Unit 3: a growing nation

1. Table of Contents English III American Literature Unit 3: a growing nation 19th Century Literature (1800-1870)

2. Table of Contents Alexis De Tocqueville Unit 3 Timeline Unit 3 Objectives Unit 3 Authors Unit 3 Reading List Poetry Slam

3. Alexis de Tocqueville “America is a land of wonders, in which everything is in constant motion and every change seems an improvement….No natural boundary seems to be set to the efforts of man; and in his eyes what is not yet done is only what he has not yet attempted to do.”

4. Unit 3 Objectives: • Make inferences, predicting, and drawing conclusions based on text. • Make cultural connections between works, self, and related topics • Analyze characteristics of literary genres in the U.S. and how the selection of genre shapes meaning • Evaluate the literary merit and historical significance of American works. • Decode vocabulary using knowledge of bases and affixes. AFTER THIS UNIT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:

5. Unit 3 Reading List

6. Unit 3 TimelinePlace in your NOTES section of NOTEBOOK • 1803 • Louisiana Purchase extends nation’s territory to the Rocky Mountains • 1804 • Lewis & Clark begin their expedition of the West • 1812 • US declares war on Great Brittain “War of 1812” • 1814 • Francis Scott Key writes “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

7. Unit 3 TimelinePlace in your NOTES section of NOTEBOOK • 1825 • Completion and success of Erie Canal spurs canal building thru the nation • 1829 • 1st Steam Locomotive • 1838 • U.S. Army marches Cherokees on “Trail of Tears” to Oklahoma • 1848 • California Gold Rush begins Table of Contents

8. Unit 3 Timeline Place in NOTES section of NOTEBOOK • 1848 • Women’s Rights Convention held for voting rights • Sojourner Truth speaks at this convention. “Ain’t I a woman?” • 1850 • California admitted to the Union • 1852 • Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom’s Cabin • 1st Anti-Slavery Novel written by white male. Table of Contents

9. American Literature Grows Up.. Romanticism • Dominated during 19th Cent. • Not really about “L-O-V-E.” • Imagination over Reason • Intuition over Fact • Valued American intellectual independence from Europe • Held to the belief American should create their culture; not copy from the Europeans • Truth lies in the “Over-Soul” • All should have access to divine inspiration and knowledge • Valued women and slaves Transcendentalism New England Renaissance Table of Contents

10. Unit 3 Authors Washington Irving Emily Dickinson Edgar Allen Poe Nathaniel Hawthorne Herman Melville Emerson Walt Whitman Mayo Angelou Longfellow, Bryant, Whittier Nikki Giovanni

11. Washington Irving • 1783-1859 • Born into wealth; was going to be a lawyer; • Traveled across America & Europe publishing & reading • Used the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker to publish early works • Took well-known European tales & turned them into American classics • Rip Van Winkle • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow • Did not die broke

12. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: The Headless Horseman’s Tale Table of Contents

13. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: The Headless Horseman’s Tale Table of Contents

14. Edgar Allan Poe Table of Contents

15. Herman Melville Table of Contents

16. Walt Whitman Table of Contents

17. Longfellow, Bryant, Whittier Table of Contents

18. Nathaniel Hawthorne Table of Contents

19. Emily Dickinson Table of Contents

20. Ralph Waldo Emerson Table of Contents

21. Welcome to Poetry Jam • What is Poetry? • Carefully chosen words that express a great depth of meaning. • Poetry uses specific devices like connotation, sound, and rhythm to express the combination of meaning and emotion • Types of Poetry • Narrative • Dramatic • Lyric Table of Contents

22. Types of Poetry Tells a Story Uses drama for 1 or more characters Thoughts of 1 – A sonnet, ode, or haiku Table of Contents

23. Elements of Poetry • Groups of poetic lines are called stanzas. • Imagery • Language that uses images • Words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the senses Table of Contents

24. Table of Contents Sound Devices Rhyme – Repetition of sounds at the end of the words Alliteration : Repetition of INITIAL consonant sounds Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though Moo Achoo Belch Don't delay dawns disarming display I couldn’t be right after your . nightmare. there Onomatopoeia – words that sound like what it means. Consonance: Repetition of FINAL consonant sounds Elements that enhance a poem’s meaning by adding musical quality to the languages.

25. Introducing Jay Fizzle Table of Contents

26. Dear Father by J.Ivy Table of Contents

27. Elements of Poetry • Figure of Speech • Simile – compares two unlike things with like or as • “I wandered LONELY as a CLOUD.” • Metaphor – Compares two unlike things without using like or as • “Life is a broken-winged bird.” • Personification – Gives human traits to something nonhuman • “Let the RAIN SING you a lullaby.” • Oxymoron – Combines two contradictory words; • “Wise fool.” • Figurative Language • Language used imaginatively instead of literally and includes one or more figure of speech Table of Contents

28. Mayo Angelou • Born April 4, 1928 • Called “America’s most visible black female autobiographer.” Wrote 6 (SIX) Autobiography • Most famous work – I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings • Victim & conqueror of child molestation • Recited her poem “On the Pulse of Morning” at Clinton Inauguration Table of Contents

29. Phenomenal Woman Table of Contents

30. Nikki Giovanni • Born in Knoxville, Tn on June 7, 1943 • Attended Rutgers University • Has a tattoo honoring Tupac Shakur that says “Thug Life” • Spoke to the Virginia Tech student body after the Virginia Tech massacre • “We know we did nothing to deserve it. But neither does a child in Africa dying of AIDS. Neither do the invisible children walking the night away to avoid being captured by a rogue army. Neither does the baby elephant watching his community being devastated for ivory. Neither does the Mexican child looking for fresh water...We are Virginia Tech...We will prevail” Table of Contents

31. Love is • Some people forget that love is tucking you in and kissing you "Good night" no matter how young or old you are Some people don't remember that love is listening and laughing and asking questions no matter what your age Few recognize that love is commitment, responsibility no fun at all unless Love is You and me Table of Contents

32. A Summer Love Poem Clouds float by on a summer sky I hop scotch over to you Rainbows arch from ground to gold I climb over to you Thunder grumbles, lightning tumbles And I bounce over to you Sun beams back and catches me Smiling over at you Table of Contents

33. A Summer Love Poem By Us Now, take 5 minutes & write a 5th (FIFTH) Stanza to A Summer Love Poem. Table of Contents

34. Langston Hughes – A Raisin in the Sun Table of Contents What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet?

35. Nikki Giovanni – Def Poetry Jam Table of Contents

36. Nikki Giovanni – Def Poetry Jam Table of Contents

37. Ego-Trippin Table of Contents