LEARNING TARGET: as result of today’s class you should be able to show that you can find and use the GALE resources that Mrs. Rider showed us.

Mrs. Rider from the media center came in and gave a presentation on GALE and other resources  in the library.

NEW LIBRARY WEBSITE

GALE HOME PAGE

Chrome Extensions

GALE_google Drive Integration

Some authors worth checking out

LEARNING TARGET: By the end of class you should be able to explain the basics of what you will do for the research project!

THE PROJECT:  Working in teams of 2-3 you will research a notable American author and create a research project that will consist of:

1. A research paper
2. A presentation to the class

American Authors Research Project PPT

WHY TEAMS?  This allows us to hit all four of the key 21st Century Skills that employers want

• Communication
• Collaboration
• Critical Thinking
• Creativity

RUBRIC

Test on Timeline Unit Tuesday

1.  Matching:  Eras with general traits  (2 points each–18 points)
2. Multiple Choice 3 points each–42 points)
   1. Specific details of Authors/works (PSAT style reading questions from passages)
   2. Will include literary terms
3. Essay (40 points)
   1. You will have two options:  You will choose 1
      1. One will ask you to compare/contrast (Show how eras were similar/different)
      2. The other will ask you to pull common themes out of multiple units.

ALSO: Received VOCAB PACKET 11

LEARNING TARGET:  to be able to explain the basic ideas/themes of THE BEATS and why they were important to American Literature and Culture.

In CLASS

1. Took Final Vocab Quiz (Unit 10)
2. Video/Discussion/lecture/reading about THE BEATS
   1. THE BEATS

REMINDER:  Test Next Tuesday–Literary Timeline.  Monday’s class will be largely devoted to review.

• Terms to Know and Reading Grid are your best study guides
• The following movements and texts will be referred to specifically on the test
  • Pre-European America
  • Colonial Era
    • “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
  • Age of Reason
    • “Common Sense”
  • Romantic Period
    • “The Devil and Tom Walker”
    • “The Raven”
  • Realism
    • “The Story of an Hour”
  • The Harlem Renaissance
    • Various Poems
  • The Lost Generation
    • “The Old Man at the Bridge”
  • Modernism
    • Various Poems
  • The Beats
    • On the Road

LEARNING TARGETS: By the end of class you should be able to explain the basic ideas/characteristics of

• The Lost Generation
• American Modernist Poets (and the idea of modernism)

IN CLASS

• Other pre-WWII authors to know
• Read and discussed Hemingway’s “THE OLD MAN AT THE BRIDGE”  OLD MAN AT THE BRIDGE  focusing on his themes and language usage.
• Selections from modernist poets in your textbook.
  • Bio of TS Elliot and intro to modernism on 644
  • IMAGISTE by Ezra Pound on 657-59
  • The Red Wheelbarrow, The Great Figure and This is Just To Say” by William Carlos Williams on 662-663.

LEARNING TARGETS: Be able to define “the Harlem Rennaissance” in your own words and explain what elements define the writings of the Harlem Renaissance.

TO DO TODAY

• Watch the following two videos about the Harlem Renaissance (extra headphones on the back counter if you need to borrow some).
  • This overview was made by a high school student for National History Day.
  • Here’s John Green’s CRASH COURSE
• Go to Page 838 in your textbook.  Read the biographies of Langston Hughes and Claude McKay as well as the “Background for Understanding” on page 838.  Then read the poems on pages 840-843.  What do you notice about the voice/point of view?  How is this consistent with the ideas of the Harlem Renaissance.

Upcoming Important Dates

• WED. MAY 3:  Practice Vocab Quiz.  Vocab worksheet check.
• FRI. MAY 5 REAL VOCAB QUIZ
• TUESDAY, MAY 9:  TEST–Literary timeline
  • Matching–genres/eras with descriptions
  • Multiple choice
    • questions specific to works
    • writing techniques
  • The “Terms to know” sheet and the chart/grid of authors and works that you have been filling out throughout  the unit are the perfect study guides.
  • FRIDAY: MAY 12–have an author picked for research project.

Click here.  Answer honestly.  Help our good friend Mrs. Rider.

Thanks!

Work Day today.  Priorities should be

1. Finishing Romanticism questions posted on classroom.
2. Reading the three realism stories (see yesterday’s post)
3. Working on Vocab.

Have a great weekend!

UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS:  

• May 3: Practice Vocab Quiz
• May 5: For real Vocab Quiz
• May 9: TEST: Literary Timeline Unit (100 points, double jeopardy)

LEARNING TARGETS

• Be able to explain the main ideas of the realists
• Be able to show how the following fit with the realists
  • Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce (p. 468)
  • Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (p. 521)
  • The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin (p. 593)

TASKS FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY (any order you choose)

• Finish Romanticism questions on Classroom
• Read the three pieces listed under LEARNING TARGETS above
• Work on Vocab Handout