Week 15

Week 15 Class Work and Homework

Day	Class Work	Homework
Monday Print this out and bring to beginning of class on Monday Morning for 100 Extra Credit points. (Due when bell rings. Make sure your name is on it, as it will be returned to you before end of period).  If you complete all the week’s assignments you will get 400 bonus points. Ideas to explore: What are the influences on a poet? What view of the world do we see through the poet’s eyes? How does the poet use figurative language such as metaphor, personification, and hyperbole? What interpretations are there of the poem?	Stephen Crane Objective: Analyze poems about perspectives, choices in life, and perceptions. To explore uses of irony To review Prepositions Do Pp. 376 1-6	Study Vocabulary for quiz on Wednesday Superlative Pursue Horizon Accost Futile Do Literary Focus PP 376 : Irony Discuss the Irony in The Wayfarer? What do you expect of the Wayfarer? Why? What is ironic about his behavior? What other poem by Crane contains situational irony?
Tuesday Objectives/Goals What are the influences on a poet? What view of the world do we see through the poet’s eyes? How does the poet use figurative language such as metaphor, personification, and hyperbole? What interpretations are there of the poem? What ideas or emotions might poets personify?	Vocabulary Exam Read Historical Overview PP. 386-387 Take Cornell Notes Read Mark twain  The celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Objectives to understand that: The frontier was a big country which spawned tall tales, exaggeration, and humorists such as Mark Twain Tales, ballads, poems, and speeches relate the difficulties and heartache of people experiencing great change. Pioneers were caught in a schism of the urban world that they cherished and their frontier struggle for survival.   To find examples of Exaggeration To observe characteristics of frontier mining life To identify use of dialect To trace development of a story line To evaluate use of dialog	Read pp. The celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County  pp 390-395 Listen to audio at http://librivox.org/the-jumping-frog-by-mark-twain/ Answer questions 1-6 pp. 395 Study vocabulary for quiz Wednesday: Garrulous Append Dilapidated Afford Recommence
Wednesday What is a frontier? What challenges and changes might people encounter on a frontier? Was the American West a frontier for Everyone? What are today’s frontiers?	Read  pp. 397-399 El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez Complete handouts	Read Pp. 400-404 The Gold Mountain Poems  by Anonymous and My Heart Feels Like Bursting by Satanta Answer Questions 1-6 Study Vocabulary  for quiz Barren Defilement Humiliate Implicate Chaotic
Thursday Vocabulary	Complete Literary Focus on Tone pp. 404  in Groups Objective: Corridos reflect the evolving perspectives and concerns of urban and rural working-class peoples from the United States and Mexico. Students develop their understanding of various themes, regions, and perspectives of North American history.	Compare and Contrast Essay Write Outline Compare and Contrast the elements of a modern corrido of your choice with El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez Resource: Corridos sin Fronteras http://www.corridos.org/
Friday Poignant Effaced Prismatic Smartly Presage Gyration Interminable Ineffable Malign Martinet	Essay Writing  Preparation Practice for Final Exam Complete Corridos Compare and Contrast Table Compare and Contrast the elements of a Modern Corrido of your choice with El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez. You must print out a copy of your modern corrido and attach to your assignment.	Write a Corrido in preparation for Essay Exam Rubric for how projects will be graded is below. Your Corrido must include the following: Corridos are distinguished by a narrative structure1, that includes—   Singer’s initial address to the audience  Location, time, name of main character  Importance of main character  Message  Main character’s farewell  Composer’s farewell Most corridos share the following thematic and structural elements. The subject matter of corridos includes, but is not limited to: gun fights, social justice issues, betrayed romance, wars, and horse races. A main character is usually featured who may be heroic, tragic, villainous, or conflicted. The narrative discourse features shaping corridos are as follows:  Fate (anticipation, omen, chance)  Pursuit (plans, coercion, chase, escape) v Challenge (ridicule, offense, defiance, provocation) Confrontation (duel, battle, attack) Defeat (capture, imprisonment, sentence, execution, death) Judgment (reflection, deduction, advice, experience, lamentation)  Farewell (memory, nostalgia, reputation) While each of these themes and features may not be found in every corrido, understanding the structure and themes that tend to distinguish corridos will help you come to understand the form and analyze its lyrics on a deeper level.