Today, I'm going to send you to breakout rooms to discuss one of the three questions below and return with an answer. Then, I will give you time to either record answers to the following questions or work on make up work.
1) Summarize Fuller's essay (what is the structure and main ideas - give some specific examples) and connect it to the ideas of the Transcendentalist movement.
2) With examples discuss how Emerson (Nature and
Self-Reliance) fits the ideas of Transcendentalism and give a theme for each essay and use specific examples.
3) With examples discuss how Thoreau (Walden and
Civil Disobedience fit the ideas of Transcendentalism. Pick out a theme for each essay and use specific
examples.
4) Compare Emerson and
Thoreau
Reading schedule:
12/7 - 12/8 - Poe - "Fall of the House of Usher" (page 410)
12/9 - Fireside Poets - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Oliver Wendell Holmes (page 342)
12/10 and 12/11 - Introduction to Huckleberry Finn and chapters 1-5
12/15 - Review
12/16 or 12/17 FINAL
Review for Test on Romanticism
1 – Be able to discuss with examples how Emerson (Nature and
Self-Reliance) and Thoreau (Walden and
Civil Disobedience fit the ideas of Transcendentalism. You will need to be able to pick out a theme for each essay and use specific
examples.
2 – Discuss the meaning of the “A Psalm of Life”, “The Tide
Falls”, “The Chambered Nautilus” and “Old Ironsides”. Be able to analysis rhyme scheme, stanza
structure, and metaphor in each poem.
Also apply the question: What gives life purpose to the poems.
3 – List the elements of American Gothic literature and give
examples of these elements in “The Fall of the House of Usher” and The Scarlet Letter.
4 – Be able to discuss the following questions as connected
to the literature of the Romantic Period:
“Is the price of progress ever too high?”
“Is it patriotic to protest one’s government?”
“Does everyone have a dark side?”
“Where do people look for the truth?”
Objectives (smaller chunks of overall goal) and
suggested time periods
At the end of this Unit the Students will be able
to
1)
List and explain 3-5
symbols from the novel The Scarlet
Letter
2)
Discuss the basic
structure(s) of The Scarlett Letter
3)
Given the main ideas of
various pieces of Romantic Literature
4)
List the key aspects of
Romanticism
5)
List the key aspects of
transcendentalism
6)
Discuss who the Fireside
poets were and what they believed in
7)
Keep a dialectical journal
while reading The Scarlet Letter
8)
Evaluate the purpose and argument
of public advocacy
9)
Determine two or more
themes in a text
10)
Discuss the importance of
rhyme scheme and stanza structure and how they create meaning
11)
Compare Emerson and
Thoreau
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