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Bellwork: “Stein & cummings”

Bellwork: “Stein & cummings”. Which poem did you like best from the Stein and cummings groups? Why? What are some things Stein’s and cummings’s poems have in common? Write down at least one similarity about the “form” of the poems

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Bellwork: “Stein & cummings”

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  1. Bellwork: “Stein & cummings” • Which poem did you like best from the Stein and cummings groups? Why? • What are some things Stein’s and cummings’s poems have in common? • Write down at least one similarity about the “form” of the poems • Write down one similarity about the message/theme of the poems • Time: 4 minutes

  2. Homework • Biography of Stevens & Eliot (taped in journals!) • Take active notes • Poems of Stevens • Actively read ALL of them • Choose one poem & complete the Three T’s on it • “Conversation Galante” by TS Eliot • Actively read it • Complete the Three T’s on it • Word Bank • Vocab Unit 13 (1) • Vocab Unit 14 (2, 3, 5, 7)

  3. Period 1 & 5: Goal? Period 3 & 7: Love!

  4. Word Bank Share Words • Did you find a juicy word? • What is it? • Where’d ya find it/hear it? • What’s it mean? • What part of speech is it? • Extra credit STAMP! • Maximum of 3 volunteers 4

  5. Vocabulary Activity (per 5) • Kahlil

  6. Choose your role: Reader Discussion Leader Symbologist Reporter Time: 10 minutes FYI: Stein was a feminist! Reread OUT LOUD “Tender Buttons [a Box] “ “A Mounted Umbrella” Discuss/share and take notes on the 3 T’s for these poems Discuss what each object might symbolize Find, copy, and CITE TWO quotes that reveal the symbolism Journal: “What is Stein really saying?”

  7. Journal: “iphones, Kindles, PS3s, Oh My!” • Free write about the following: • Why do Americans need to have the newest, latest product? • Consider why people stand in line for hours to buy the iphone 5 when they already have the iphone 4. • Consider why people spend large sums of money buying a pair of Uggs, a NorthFace jacket, or a Coach bag. • BLACK FRIDAY!? • Time: 3 minutes

  8. Choose your role: Reader Discussion Leader Message Extractor Reporter Time: 7minutes Reread “Poem, Or Beauty Hurts Mr. Vinal” OUT LOUD Read the Most Important Glosses Tape this in your journal or on your poetry packet Discuss the poem’s message Write it in your journal! Journal: “Coming to Terms with cummings’sPoem”

  9. Journal: “Mr. Vinal in 2012” • In your groups, re-write “Poem, Or Beauty Hurts Mr. Vinal”. • keep cummings’soriginal message • Update/change the language, form, and allusions • Time: 7 minutes

  10. Journal: “The ‘other’ Stein and cummings poems” • “A Frightful Release” (Stein) • “Red Faces” (Stein) • “Susie Asado” (Stein) • “i sing of Olaf glad and big” (cummings) • “the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls” (cummings) • “in Just-” (cummings) • “r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r” (cummings) • What do we NEED to know about these poems? Consider • Form • Theme (message) • Modernist tendencies • Tone/Mood

  11. Modernism Writing Assessment: Questions? • http://classicalteam11.wikispaces.com/Am+Lit+Modernism+%26+Harlem+Renaissance • Topics… • Suggestions: • Reread “Brief Intro to Modernism” article • Reread ‘Modernism’ section of the “American Literature Between the Wars” article • FREE-WRITE about your understanding of Modernism to get the ideas-a-flowin’

  12. Journal: “The American Dream”

  13. Journal: “The American Dream: A Perspective” • http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/americandream/index.html • Take notes on the excerpt • (Transcript available on the wiki)

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