Silent Reading, 20 min

Contemporary Poetry

Derek Walcott, "Elsewhere"

• Review: As a class, find examples of repetition, imagery, simile, metaphor, line, stanza, rhyme scheme, alliteration, consonance, assonance, etc.
• Theme: Walcott spells out the theme in the final stanza of this poem. Put it in your own words.

With a partner, read one of the following poems.

Theodore Roethke, p. 1132

“Night Journey”

Richard Wilbur, p. 1136

“The Beautiful Changes”

Elizabeth Bishop, p. 1143

“One Art”

Sylvia Plath, p. 1146

“Mirror”

Anne Sexton, p. 1154

“Young”

Gwendolyn Brooks, p. 1158

“The Bean Eaters”

Carolyn Forche, p. 1167

“The Memory of Elena”

Rita Dove, p. 1179

“Testimonial”

Mark Doty, p. 1183

“Coastal”

Assignment: All of the following should be completed on the same side of the large sheet of paper.

1. Write your poem on large paper; include the title and author.

2. Find and label at least seven poetic devices within your poem.

3. Create a visual representation of your poem.

4. How is this poem representative of the Contemporary movement? Cite specific examples from your poem (with line numbers) in your answer.

Historical Research Essay

• Second Draft due today (at end of hour)--will get back Tuesday, June 1
  
• Review Embedding Quotations, Works Cited lists, Parenthetical Citations

Final Draft due Thursday, June 3

Silent Reading, 20 min

Montana 1948

• Brief review (study guide questions)
• QUIZ, Part Two

Research Essay: Draft Two Due Thursday (end of hour)

Historical Research Essay

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Research Essay MLA formatting guidelines:

• In the upper left-hand corner,write your name, teacher name, course, and date
• Center the title underneath this
• Text should be in 12-point font, either Times New Roman, Helvetica, or Ariel font
• Indent the first line of each paragraph
• Double space entire paper (without additional spaces between paragraphs)
• Quotations with over four lines should be indented; do not use quotation marks
• 1" margin on all sides
• For a formal essay, eliminate all 1st-person pronouns (I, me, us, we, our...) and 2nd-person pronouns (you, your...). You may instead use 3rd-person pronouns (he, she, it, one, them, they, their, his, hers, ...) or the name of the person/thing.
  

Embedding quotations:

• Remember, quotations do not have to be in dialogue. Anything you're taking directly from a source and putting into your paper should be in quotation marks
• A quotation should be a part of your sentence, not standing alone
• Quotations should neither begin nor end paragraphs. Your ideas are most important, not another author's.
• Whether directly quoting a source or paraphrasing, you must use parenthetical citation to properly give credit for the information

Examples:

Samuel Johnson says, "Nothing can please many, and please long, but just representations of general nature" (2394).

Samuel Johnson believes that only universal ideas please: "Nothing can please many, and please long, but just representations of general nature" (2394).

Samuel Johnson believes that "Nothing can please many, and please long, but just representations of general nature" (2394).

Give page numbers even if you paraphrase rather than quote directly:

Samuel Johnson believes that only the truest representations of universal human nature constitute great art (2394).

Peer Review Essays

• Switch essays with a partner who also has an essay (Note: if you don't have a complete draft today, you still need to do this, but outside of class)
• Fill out the Peer Review sheet for the essay you look over
• Staple the Peer Review to the essay you read and place it in its owner's folder.
  
• The first draft--peer reviewed--must be in your folder when you turn in the final draft.

Historical Research Essay, Second Draft due Thursday (at end of hour).

Silent Reading, 20 min

Julia Alvarez, "Daughter of Invention" (995)

• Read the story aloud.
• The narrator's mother uses many aphorisms in this story, but she does not recite them correctly. Find three of the mis-stated aphorisms and write them down correctly.
• What conflicts does the narrator's father face in this story (both internal and external)? How does the narrator deal with her father's conflicts?
• What would happen if Mrs. Jong ("The Rules of the Game") and Mrs. Garcia ("Daughter of Invention") were to enter each others story? [Write one paragraph for each woman.]
  

