Campolmi. English 3. Blocks 3
and 4.
Week of 9.3
9.3 Journal #4
• Do you know what “mob rule” means?
• If people know something to be false, then
why do they follow others?
• Have you ever gone along with something that
you knew was wrong or false? Why did you
do that?
• Name
Journal #
• Date
English 3
What’s a TPCASTT?
• TITLE: Consider the title and make a prediction
about what the poem is about
• PARAPHRASE: Translate the poem line by line into
your own words on a literal level.
• CONNOTATION: Examine the poem for meaning
beyond the literal. Look for figurative language,
imag- ery, and sound elements.
• ATTITUDE/TONE: Notice the speaker’s tone and
attitude. Humor? Sarcasm? Awe?
TPCASTT cont.
• SHIFTS: Note any shifts or changes in speaker or
attitude. Look for key words, time change,
punctuation.
• TITLE: Examine the title again, this time on an
interpretive level
• THEME: Briefly state in your own words what the
poem is about (subject), then what the poet is
saying about the subject (theme).
TITLE:
Paraphrase
In silent night when rest I took
For sorrow near I did not look
I wakened was with thundering noise
And piteous shrieks of dreadful voice.
The fearful sound of “Fire!” and “Fire!”
Let no man know is my desire.
I, starting up, the light did spy
And to my God my heart did cry
To strengthen me in my distress
And not to leave me succorless.
Then, coming out, beheld a space
The flame consume my dwelling place.
Connotation/Attitude
I, starting up, the light did spy
And to my God my heart did cry
To strengthen me in my distress
And not leave me succorless.
Then, coming out, beheld a space
The flame consume my dwelling place
Upon the Burning of Our House P.118
Anne Bradstreet
• Popcorn style reading
• Questions to think about:
– 1.) What vivid memories does the speaker have of
the house that has been destroyed?
– 2.) What events had the speaker hoped to
experience in that house?
– 3.) How does the speaker envision the house that
will be hers after death?
TPCASTT Groups
• You will be divided into groups of 6
• 3 groups will read Anne Bradstreet’s To My
Dead and Loving Husband (P. 116)
• 3 groups will read Edward Taylor’s Huswifery
(P. 120)
• You will have 13 minutes to create a TPCASTT
for your poem
• TPCASTT = title, paraphrase, connotation,
attitude, shifts, title, theme
Crucible characters
• Rev. Parris: “Little good to be said for him.”
Spineless. Doesn’t really understand or like
kids.
• Tituba: Parris’ slave.
• Abigail: a main character. Parris’ niece. Main
accuser during trials.
• John Proctor: main character. Had affair with
Abigail.
• Mrs. Putnam: 1 of 8 children survive.
Characters
• Elizabeth Proctor: Cold. Knows about
husband’s affair.
• Thomas Putnam: Wealthy. Holds grudges
(particularly when money is involved).
• Giles Corey/Martha Corey: farmers. Not rich.
Contentious but honest.
• Rebecca Nurse: honest, good woman.
• Rev. Hale: brought into town to find witches.
Honest and good man.
9.4 Journal #5
• The Puritans were very superstitious.
• We can see that with Abigail (she drinks blood to
put a curse on Goody Proctor) and Goody
Putnam (she believes she’s been cursed and
that’s why so many of her children have died).
• What are some things about which you are
superstitious?
• Or are you totally not superstitious in any way?
• Can superstitions be good or bad?
Connotation
• “To My Dear and Loving Husband” p. 116
• I prize thy love more than whole mines of
gold. (Line 5)
• My love is such that rivers cannot quench.
(Line 7)
Attitude/Tone
• If ever two were one . . .
• If ever man were loved by wife . . .
• If ever wife was happy . . .
Shift
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Look at these three lines:
Thy love is such I can no way repay
The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray.
Then while we live, in love let’s so persevere.
Theme
Connotation
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“Huswifery” p. 120
Lines 1-6
Make me . . . Your complete spinning wheel.
Your holy word will be the distaff (that holds the thread
steady)
• My affections (emotions/desire to be holy) will be the
flyers that twist the fiber.
• Etc.
• These are all metaphors, and it’s one extended
metaphor. It continues in the next stanza (where the
fabric is completed and dyed).
Attitude
• How does the speaker feel toward God?
• Then my clothes shall be displayed before you
and those holy robes that were made are for
your glory.
Shift?
• Maybe.
• The first two stanzas are about making the
fabric and the clothes.
• What’s the last stanza about?
Theme.