Friday, April 29, 2016

Friday April 29 Agenda


*         Bell Ringer: Modernism Poetry: (finish group presentations)
*         Pg 1, 2, 3 Presentations, take notes and annotate your packet
*         American Voices / Small Group Discussion
*         What is the American voice: your group needs a few different ideas/definitions/aspects to definition –post this on my blog, then follow the directions on the post about what to do next.
*         Dickinson and Bradstreet (Pg 1 Group), Whitman (Pg 2 Group), Thoreau and Emerson (Pg 3 group & Pg 4 Group), William Carlos Williams and other modern poets (Pg 5 group & Pg 6 Group)
*         Overall Question: How does their writing exemplify the (or an) American voice?
*         How does their writing show America at their point in time?
*         What does their writing say about people and society?
*         Thinking of all, what aspect(s) of America are not reflected with the voices so far?
*         Write up on blog (also write on sheet of paper for self)
*         Current American Poetry research / work time
*         Multimodal presentation (more than just the words), digital presentation  (PRESENTATION RUBRIC?)
*         Explication due Wednesday / first thing
*         Presentations start Thursday

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  4. Richard Johnson, Samuel Anderson:
    American voice is about people and events that happen in the United States. Not just nature and everything ending up happy and good. It exposed the reality of life, and how happiness can be found in any situation.

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