1. In "Daughter of Invention" whose side would Mrs. Jong take? The mother's or the father's?
2. What advice would Mrs. Garcia give Mrs. Jong for dealing with her daughter in "The Rules of the Game"?
   

Silent Reading, 20 min

Amy Tan, "The Rules of the Game" (1017).

• Read the story aloud.
  
• Answer the following questions:

1. As a result of Waverly's success at chess, what conflicts arise between her and her mother?
2. What does Waverly's mother mean when she says "She not want it. We not want it"(1112)? How do the boys' actions show cultural and generational conflicts between the mother and her children?
3. What do you think is Mrs. Jong's motivation for showing off Waverly? Why does Waverly resent her mother's actions?
4. Near the end of the story, Waverly's imaginary opponent says, "Strongest wind cannot be seen." Where else in the story is that statement used? Explain what it means.
5. Find passages in the story where rules of various sorts are talked about. What multiple meanings might the title have?
6. How does this story show the characteristics of Contemporary/Postmodern literature? Give specific examples from the story to back up your answer.

Historical Research Essay

Writing time.

Draft one due at the end of the hour. All previous items from checklist should be in research folder.

Silent Reading, 20 min

Montana 1948

• Finish review activity from Monday. (Character descriptions and relationships)
• QUIZ, Part One.
  

Writing Prompt: Write about an overheard remark. (Must include some dialogue)

Historical Research Essay

• Typing time
• Finish all checklist items
• Draft One due Thursday at the end of the hour
  

Silent Reading, 20 min

"The Book of the Dead," Edwidge Danticat

• Review traits of Contemporary/Postmodern Literature
• Irony--three types.
• Read the story.
• Answer the following questions

1. What basic irony is at the heart of this story--how is Annie's father the opposite of the heroic figure she admired?
2. At the beginning of the story, what does the sculpture symbolize for Annie? What does the same sculpture symbolize for Gabrielle Fonteneau?
3. Explain the dramatic irony that builds during the luncheon at the Fonteneaus' house. In other words, what do we know the the Fonteneaus do not?
4. On a non-literal level, what does the title of the story mean? How would you state the story's theme--what truth about life does it reveal?
5. What features of Contemporary Literature are shown in this story?

Montana 1948

• Begin character review activity:

1. In a small group, write your character name at the top of a poster.
2. Find as many descriptions of your character as you can in the book (Ms. Johnson will give you one page to start).
3. What are this character's relationships to other characters in the book?

• QUIZ One on Wednesday, May 19.

Silent Reading, 20 min

Contemporary Literature, 1939 to Present

• Read Introduction to Contemporary Literature in the textbook, pp. 887-905.
• Fill out goldenrod sheet on Contemporary/Postmodern literature.

Montana 1948

• Check out books and get study guide packet.
• Begin reading book aloud (Prologue and One).
• Quiz on Prologue and One, Wednesday, May 19.
  

Writing Prompt: Write about a time you were misunderstood.

Historical Research Essay

• Finish Research Process Checklist items and put all in research folder.
• Contained in folders should be:

1. Notecard listing topic and five researchable questions.
2. 4-5 useful, reliable sources.
3. Evidence of note taking (highlighting, summarizing, paraphrasing, etc.)
4. Define cultural significance of topic (why does this still matter? What impact did this moment have on society today? What long-term effects did this moment have on society?)
5. Create an outline/graphic organizer of paper structure. (Example here)
6. Write a thesis statement (topic + cultural significance) for your essay. This could be 1-2 sentences and should reference both causes and effects.
7. Insert direct quotations into your outline (at least by number). Designate source.
8. Works Cited page.

• Begin typing essay. Complete first draft due Thursday, May 20.
  

