Regionalism & Realism Short Story Slides

As always, you can access the short story slides in the US Literature folder (via tabs at right).  You can also view the presentation by clicking above or by clicking  here.

The Poetry of Emily Dickinson

1. Read the poem you've been assigned several times to fully understand.
2. Use page 441 in your text and the literary terms in the text's reference section to analyze the poem.  Create a chart with as much detail as possible, answering all relevant questions posed on page 331.  (Follow the example given in class.)
3. Paraphrase the poem line by line.
4. Create/find (cite source if it's not original) art to illustrate poem.  Include 2-3 sentences as a caption.  Explain  the relation between the chosen image and the poem.
5. Proofread and check your work.
6.  In consideration of the 11th grade's movie night, the deadline is extended to Monday, March 7.
Work should be typed and highly proofread and presentable.

Original copy of poem (be creative with color, font size, type). . .10 points
Analysis chart. . .50 points
Paraphrase (line by line). . . 20 points
Image  & caption (give credit if you borrow the image, more points for original work). . . 10 points
Proofread presentable. . . 10 points

Vocabulary Builder PowerPoint Slide Guide

You can find a copy of the Vocabulary Builder PowerPoint Slide Guide (pdf) here as well as in your class folder (see menu at right). 

Suggested online references include:

Cambridge Dictionary Online

Merriam Webster Dictionary Online

Oxford Dictionary Online

US Literature Writing Portfolio: Transcendentalism

For your first writing portfolio piece this semester, begin by taking a virtual

Walking Tour of Walden Pond.

                   Then, as the creator does, choose passages from any of the 7 transcendentalist pieces we've covered in class.  Match 3 of your chosen passages (a few lines each) to images and include a few sentences explaining your choice of each image and passage (reflection). As the transcendentalists did, your goal is to look to nature to find inspiration/meaning.  In your reflections, explain why you chose passages and images you did.  What meaning do you find in nature?  More points will be given for original artwork, collages, photos taken by you, etc. than for images borrowed from the Internet.  Be sure to note the author and name of the work from which you take each passage.  Proofread your writing for readibility, spelling, and grammar.

A hard copy is due at the beginning of class on Wednesday, February 2, 2011.

Grading is as follows. . .

3 Passages (correctly copied and cited with work/author )   . . .15 points
3 Images. . .30 points. . .original works
. . .40 points
3 Reflections. . .(well written, creative, original, proofread)
. . .45 points