“The Devil and Tom Walker”

1. Washington Irving “The Devil and Tom Walker”

2. Set the Purpose • Apply characteristics of Romanticism to the story. • Romantics elevated imagination over reason. • Romantics elevated intuition over fact. • Romantics reveled in nature. • Romantics accented the fantastic, the haunting, the suspenseful. • Romantics saw the darker side of the Puritan culture. • Point of View, Setting, Plot, Character, Symbols, and Theme

3. Pair Share… • With a partner, locate two textual examples for each characteristic of Romanticism. • Discuss why textual example fits with characteristic! • Large group discussion of Romanticism.

4. Set the Purpose…Discuss your sticky notes… • Pair Share: Re-read/Skim “The Devil and Tom Walker” • Apply characteristics of Romanticism to the story. • Romantics elevated imagination over reason. • Romantics elevated intuition over fact. • Romantics reveled in nature. • Romantics accented the fantastic, the haunting, the suspenseful. • Romantics saw the darker side of the Puritan culture.

5. To be turned in... • Apply Romanticism. Create one paragraph with topic sentence, with 5-7 supporting sentences containing specific characteristics, textual examples, and with a concluding statement. Why does this story “fit” into the Romantic category?

6. Elements of Literature • Point of View is the perspective, or vantage point, from which a story is told. • First-person = the narrator is a character in the story and refers to him/herself with first person pronoun I. • Omniscient third person = narrator tells about what each character feels and thinks. Uses pronouns like he/she. • Limited third person = narrator relates the inner thoughts and feelings of only one character, and everything is viewed from this character's perspective. Uses pronouns like he/she.

7. Break-out Session • Apply Point of View to “The Devil and Tom Walker.” • Apply Point of View to your favorite movie.

8. Elements of Literature • The setting of a literary work is the time and place of the action. • Setting may provide background for the action. • Setting may be a crucial element in the plot or central conflict. • Setting may create a certain emotional atmosphere or mood. • Sometimes, setting may act as another character.

9. Break-out Session • Apply setting to “The Devil and Tom Walker.” How is setting at work in this story? • Can you think of a movie in which setting acted as another character?

10. Elements of Literature • Plot is the sequence of events in a literary work. • Exposition • Conflict (Internal vs. External) • Rising Action • Climax • Falling Action • Resolution • Conclusion

11. Break-out Session • Apply the parts of the plot as a means of ascertaining whether “The Devil and Tom Walker” is traditional literature.

12. Elements of Literature • A character is a person or an animal that takes part in he action of a literary work. • Static • Dynamic • Flat • Round

13. Break-out Session • Is Tom static or dynamic? • Is Tom flat or round?

14. Elements of Literature • A symbol is anything that stand for or represents something else.

15. Break-out Session • List two symbols and what each represents.

16. Elements of Literature • A theme is a central message or insight into life revealed by a literary work.

17. Break-out Session • What is the theme? What is Irving trying to teach?