Modernism Test

• On test you may use:

1. Literature book
2. Goldenrod sheet
3. Any other notes you may have

• Test will cover ideas of Modernism in literature specifically including:

1. Of Mice and Men
2. Short stories by Faulkner, Quiroga, Steinbeck, Welty, Thurber, Fitzgerald, Porter, Hemingway, O'Connor
3. Poetry by Pound, Eliot, Williams, Moore, MacLeish, cummings, Sandburg, Ginsberg, Masters, Frost
4. Harlem Renaissance poetry by Hughes, Cullen, Bontemps, McKay
   

Writing Prompt: Henri Matisse was a visual artist in the Modern era. Write a story about the Matisse poster shown here.

Historical Research Essay

New items for checklist today:

• Write a thesis statement for your essay (topic + cultural significance). (include this on a separate sheet of paper in your folder or write it under Research Process #3 on your list of Research Paper Deadlines)
• Select direct quotations from your research to use in your essay. Insert into outline. (The easiest way to do this is to use a color-coding or numbering system--corresponding numbers/colors should appear on the outline and the articles)

Past checklist items to finish:

• Define Cultural Significance of topic. (Why does this moment still matter today? What impacts does it still have on society? Why is this important?) Write this under Research Process #2 on your Research Paper Deadlines list.
• Create an outline/graphic organizer for your essay. One example is included on the back of your green research paper packet. Another example is available here.
• Provide evidence of note-taking on 4-5 useful sources. To make your life easier later on, your note-taking should have some method to it. Mark which information corresponds with each main point in your outline or which answers various questions on you note card.

Upcoming deadlines:

• Works Cited page (in proper MLA format) due Thursday, May 13. Access NoodleTools here.
• Research Process deadlines #1-4 must all be completed before a draft of the essay will be accepted. (R.P. #1-4 due by 5/20/10)
• Draft One of essay due at the end of hour on Thursday, May 20.
  

Silent Reading, 20 min

Finish Modern Poetry presentations from Friday.

Ernest Hemingway.

• Characteristics of the Hemingway Hero (PowerPoint). Available here.
• Read "Indian Camp" from In Our Time.

1. What characteristics of the Hemingway Hero are displayed by Nick Adams in this story?
2. What typical characteristics of Modernism does Hemingway display through this story?

Review Modernism for Test on Wednesday, May 12.
Literature covered includes:

• Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck.
• Modern Short Stories: "Soldier's Home" (Hemingway), "Leader of the People" (Steinbeck), "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (Thurber), "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" (Porter), "A Worn Path" (Welty), "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" (O'Connor), "Winter Dreams" (Fitzgerald)
• "A Rose for Emily," William Faulkner and "The Feather Pillow," Horacio Quiroga
• Harlem Renaissance Poetry: Countee Cullen and Langston Hughes
• Robert Frost
• Other Modern poets: Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, William Carlos Williams, Marianne Moore, Archibald MacLeish, e.e. cummings, Carl Sandburg, Allen Ginsberg, Edgar Lee Masters, Arna Bontemps, Claude McKay
• "Indian Camp," Ernest Hemingway

You may use your books and notes for the test (including your goldenrod sheet).

Silent Reading, 20 min

Modernist Poets

• Read the Modern Poetry Intro in the textbook, pp. 645-647.
• In groups (assigned), read the following poems:

1. Ezra Pound (648), "The River Merchant's Wife" and "The Garden"
2. T.S. Eliot (655), "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
3. William Carlos Williams (665), "The Red Wheelbarrow," "The Great Figure," and "This Is Just to Say"
4. Marianne Moore (671), "Poetry" and Archibald MacLeish (673), "Ars Poetica"
5. e.e. cummings (675), "what if a much of a which of a wind," "somewhere i have never traveled, gladly beyond"
6. Carl Sandburg (848), "Chicago" and Allen Ginsberg (881), "Homework"
7. Edgar Lee Masters (851), "Richard Bone," "'Butch' Weldy," "Mrs. George Reece"
8. Arna Bontemps (855), "A Black Man Talks of Reaping" and Claude McKay (880), "America"

• Create a short presentation for your poet(s). Include each of the following on separate pieces of construction paper.

