Monday, December 12, 2016

Monday, Dec. 12 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: “Law of Life”
*Discuss with your small group –record your notes on 1-4 as an assignment submission in Schoology, then evidence for characteristics
*1- Conflict: Man Vs. Nature
*2- Conflict: Man Vs. Self
*3- Personification in general and specifically personification of Death: how?
*4- Symbolism in general, and what does the old moose symbolize? Specific connections
*Characteristics of Era (Realism and Naturalism) –you need one specific piece of evidence for Realism and one for Naturalism
*Poem Work Time
*If you are going to perform your poem at the coffeehouse, we need to talk and work on an intro to your poem
*Make sure you have identified what elements should be graded on the rubric
*You should have another person read through and help you make your poem better
*Printed out copies of both poems due tomorrow
*American Gothic- Notes on Gothic Literature: Looks at humanity’s attempt to supersede nature, spiritual and emotional disconnect from nature: “men have become the tools of their tools” and “things are in the saddle and ride mankind”
*Poe
*Background Info p410, take notes, discuss (tomorrow)
*BwF Work Time or work on poems more

*Journals can be collected before Christmas, but are due the week we get back

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