Wednesday, Nov. 29 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: Whitman: Note check of “Oh Captain! My Captain”

*“Song of Myself” packet

—Romantics/Transcendentalists –emotion over reason, individual over society, common people over aristocracy, freedom over control, nature over human works.

¡How does Whitman’s poem (sections 6, 31, 32) show this?

¡Why does a child ask about the grass? How can childhood be connected to Romanticism?

—What could grass symbolize? (multiple things, quotes that show)

—What is he saying about death?

—How does Whitman’s work use parallel structure (repetition of grammatical structure)?

—In WN: What do you think are some stylistic (format, structure, conventions) and ideological (beliefs, views, etc) differences and similarities between Dickinson and Whitman? Please list as many as you can think of, if you want to do a Venn diagram or a chart, that’s fine. 

*Discuss “Song of Myself” and Whitman and Dickinson WN entry- large group

*Modern Era Review –Look through the notes shared with you. As I talk about points, add to notes on Modern Era poetry

*Movements of Modern Era poetry: Notes and group work

*Read all poems together, then:

*With your partner/group, plan if any research needs to be done before you present, then do it if necessary

*Work time on poems: you will TEACH them tomorrow

*Annotate, teach (explain in detail) anything/everything you think needs explaining, meanings (literal and figurative), poetic devices, background, connection to Modern Era and poetic movements

—What is the poem about? Surface (what happens in the poem, story)? Deeper (theme, message, big picture)?

—If also in a text book, what are some of the questions the book asks?

—Is there any pattern (word, rhyme, image, etc)?

—What poetry terms are used in the poem? How do they contribute to the meaning?

—Alliteration, symbolism, personification, rhyme, repetition, figurative language (simile, metaphor, imagery), allusions, others?

—What characteristics from our notes can be seen in the poem? How does it fit into this era? (imagism, free-verse, objectivism, etc)

—Is there a format? (What does it look like, mechanics, line breaks, etc)

—What rules does the poem follow or break?

—(Page 4 folks…) Ars Poetica: a statement by the poet about poetry, about his or her beliefs about what poetry is and about what it does. What does the poem demonstrate about poetry? 

*By Monday you should have 3 blog posts and commented on at least 6 other people’s blogs