1. Background info on your poet(s)
2. Narrative situation of your poem(s)
3. Identify/describe each of the following devices for your poem(s): tone, imagery, symbols, metaphor/simile. Include the line(s) as examples.
4. Describe why your poet(s) fits into (or differs from) the Modernism movement. Discuss their use of free verse, imagism, symbolism, etc. Refer to specific information from the introduction where possible.
   

Writing Prompt: (see below)

per. 1: If the Zombie Apocalypse were to happen tonight, what would you do?
per. 4: Tell a story about your day (real or fictional).

Historical Research Essay

New item for checklist today:

• Define Cultural Significance of topic. (Why does this moment still matter today? What impacts does it still have on society? Why is this important?) Write this under Research Process #2 on your Research Paper Deadlines list.

Past checklist items to finish:

• Create an outline/graphic organizer for your essay. One example is included on the back of your green research paper packet. Another example is available here.
• Provide evidence of note-taking on 4-5 useful sources. To make your life easier later on, your note-taking should have some method to it. Mark which information corresponds with each main point in your outline or which answers various questions on you note card.

Upcoming deadlines:

• Write a thesis statement for your essay (topic + cultural significance) due Tuesday, May 11.
  
• Works Cited page (in proper MLA format) due Thursday, May 13. Access NoodleTools here.
• Research Process deadlines #1-4 must all be completed before a draft of the essay will be accepted. (R.P. #1-4 due by 5/20/10)
• Draft One of essay due at the end of hour on Thursday, May 20.

Silent Reading, 20 min

Robert Frost Poetry

• Read together the narrative poem "The Death of the Hired Man" (805-9).

1. Identify the details in ll. 103-110 that create a vivid image of the setting of this narrative poem. What does this passage tell you about Mary's character?
2. Do any of the main characters change in the course of the narrative? Quote passages to support your answer.
3. Does the conclusion of the poem strike you as inevitable, or unavoidable? Why or why not? What would your feelings have been if Warren, instead of answering "Dead" to Mary's question, had answered "Asleep" or "Sharpening his scythe"?
4. State in your own words the poem's theme, or what it reveals to you about our lives. How could its theme apply to social issues faced in both rural and urban areas today?

• With a partner, complete one of the following for another of Frost's poems:

“Design” p 793

· Read the poem.

· Answer the following questions:

o p. 794 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

“Nothing Gold Can Stay” p 795 & “Trying to Name What Doesn’t Change” p 796

· Read the poems.

· Answer the following questions:

o p. 797 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8

“Birches” p 798-9

· Read the poem.

· Answer the following questions:

o p. 800 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

“Mending Wall” p 801 & “Mending Test” p 803

· Read the poems.

· Answer the following questions:

o p. 804 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 13

Writing Prompt: If you could be any historical or fictional character, who would you be? Why?

Historical Research Essay

New checklist item for today:

• Create an outline/graphic organizer for your essay. One example is included on the back of your green research paper packet. Another example is available here.

Past checklist items to finish:

• Provide evidence of note-taking on 4-5 useful sources. To make your life easier later on, your note-taking should have some method to it. Mark which information corresponds with each main point in your outline or which answers various questions on you note card.
• Find and print 4-5 useful, reliable sources for your essay. You must include citations from at least four sources within your essay, so you may end up needing to find more than five sources.
  

Upcoming deadlines:

• Write a thesis statement (topic + cultural significance) due Tuesday, May 11.
  
• Works Cited page (in proper MLA format) due Thursday, May 13. Access NoodleTools here.
• Research Process deadlines #1-4 must all be completed before a draft of the essay will be accepted. (R.P. #1-4 due by 5/20/10)
• Draft One of essay due at the end of hour on Thursday, May 20.