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Week 2 Quarter 2

Week 2 Quarter 2. American Literature: American Romanticism. Copy down the following characteristics of American Romance stories. Next to each, write an example from Devil & Tom Walker Personal intuition, instincts valued over reason and society (No example for this one)

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Week 2 Quarter 2

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  1. Week 2 Quarter 2 American Literature: American Romanticism

  2. Copy down the following characteristics of American Romance stories. Next to each, write an example from Devil & Tom Walker Personal intuition, instincts valued over reason and society (No example for this one) Focus on the specific (ELITE) Abolitionists Wanted to expose religious hypocrisy Valued nature Interested in the supernatural Am Lit: DO NOW 11-4-13

  3. Specificity-very close attention to detail in swamp description Deacon Peabody (church figure) is depicted as a hypocrite. Also, Tom’s change toward religion is obviously for purely selfish reasons, so he, too, is a hypocrite. (Anti-Puritan) Love of nature/details about swamp Tom wants nothing to do with slave trade (abolitionist) Fascination with supernatural-town is not surprised and acts as if it is normal for Tom to be a ghost riding on horseback and the devil showing up. Love of Solitude-Tom likes to walk alone. He also is not upset when his wife dies, leaving him alone. Non-conformist-Tom is not afraid of the devil as most people would be Romantic Elements

  4. The Minister’s Black Veil By Nathaniel Hawthorne

  5. Cultural characteristics (G.O.) • We will INFER Puritan cultural traits from how the parishioners react to Mr. Hooper • Development of a symbol (G.O.) • Deacon Peabody’s tree was a symbol and so is the veil. • Vocab • Success today means you understand our purpose for reading this story and how we will record our findings. Our focus this week

  6. On a sheet of loose leaf, define as many as you can from memory: • Ambiguity • Zealous • Iniquity • Preternatural • Ostentatious • Imbued • Tremulous • Portend Let’s see what you remember

  7. Tell me something interesting about Nathaniel Hawthorne. Don’t look in the book! Dippy Point Opportunity

  8. Take a moment and do a quick write: • When do we see people wearing veils? • Why do people wear veils? • What physically does a veil do? • How could the physical be symbolic? (elite thinkers) • Predict what you think this veil is about or how people might react to their pastor wearing it. (You could use your reaction to me covering my face as a starting point) Symbol

  9. Small, old village • 1800s • Puritan Setting

  10. Reverend Hooper – main character and minister; wears black veil because he believes it symbolizes sin • Elizabeth – Hooper’s fiancée, until he refused to take off the veil in her presence • Reverend Mr. Clark – young minister from nearby town of Westbury who prays for Rev. Hooper at his deathbed • The Townspeople – highly religious & nervous about the change in their minister; they both revere & shun Rev. Hooper simultaneously Characters

  11. Reverend Hooper was always known as a neat and orderly man, until one Sunday morning he arrived at the first service with a black veil covering his face. • The veil starts to isolate him from his companionships; one man who always invited to him to dinner, didn’t and his finance denies his marriage proposal. • He wears his veil to the grave, and refuses to take it off even at the grave. Brief Summary

  12. Hawthorne may have been inspired by a true event. A clergyman named Joseph Moody of York, Maine York, nicknamed "Handkerchief Moody", accidentally killed a friend when he was a young man and wore a black veil from the man's funeral until his own death. Inspiration?

  13. Take a Graphic Organizer handout • One side is for the veil symbol. The other is for cultural characteristics. • Respond in writing: • How did the book help us find examples of satire or imagery from Devil and Tom Walker? How might this knowledge help us fill in our G.O.’s for this story? Am. Lit. DO NOW 11/5/13

  14. Success today means • You read the story to line 200. (pg .477) and filled in parts of the G.O.s • You were quiet enough for the first half of the class for the sub to allow partner work for the second half of class. • You write out 1-3 questions about specific parts that confuse you (I’ll answer them tomorrow or you can post to EDMODO E.C.) • You understand enough to pass a short reading check quiz Weds. Am. Lit: 11/5/13

  15. How does the congregation (people belonging to church) react to Mr. Hooper’s veil? Give at least one example. • What social event does Mr. Hooper ruin by attending while wearing his veil? • Turn this Do Now in to US MAIL when finished. Talking during this reading check could cost you your quiz points Am Lit DO NOW: 11/6/13

  16. Agenda: • Introduce my.hrw.com • Review Vocab wksht part A • Answer any questions from yesterday/EDMODO • Get some examples from the G.O’s • Read together. • SUCCESS TODAY: • Define symbol, track its use in the novel • Infer cultural characteristics by the reactions of the townspeople • HW: Finish reading story. Complete G.O’s Am Lit 11/5/13

  17. “Poe called the work a ‘masterly composition,’ but suggested that only the most sensitive readers would be able to glean the true import of the narrative and see beyond the obvious moral of the story.” Criticism

  18. In what ways do you wear a black veil? Am. Lit DO NOW 11/7/13

  19. Answer questions 1-8 on pg 483 (or complete the packet if I gave you one) • Respond to the prompt at the bottom of pg 483 “How does someone become a stranger” • On pg. 484, complete the vocab practice 1-8; Vocab Strategy 1-5 HW: (actual quiz questions) • Give one detail about how Mr. Hooper’s veil affects the wedding • How is the veil symbolic of the townspeople’s secret sins rather than Mr. Hooper’s sins? Use three examples in your response Am Lit Success Today 11/7/13

  20. Pg. 483 • #4: look at lines 1-9 (importance of Sunday worship for example); 92-98; 85-91/105-114; 125-129/150-152; 73-78/230-232; 379-387 • #5: 73-76/192-194; 227-228/237-238/384-387 (not just these lines though • #6: 251-256; 220-224/220-240 Help for struggling students

  21. Staple, label and turn in DO NOWs to US MAIL BOX • Complete Part B of the vocab worksheet • When vocab Do Now is completed, take out your work from yesterday. Am. Lit. DO NOW 11/8/13

  22. On a separate piece of paper, respond in complete sentences (you may use G.O.s No Book) • Give one detail about how Mr. Hooper’s veil affects the wedding • How is the veil symbolic of the townspeople’s secret sins rather than Mr. Hooper’s sins? Use three examples in your response Quiz Part II

  23. 1. Mr. Hooper’s veil has a _(adjective)_____ effect on the wedding. For example, __(details from story)________. This example shows how the veil has a __(adjective)____ effect on the wedding. • 2. The veil is symbolic of the townspeople’s secret sin. For example, __(details from story)__ shows __(explain how detail suggest people feel guilty)__. (Repeat example sentence frame for each example) Paragraph tips for full credit

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