Thursday, November 29
• Today’s Agenda:
• 1. Bellringer: Vocabulary Review
• 2. Chart: Dickinson and Whitman
• 3. Review Questions: The Scarlet Letter
• HW: 1) Chart: Dickinson and Whitman
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2) Review Questions: The Scarlet Letter
Bellringer: Week of 11/26 – 11/29
• Thursday (11/29):
• 1. Poetry as public speech written in the
____________ of free verse remains a part
of our literature.
• 2. Emily Dickinson aimed to __________ the
feelings of things rather than simply name
them.
• 3. Whitman joined his ___________ voice to
the chorus of his poem, “I Hear America
Singing.”
Vocabulary Words: “Ch. 3 - American Masters”
• 1. sociable (adj.) – inclined to seek and enjoy
companionship
• 2. spokesman (n.) – one who speaks as a
representative of others
• 3. eloquent (adj.) – marked by persuasive or fluent
expression
• 4. succeeding (adj.) – coming after or following another
• 5. extravagant (adj.) – extremely or excessively
elaborate; much more than necessary
• 6. evoke (v.) – to bring to mind; to re-create
imaginatively
• 7. cadence (n.) – a rhythmic sequence or flow of
sounds in language
• 8. free verse (n.) – poetry without rhyme or meter
Take out a sheet of paper and title:
Chart: Compare/Contrast: Whitman & Dickinson
Walt
Whitman
Emily
Dickinson
Take out a sheet of paper and title:
Review Questions: The Scarlet Letter
• Chapters 8-10:
• 1. Mr. Wilson asks Pearl, "Canst thou tell me, my child,
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who made thee?" What is Pearl's answer? Why did she
say that?
2. What convinced the Governor to let Hester keep Pearl?
3. How did Roger Chillingworth become Dimmesdale's
medical advisor?
4. Who is the leech? Why is he called that in the title of
the chapter?
5. Why did Mr. Dimmesdale rush from the room to end the
conversation he had with Roger Chillingworth?