Thursday, May 16, 2019

American Literature

16 May 2019

Webpage: https://sites.google.com/olivetstudent.org/odell/home

Planbook: https://www.planbookedu.com/s/JFXN6

Objective: To continue our study of Transcendentalism, focusing on Thoreau’s use of figurative language, Whitman’s use of free verse, and Dickinson’s use of figures of speech, off-rhymes, and personifications. (STANDARD RL.4, RL.9, RI.9)

Success Criteria: Students will show mastery by locating and analyzing an example of figurative language in Thoreau’s Walden, free verse in Whitman’s poems, and figures of speech, off-rhymes, and personifications in Dickinson’s poems. 

Agenda:

1.      Open Notes Grammar Quiz #12 – 5 min

2.      Read Thoreau’s “from Walden” p. 261 – 20 min

3.      Discuss figurative language p. 269 – 5 min

4.      Read Whitman’s poems, p. 273-275 – 10 min

5.      Discuss free verse p. 276 – 5 min

6.      Read Dickinson poems p. 279-282 – 10 min

7.      Discuss figures of speech, off-rhymes, and personification – 5 min

8.      Review for UNIT TEST #2: Clicker quiz review – 20 min

Assessment: 

Homework: Finish Divergent by Tuesday; UNIT TEST #2 (Romanticism and Transcendentalism) on Monday