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Because they bought it with shared money,
Manuel and Morgan’s tape/CD player belongs
to both of them, and I can’t understand why
Morgan always says, “That’s mine!”
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Bathrooms/Leaving the class
◦ Many people have been abusing the right to leave
the class.
◦ If you do need to use the restroom or leave what
are my three stipulations?
 If you ask during those times I will not allow you.
◦ I don’t want to have to make a limit.
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I can define and teach a literary device to
the class.
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You now have been given the task to teach
the class.
You have been placed in groups.
◦ Groups will not be changed.
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Each group has two literary devices/terms
they are responsible for learning and then
teaching to the class.
 Example: group 1 is responsible for terms 1 and 2
 If you are a group with an A and B below your terms,
you are responsible for those terms. Those will be your
examples.
A definition of the term, the glossary in
the back of the book is the best resource.
2. An example of that term, the book can
also be a great resource.
3. An engaging way to teach the class, this
could be a song, a picture, or other
creative ideas. As long as the components
from 1 and 2 are included.
This is worth a daily assignment grade.
1.
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As a student you will complete the guidednotes handout while your classmates are
presenting.
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One of the greatest baseball players of the
1880’s and 1890’s was left-handed Billy
Sunday, a native of Ames, Iowa, who was
discovered by the famous player-manager
Cap Anson of the Chicago White Stockings.
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You will now present your term lessons to
the class.
◦ I ask that you respect the presenters
 Hold questions or comments till the end.
◦ Take notes using the Guided-Notes.
 There is a quiz over these terms.
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If you were absent meet with me real quick
before presentations start.
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“Alcohol,” Billy Sunday used to preach, “is an
appealing source of misery and crime in the
land;” his efforts help bring about legal
prohibition in the ‘20s and early ‘30s.
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Today, we will finish the presentations.
Remember you will be quizzed over these
terms Friday.
We will jump into new materials after the
lessons.
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As of today the grade book is up-to-date
except for the Nature Writing and Literary
Terms Lessons.
◦ If you did not turn something in, you have received
a zero until I receive it.
◦ The late work policy is in effect.
◦ If you were absence we need to talk.
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Bonus
◦ There are some supplies you can bring for ten
points bonus.
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Bring the two of the following items and you
can receive bonus points.
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Pencils
Tissues
Pens
Loose Leaf Paper
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I can identify how Longfellow uses poetic
form to celebrate the self.
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What is Rhyme Scheme?
◦ It is the charting of rhyme by assigning a letter to a
line, and then that same letter to the next line that
has that similar rhyme.
Example:
In silent night when rest I took
For sorrow near I did not look
I wakened was with thund’ring noise.
And piteous shrieks of dreadful voice
And piteous sound of “Fire!” and “Fire!”
Let no man know is my desire.
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a
b
b
c
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Sixteenth-century English poet Thomas
Deloney didn’t think much of cooks; in fact,
he once wrote the following: “God sends
meat, and the devil sends cooks.”
We will be reading “Psalm of Life” pg. 345.
 During my reading of the poem, I want you to
follow along and answer the following
questions.
Put this on a piece of paper in your notes.
Write the Questions
1. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
2. What is the poet’s attitude?
3. What is he suggesting people do?
4. What is he suggesting they don’t do?
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Include these questions and the answers in
your notes section.
1. What is the poem’s structure?
2. How does the structure of the poem
influence your understanding?
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You will be given a number, that number
will correspond with a stanza. 1= Stanza
1, 2= Stanza 2.
You will then return to your stanza and
answer the following questions
1. What is the main idea of this stanza?
2. What is the most important line of the
stanza and why did you pick it?
This will be your exit slip.
*We will also share*
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Does America currently value what Longfellow
is talking about in this poem?
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According to the book Lost Cities of the
Ancient World, the Mayans’ great civilization
existed in Central America many years before
Europeans discovered the Americas.
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I can examine how Walt Whitman celebrates
the individuality of America.
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Whitman is known for the following features
in his work:
◦ Free Verse
◦ Catalog
◦ Repetition
◦ Parallelism
 Record these in your notes section
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Free Verse is poetry without regular
patterns of rhyme or meter.
◦ Would this fall under conventional or organic
form?
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Catalog is the frequent listing of people,
things, or attributes.
Repetition is words or phrases that are
repeated in two or more lines in a poem.
