Students should
1) Be able to list and discuss the differences between Romanticism and Realism (reread 517-523).
2) Be able to discuss a theme from "Song of Myself" backed up with specifics from the text, and explain how the form of the poem fits the theme.
3) Be able to analysis the imagery of one of the following Dickinson poems: "Because I could not stop for Death", "My life closed twice before its close-", or "I heard a Fly buzz when I died-". What do the images mean, what theme do they reinforce?
4) Be able to discuss Lincoln's purpose in "The Gettysburg Address" and his "Second Inaugural Address". Give a summary of the "Emancipation Proclamation" and how its form reinforces it idea.
5) Huckleberry Finn (chapters 1-8). Relate a main theme to these chapters and give specifics to explain the theme. Be able to answer the study questions related to chapters 1-8. Summarize episodes 1 and 2.
Friday 13 December 2013
Thursday 12 December 2013
Huckleberry FInn Questions
Discussion Questions NOTICE - IV
1) Describe the Widow Douglas. How does Huck respond to the Moses story? What does this tell the reader about Huck's character? (Moses will be a motif in this book)
2) Discuss superstition as a motif. Provide examples.
3) Discuss Huck's view of death and the afterlife. Death is mentioned frequently in chapter 1. Why?
4) Comment on the trick Tom and Huck play on Jim.
5) "Jim was most ruined for a servant..." Discuss the significance of this quote.
6) Considering the themes listing in the objectives, comment on Tom's decision to leave 5 cents for the candles. Do you think Huck would have done the same thing? Why or why not?
7) Compare and Contrast Tom and Huck.
8) Why does Tom think it important that the gang be considered "highwaymen" rather than burglars?
9) Discuss Huck's conflict over Miss Watson's view of prayer.
10) Why does Tom Sawyer call Huck a "numskull"?
11) Comment: "I reckoned he believed in the A-rabs and the elephants, but as for me I think different. It had all the marks of a Sunday school."
12) Why does Huck want to give all the money to Judge Thatcher?
1) Describe the Widow Douglas. How does Huck respond to the Moses story? What does this tell the reader about Huck's character? (Moses will be a motif in this book)
2) Discuss superstition as a motif. Provide examples.
3) Discuss Huck's view of death and the afterlife. Death is mentioned frequently in chapter 1. Why?
4) Comment on the trick Tom and Huck play on Jim.
5) "Jim was most ruined for a servant..." Discuss the significance of this quote.
6) Considering the themes listing in the objectives, comment on Tom's decision to leave 5 cents for the candles. Do you think Huck would have done the same thing? Why or why not?
7) Compare and Contrast Tom and Huck.
8) Why does Tom think it important that the gang be considered "highwaymen" rather than burglars?
9) Discuss Huck's conflict over Miss Watson's view of prayer.
10) Why does Tom Sawyer call Huck a "numskull"?
11) Comment: "I reckoned he believed in the A-rabs and the elephants, but as for me I think different. It had all the marks of a Sunday school."
12) Why does Huck want to give all the money to Judge Thatcher?
Wednesday 11 December 2013
Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address
Today we will read Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address and relate it to the times. As a group you will then outline the speech paragraph by paragraph making sure that you list the main ideas and how Lincoln supports them.
Lastly, we will be starting the 1st Chapter of Huckleberry Finn.
Lastly, we will be starting the 1st Chapter of Huckleberry Finn.
Friday 6 December 2013
Wednesday 4 December 2013
Homework for the Trip
Read Emily Dickinson pages 546-556
Answer questions 1-8 on page 556. Also write a theme for each of Dickinson and Whitman's poems. Note, that you will later have to compare a theme from Huckleberry Finn to another text:
Unit Learning Goal: Students will demonstrate knowledge of nineteenth century foundation works of American Literature by analyzing satire in Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and relating one of its main themes to another text and issue of the time.
Also, do page 557 - WRITING TO COMPARE. Make sure you cite specific lines. This should be a 1-page essay. (Those of you back on Monday can do this in class).
Today's objective: Reading and understanding themes from Whitman.
We will read 538-540 and answer 1-6 and 9 on page 541.
Answer questions 1-8 on page 556. Also write a theme for each of Dickinson and Whitman's poems. Note, that you will later have to compare a theme from Huckleberry Finn to another text:
Unit Learning Goal: Students will demonstrate knowledge of nineteenth century foundation works of American Literature by analyzing satire in Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and relating one of its main themes to another text and issue of the time.
Also, do page 557 - WRITING TO COMPARE. Make sure you cite specific lines. This should be a 1-page essay. (Those of you back on Monday can do this in class).
Today's objective: Reading and understanding themes from Whitman.
We will read 538-540 and answer 1-6 and 9 on page 541.
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