Today we will finish presenting Unit I Projects, and then we will go over Unit 2: The American Romanticism Finally, we will read the overview of the unit - pages 305-313. Homework, finish reading this sections. Unit Learning goal: Students will demonstrate knowledge of nineteenth century foundation works of American Literature by determining how a theme is developed over the course of text by analyzing structure, author’s choice of details, and character; and, by writing an essay on how these elements (or one of them) influences the meaning of the novel as a whole.
Scale/Rubric relating to learning goal:
4 – The student
can write a 5-10 page essay that explores how structure, details (symbol,
imagery, figurative language) is developed of the course of the novel and how
it influences the meaning of the novel.
3 – The student
can write a 3-5 page essay that explores how structure, details (symbol,
imagery, figurative language) is developed of the course of the novel and how
it influences the meaning of the novel.
2 – With some
direction/help from the teacher the student can write a 3-5 page essay that
explores how structure, details (symbol, imagery, figurative language) is
developed of the course of the novel and how it influences the meaning of the
novel.
1 – Even with
help from the teacher the student is unable to the student can write a 3-5
page essay that explores how structure, details (symbol, imagery, figurative
language) is developed of the course of the novel and how it influences the
meaning of the novel.
Objectives (smaller chunks of overall goal) and
suggested time periods
At the end of this Unit the Students will be able
to
1)
List and explain 3-5
symbols from the novel The Scarlet
Letter
2)
Discuss the basic
structure(s) of The Scarlett Letter
3)
Given the main ideas of
various pieces of Romantic Literature
4)
List the key aspects of
Romanticism
5)
List the key aspects of
transcendentalism
6)
Discuss who the Fireside
poets were and what they believed in
7)
Keep a dialectical journal
while reading The Scarlet Letter
8)
Evaluate the purpose and argument
of public advocacy
9)
Determine two or more
themes in a text
10)
Discuss the importance of
rhyme scheme and stanza structure and how they create meaning
11)
Compare Emerson and
Thoreau
Major Themes addressed:
The idea of individualism and the purpose of nature.
The meaning of sin and forgiveness.
Sometimes to be patriotic means to protest one’s
government.
The meaning of truth and the idea that everyone has a dark
side.
Is the price of progress ever too high?
Anchor
Text(s)/Additional Instructional Resources:
The
Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
EARLY ROMANTIC LITERATURE
“The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving
FIRESIDE POETS
“A Psalm of Life” and “The Tide Falls” by Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow
“The Chambered Nautilus” and “Old Ironsides” by Oliver Wendell
Holmes
THE TRANSCENDENTALISTS
“Self-Reliance” and “Nature” by Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Walden” and “Civil Disobedience” by Henry David Thoreau
GOTHIC
“The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe.
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Sunday 23 October 2016
American Romantic Period
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