Parallelism is related ideas phrased in
similar ways.
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Turn to page 397, I will read aloud the poem,
“I Hear America Singing.”
While I am reading follow along and answer
the following questions in your notes.
1. Does the poem have a rhyme scheme?
2. What is the poet’s attitude?
3. Who is the poet talking about?
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Record the following questions in your notes
1. How does Whitman use catalog?
2. How does Whitman use repetition?
3. How does Whitman use parallelism?
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What does singing represent?
Who does Whitman focus on in this poem?
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What would America’s song sound like today?
◦ Complete the I Hear Modern America Singing
Handout.
 Think about the jobs of the people you know.
 How their songs would sound?
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Kelly’s T-shirt has the Latin phrase cave
canem (beware of the dog) and pictures of
these three well-known dogs: a German
shepherd, an English sheepdog, and a beagle.
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Mid-term will be this Friday.
◦ I will be staying after school today to help people
make up any assignments they are missing. I
understand this is short notice, but if you are
interested please attend.
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I want to briefly revisit this activity and see
what some of you came up with.
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I can compare and contrast two poems.
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What does it mean to compare something?
What does it mean to contrast something?
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What was “A Psalm of Life” pg. 345, about?
What was “I Hear America Singing” pg. 397
about?
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Get out your notes for the poems:
◦ “A Psalm of Life”
◦ “I Can Hear America Singing”
Use these notes to complete the Text-toText Compare and Contrast Worksheet.
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Queen Nefertiti and her husband, King
Amenhotep IV, who came to power in Egypt
in 1379 B.C., built the city of Aten in honor of
the Egyptian sun god, Amun-Ra.
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Yesterday we finished I Hear Modern America
Singing. If you did not turn it in today, you still
have time.
◦ We started comparing and contrasting, and will wrap
that up today.
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Tomorrow, we will have a Mug Shot Quiz and if
you didn’t take the terms quiz you will need to
make that up tomorrow.
We will also new seating charts.
After the quiz(s), you will Silent Reading time.
You will receive points for reading, so have your
book and read.
To conclude this lesson, I want to see if you
can compare and contrast two other works
we have read.
Put this on a separate sheet of paper
1. One comparison of Emerson (Self-Reliance
pg. 364) and Thoreau (Walden pg. 382)
2. One contrast of Emerson and Thoreau
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I can describe how Walt Whitman celebrates
himself.
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Originally found in Leaves of Grass 1855,
untitled as the first twelve poems in the
collection.
1856 was entitled “Poem of Walt Whitman:
An American”
In 1867 it was divided into 52 numbered
sections.
1881 it was given the name Song of Myself.
Emerson praised Whitman for this work.
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Open the book and turn to page 400.
While I read “Song of Myself” each of you will
follow along and have a particular
assignments based on your row.
On Your Paper Please Include Your Row
◦ Row 1: Meaning of section 1- think about the topic
this section is addressing and how he addresses it?
◦ Row 2: What poetic device(s) are Whitman using in
section one?
◦ Row 3: Meaning of section 6- think about the topic
this section is addressing and how he addresses it?
◦ Row 4: What literary device is grass and do you think
there is a particular reason for Whitman choosing
grass?
◦ Row 5: Meaning of section 52- think about the topic
this section is addressing and how he addresses it.
◦ Row 6: What does the exchange between the hawk
and the writer and the term barbaric yawp share about
character of Whitman?
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What is the form of this poem and how does
this that form affect your reading of the
poem?
How would your song read?
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I like the South better than the North;
however, if I had to travel east, I would go to
New York City, the capital of the United States
from 1785 to 1790.
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We have a Mug Shot Quiz.
If you did not take the Literary Terms Quiz,
you will take it today.
The rest of the period will be IR time. If you
don’t have an IR book, there are extra books
in class on the projector cart.
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I can write a “Song of Myself.”
◦ How does Whitman introduce his origin?
◦ How does Whitman use Metaphor in “Song
of Myself?”
◦ What vivid pictures do we see in this
poem?
◦ Are there other devices we have not
covered?
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You will now write a section similar to one
of the three we have read by Whitman.
 Daily Assignment 30 Points
 5 points: Section includes writer’s
origins
 10 points: Section gives an idea of who
the writer is now.
 15 points: Section utilizes two poetic
devices common to Whitman:
metaphor, repetition, parallelism, or
imagery.