shot September 2nd, 2011

We will be reading “Psalm of Life” pg. 345. During my reading of the poem, I want you to

follow along and answer the following questions.

Put this on a piece of paper in your notes.Write the Questions

1. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? 2. What is the poet’s attitude? 3. What is he suggesting people do? 4. What is he suggesting they don’t do?

While I Read

Include these questions and the answers in your notes section.

1. What is the poem’s structure?2. How does the structure of the poem

influence your understanding?

After I have read

You will be given a number, that number will correspond with a stanza. 1= Stanza 1, 2= Stanza 2.

You will then return to your stanza and answer the following questions

1. What is the main idea of this stanza? 2. What is the most important line of the stanza

and why did you pick it?

This will be your exit slip. *We will also share*

On a Separate Sheet of Paper

Does America currently value what Longfellow is talking about in this poem?

Class Closing

According to the book Lost Cities of the Ancient World, the Mayans’ great civilization existed in Central America many years before Europeans discovered the Americas.

Mug Shot September 6th, 2011

I can examine how Walt Whitman celebrates the individuality of America.

I can

Whitman is known for the following features in his work: ◦Free Verse◦Catalog ◦Repetition ◦Parallelism Record these in your notes section

Terms Before Reading

Free Verse is poetry without regular patterns of rhyme or meter.

◦ Would this fall under conventional or organic form?

What is Free Verse?

Catalog is the frequent listing of people, things, or attributes.

Repetition is words or phrases that are repeated in two or more lines in a poem.

Parallelism is related ideas phrased in similar ways.

What are Catalog, Repetition, and Parallelism?

Turn to page 397, I will read aloud the poem, “I Hear America Singing.”

While I am reading follow along and answer the following questions in your notes.

1. Does the poem have a rhyme scheme? 2. What is the poet’s attitude? 3. Who is the poet talking about?

During Reading

Record the following questions in your notes

1. How does Whitman use catalog? 2. How does Whitman use repetition? 3. How does Whitman use parallelism?

After Reading

What does singing represent? Who does Whitman focus on in this poem?

Class Closing

What would America’s song sound like today? ◦ Complete the I Hear Modern America Singing

Handout. Think about the jobs of the people you know. How their songs would sound?

Question

Kelly’s T-shirt has the Latin phrase cave canem (beware of the dog) and pictures of these three well-known dogs: a German shepherd, an English sheepdog, and a beagle.

Mug Shot September 7th, 2011

Mid-term will be this Friday. ◦ I will be staying after school today to help people

make up any assignments they are missing. I understand this is short notice, but if you are interested please attend.

Mid-term

I want to briefly revisit this activity and see what some of you came up with.

I Hear Modern America Singing

I can compare and contrast two poems.

I Can

What does it mean to compare something?

What does it mean to contrast something?

Compare and Contrast

What was “A Psalm of Life” pg. 345, about?

What was “I Hear America Singing” pg. 397 about?

Previous Poems

Get out your notes for the poems: ◦“A Psalm of Life” ◦“I Can Hear America Singing”

Use these notes to complete the Text-to-Text Compare and Contrast Worksheet.

The Task

Queen Nefertiti and her husband, King Amenhotep IV, who came to power in Egypt in 1379 B.C., built the city of Aten in honor of the Egyptian sun god, Amun-Ra.

Mug Shot September 8th, 2011

Yesterday we finished I Hear Modern America Singing. If you did not turn it in today, you still have time. ◦ We started comparing and contrasting, and will wrap

that up today. Tomorrow, we will have a Mug Shot Quiz and if

you didn’t take the terms quiz you will need to make that up tomorrow.

We will also new seating charts. After the quiz(s), you will Silent Reading time. You will receive points for reading, so have your

book and read.

Yesterday and Tomorrow

To conclude this lesson, I want to see if you can compare and contrast two other works we have read.

Put this on a separate sheet of paper1. One comparison of Emerson (Self-

Reliance pg. 364) and Thoreau (Walden pg. 382)

2. One contrast of Emerson and Thoreau

Compare and Contrast Exit Slip

I can describe how Walt Whitman celebrates himself.

I Can

Originally found in Leaves of Grass 1855, untitled as the first twelve poems in the collection.

1856 was entitled “Poem of Walt Whitman: An American”

In 1867 it was divided into 52 numbered sections.

1881 it was given the name Song of Myself.

Emerson praised Whitman for this work.

What is Song of Myself

Open the book and turn to page 400. While I read “Song of Myself” each of you

will follow along and have a particular assignments based on your row.

While I Read

On Your Paper Please Include Your Row◦ Row 1: Meaning of section 1- think about the topic this

section is addressing and how he addresses it? ◦ Row 2: What poetic device(s) are Whitman using in section

one? ◦ Row 3: Meaning of section 6- think about the topic this

section is addressing and how he addresses it?◦ Row 4: What literary device is grass and do you think

there is a particular reason for Whitman choosing grass? ◦ Row 5: Meaning of section 52- think about the topic this

section is addressing and how he addresses it. ◦ Row 6: What does the exchange between the hawk and

the writer and the term barbaric yawp share about character of Whitman?

Row Assignments

What is the form of this poem and how does this that form affect your reading of the poem?

How would your song read?

Class Closing

I like the South better than the North; however, if I had to travel east, I would go to New York City, the capital of the United States from 1785 to 1790.

Mug Shot September 9th, 2011

We have a Mug Shot Quiz. If you did not take the Literary Terms Quiz,

you will take it today. The rest of the period will be IR time. If you

don’t have an IR book, there are extra books in class on the projector cart.

Today

I can write a “Song of Myself.”

I Can

◦How does Whitman introduce his origin?◦How does Whitman use Metaphor in

“Song of Myself?” ◦What vivid pictures do we see in this

poem? ◦Are there other devices we have not

covered?

“Song of Myself” Review

You will now write a section similar to one of the three we have read by Whitman.

Daily Assignment 30 Points 5 points: Section includes writer’s origins 10 points: Section gives an idea of who

the writer is now. 15 points: Section utilizes two poetic

devices common to Whitman: metaphor, repetition, parallelism, or imagery.

How would your song sound?