American+Lit+-+March+16+-+20

=Monday, March 16= = = =Tuesday, March 17= = = =Wednesday, March 18= = = = = =Thursday, March 19= = = =Friday, March 20=
 * ===vocab warm-up:===
 * ==="The Raven" vocab===
 * ===check the right spot for each word===
 * ===right in your own definitions where you can===
 * ===Go over Raven words===
 * ===Poe notes===
 * ===Poe handout===
 * ==="The Raven"===
 * ===vocab warm-up Part I:===
 * ===Add these words to the Raven vocab list:===
 * ===quaff - to drink deeply===
 * ===craven - coward===
 * vocab warm-up Part II:
 * ===find a small piece of paper in a basket near you===
 * Write sentences using the following words from the Raven list:
 * quaint
 * placid
 * quaff
 * respite
 * ===You may write one word per sentence, or you may fit all four words into one sentence. Just use these words!===
 * ===Turn in the small sheet to the little silver warm-up box hanging on the wall near the door.===
 * ===Raven - notes on the first stanza===
 * ===worksheet with a few stanzas===
 * ===Raven work for you!===
 * ===feel free to work with someone else!===
 * ===Literary Movement notes===
 * ===vocab warm-up:===
 * ===On a small piece of paper write sentences using the following words:===
 * ===(If you prefer, you may draw a picture that shows something about these words. Include a caption!)===
 * ===countenance===
 * ===dirge===
 * ===gloating===
 * ===undaunted===
 * ===Finish "The Raven" - goal is to figure out:===
 * ===tone (mood)===
 * ===literal meaning===
 * ===figurative meaning===
 * ===Work on stanzas on back of page===
 * ===look for:===
 * ===alliteration===
 * ===internal rhyme===
 * ===diction (interesting word choice)===
 * ===repetition===
 * ===symbol===
 * ===How does Poe use these devices to convey===
 * ===tone(mood)===
 * ===figurative meaning===
 * ===Poe questions on other poems (purple)===
 * ===vocab warm-up:===
 * ===Emily Dickinson vocab sheet===
 * ===frigate, n. - a ship===
 * ===coursers, n. - big war horses===
 * traverse
 * v. - to travel
 * n. - a trip
 * ===oppress, v. - to keep someone down by unfair use of power; to make someone feel depressed or uncomfortable===
 * ===Write sentences with those four words===
 * ===turn in to the little box===
 * Choral reading of "The Bells"
 * ===Look at "For Annie"===
 * ===what is Poe usually writing about?===
 * ===what's the twist here?===
 * ===Language of Flowers===
 * Finish Poe questions
 * due tomorrow in class
 * ===Emily Dickinson notes===
 * =Add to Emily Dickinson vocab sheet=
 * =frugal - spending very little money; cheap=
 * =civility - politeness=
 * =futile - can't produce a result; pointless=
 * =moor -=
 * =1) to tie up a boat=
 * =2) old term for a person from North Africa=
 * =3) heather covered wilderness in England=
 * =Questions about Poe questions?=
 * =turn in Poe questions=
 * =p. 5 - Dickinson notes=
 * =Dickinson poems=
 * ="Some keep the Sabbath going to Church"=
 * ="Much Madness is divinest Sense"=
 * ="There is no Frigate like a Book"=
 * ="I like a look of Agony"=
 * =Simpsons "The Raven"=