WARNING: This is a tentative calendar for the week. I post this to provide my students with an opportunity to preview the week and to help them plan accordingly. Sometimes things go exactly as planned and it is amazing. Sometimes they don’t because we might finish an objective faster than anticipated. Sometimes, what I believed would take ten minutes at the beginning of class ends up taking an entire class. Sometimes there are some mornings when I get ideas and decide to change EVERYTHING because something else seems better. Anyways, you get the picture: TENTATIVE means maybe, if time allows, perhaps. As my grandmother used to say, “we make plans and the universe laughs”.
Monday 12.15 Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe
Unit Goal: Write an essay that defines American Romanticism’s views of TRUTH AND KNOWLEDGE and examines their use of stylistic devices such as imagery, figures of speech, paradox and symbolism to communicate philosophical attitudes and themes.
Objective: By researching Edgar Allan Poe’s background, students will be able to: 1.) identify influences on philosophical attitudes and themes c 2.) analyze the effect of Edgar Allan Poe’s writing on American culture and literature.
Handouts: Edgar Allan Poe Notes, “The Raven”,
Homework: Read The Pit and the Pendulum pp. 257-269, Complete Reading Guide Analysis
Tuesday 12.16 “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe
Unit Goal: Write an essay that defines American Romanticism’s views of TRUTH AND KNOWLEDGE and examines their use of stylistic devices such as imagery, figures of speech, paradox and symbolism to communicate philosophical attitudes and themes.
Objective: By reading and annotating Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” and “The Pit and the Pendulum”, students will be able to: 1.) compare philosophical attitudes and themes communicated through allegory and 2.) analyze the effect of imagery, figures of speech and symbolism to communicate views on DEATH.
Handouts: Edgar Allan Poe Notes, The Raven,
Homework: Read The Pit and the Pendulum pp. 257-269, Complete Reading Guide Analysis
Wednesday 12.17 “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe
Unit Goal: Write an essay that defines American Romanticism’s views of TRUTH AND KNOWLEDGE and examines their use of stylistic devices such as imagery, figures of speech, paradox and symbolism to communicate philosophical attitudes and themes.
Objective: By reading and annotating Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” and “The Pit and the Pendulum”, students will be able to: 1.) compare philosophical attitudes and themes communicated through allegory and 2.) analyze the effect of imagery, figures of speech and symbolism to communicate views on DEATH.
Handouts: Edgar Allan Poe Notes, The Raven, Says Means Matters
Homework: Read The Pit and the Pendulum pp. 257-269, Complete Reading Guide Analysis
Thursday 12.18 “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe
Unit Goal: Write an essay that defines American Romanticism’s views of TRUTH AND KNOWLEDGE and examines their use of stylistic devices such as imagery, figures of speech, paradox and symbolism to communicate philosophical attitudes and themes.
Objective: By reading and annotating Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” and “The Pit and the Pendulum”, students will be able to: 1.) compare philosophical attitudes and themes communicated through allegory and 2.) analyze the effect of imagery, figures of speech and symbolism to communicate views on DEATH.
Handouts: Edgar Allan Poe Notes, The Raven, Says Means Matters
Homework: Read The Pit and the Pendulum pp. 257-269, Complete Reading Guide Analysis
Friday 12.19 Romantic Symbolism in “The Raven” & “The Pit and the Pendulum” by Edgar Allan Poe
Unit Goal: Write an essay that defines American Romanticism’s views of TRUTH AND KNOWLEDGE and examines their use of stylistic devices such as imagery, figures of speech, paradox and symbolism to communicate philosophical attitudes and themes.
Objective: By reading and annotating Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” and “The Pit and the Pendulum”, students will be able to: 1.) compare philosophical attitudes and themes communicated through allegory and 2.) analyze the effect of imagery, figures of speech and symbolism to communicate views on DEATH.
Handouts: Edgar Allan Poe Notes, The Raven, Says Means Matters
Homework: Read The Pit and the Pendulum pp. 257-269, Complete Reading Guide Analysis