From the following links, choose one essay or poem to think about and annotate so that you can compare it to the writings we have already discussed from Transcendentalist authors. Choose one and add the information to your graphic organizer.

Emily Dickinson – Poems with Transcendentalism ideas

Walt Whitman – Song of Myself

Walt Whitman – Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking

Walt Whitman – When Lilacs Last in Dooryard Bloomed

Ralph Waldo Emerson – you will have to search this site for a work to examine

Margaret Fuller – Woman in the Nineteenth Century

Henry David Thoreau – The Writings of Thoreau

Here is a hard copy of the data sheet. I did not create it, but it will work for those of you needing a copy until I create a better version for student use.

Major Works Data Sheet (page 1)

Major Works Data Sheet (page 2)

Major Works Data Sheet (page 3)

Major Works Data Sheet (page 4)

Here is a downloadable version of the list of novels featured on the AP Exam since 1976:
ap-exam-book-list-07

1. moribund
2. pestilence
3. supercilious
4. malevolently
5. apathy
6. somber
7. desolation
8. impalpable
9. prudently
10. motley
11. abscond
12. vivacious
13. despondent
14. reproachful
15. repose

1.    inscrutable
2.    sedentary
3.    spectral
4.    somnambulist
5.    enigma
6.    demoralization
7.    stealthy
8.    deplorable
9.    indefatigable
10.    scathing
11.    taunt
12.    epoch
13.    beguiled
14.    impudence
15.    edify

Here is the assignment:

How to Read Literature Like A Professor Assignment

Here’s the text:
Thanksgiving Break Assignments

#1: Compose an Italian or English Sonnet – come to class with the draft (we will work on them together)

#2: How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Reading Assignment

During your break I would like for you to prepare a presentation on a chapter from How to Read Literature Like a Professor. As we have seen in small doses, this book is fabulous overview of information that is key to a deeper understanding of literature. Your job is to do the following:

1.    Post to Moodle during the break about your chapter. I have prepared a question for your response – extra points will be awarded for your thoughtful response to a classmate’s posting in addition to your own.

2.    Design an 8 ½ x 11 “poster” containing the following information:
a.    Title of Chapter properly punctuated
b.    5-8 bulleted points containing key information from chapter
c.    a graphic that is representative of the content in your chapter
*the information contained in your “poster” should only follow the CRAP guidelines ? and should be professionally presented…let me know if you need clarification on what that does or does not mean…

3.    Prepare a 2-3 minute presentation on the key information from your chapter. Be prepared to present the week we return.

While you are away, find time to play, but also make sure that you are making progress on The Scarlet Letter.

You are to complete the entries for your Independent Notebook, covering The Scarlet Letter. You should have 6 done (3 for Nov. 16-20 & 3 for Thanksgiving Break) by the time I see you next. I will check them that Monday or Tuesday.

Also, you need to read through page 166. We will discuss chapters read and pick up from chapter 16 when we return.

Feel free to email me at [email protected] if you have any questions and enjoy your break! We have so much to be thankful for!!

Vocabulary can be found on pages 787-832

1. connotation
2. denotation
3. elision
4. hyperbole
5. alliteration
6. assonance
7. allegory
8. syntax
9. diction
10. rhythm
11. enjambment
12. caesura
13. couplet
14. quatrain
15. stanza

1. epigram
2. elegy
3. ode
4. aubade
5. Petrarchan sonnet
6. Italian sonnet
7. epic
8. ballad
9. sestina
10. villanelle
11. narrative
12. lyric
13. dramatic monologue
14. olfactory imagery
15. tactile imagery

1. paltry
2. capricious
3. pompous
4. clandestine
5. augment
6. charlatan
7. stagnant
8. intrepid
9. relegate
10. cursory
11. prodigal
12. formidable
13. stoic
14. maverick
15. vapid