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LESSON 30English 11
Today’s Agenda
1. Warm-UP
2. Big Idea #3 – The Darker Side of Human Nature
3. “The Devil and Tom Walker” pp. 228+
Warm-Up: October 5/8 Which of the following is
not a tenet of Transcendentalism?
A. The importance of a direct relationship with God
B. A conviction to work for social justice
C. The need to pursue oneness with nature
D. The use of scientific reason as the basis for truth
Thoreau wrote Civil Disobedience in response to what historical event?
a. The War of 1812
b. The Civil War
c. The Mexican War
d. Fugitive Slave Law of 1850
The Power of Darkness
Read page 175 silently.
Big Idea #3: The Power of Darkness The Dark Romantics
started as a reaction to the Transcendentalists.
Some authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, Nathanial Hawthorne, and Herman Melville were popular writers who in influences people greatly in this era.
Saw the dark and evil side of spiritual truth
Sin, death, madness, guilt, power, evil side of man
Growing Pains in America People started
noticing the disparity and injustice between groups.
Beginning of the women’s suffrage movement
Nearing Civil War
The American Short Story Early America = no
place for made-up stories created for entertainment purposes
ElementsSettingCharactersPoint of viewThemePlot
Washington Irving: (1783-1859)
1st American author known worldwide
He took traditional European narratives and gave them American settings
He wrote “Rip Van Winkle” and “Legend of Sleepy Hollow”
Born in NYC Irving’s wife died young
at 17. He never remarried.
“THE DEVIL AND
TOM WALKER”
BY WASHINGTON IRVING
American Short Story
Begin Reading What is the setting?
Boston, Massachusetts 1727
Who are the main characters? Tom Walker His wife
What do we already know about them? They are miserly.
How do we know this? Direct characterization
○ “…they were so miserly that they even conspired to cheat each other.” Indirect characterization
○ Through character’s actions Wife hid things away; grabbed eggs the moment the hen cackled Tom searched for “common property” House had an “air of starvation” Horse was malnourished
LESSON 31English 11
Warm-Up: P2/6 Which of the following is
not a tenet of Transcendentalism?
A. The importance of a direct relationship with God
B. A conviction to work for social justice
C. The need to pursue oneness with nature
D. The use of scientific reason as the basis for truth
Thoreau wrote Civil Disobedience in response to what historical event?
a. The War of 1812
b. The Civil War
c. The Mexican War
d. Fugitive Slave Law of 1850
Warm-Up: Oct. 8/9 What was Thoreau's view
on slavery? (A) Slavery was a
necessary evil given the American economy.
(B) Slavery must be preserved because it is protected in the American Constitution.
(C) Slavery is morally desirable because of the inherent inferiority of blacks.
(D) Slavery is a moral evil that should be eliminated.
What was Thoreau's primary act of civil disobedience in his own life?
(A) Public rallies and protests
(B) Refusal to pay taxes
(C) Destruction of public property
(D) All of the above
Making and Verifying Predictions Three steps to success:
Ask yourself what you know about the story and characters and situation; look for descriptions and clues.
Ask yourself what your experiences have taught you about situations and people like those in the story.
Based on what you discovered in steps 1 and 2, ask yourself what you think will happen.
“Like most short cuts it was an ill-chosen route.”
What do you predict?Something bad will happen.
Why?“ill chosen” = badShort cuts usually don’t produce desired
results
Omniscient POV
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
Unlimited knowledge
Can describe any events & emotions
Allows reader to know more characters more deeply
Unbiased character telling the story
Characterization Direct
Explicit statements about a character Indirect
Character's words and actionsOther characters’ opinions about that character
Characterization can do more than describe the character.Can give clues about what might happen in the
plotInfluence the reader’s view of the characterAdd humor to the storyAdd suspense
Direct & Indirect Characterization Direct Characterization: Regina George Indirect Characterization: The Birds
Read and Illustrate and Present
Group 1: pg. 230 “The house and its inmates” to pg. 231“sacrifices to the evil spirit”
Group 2: pg. 231 “Tom Walker, however” to p. 233 “until he totally disappeared”
Group 3: pg. 233 “When Tom reached home” to p. 234 “with an air of surly triumph”
Group 4: pg. 234 “The most current…” to p. 235 “…said the black man”
Group 5: pg. 236 “I’ll do it tomorrow…” to pg. 237 “Tom’s zeal became as notorious…”
Group 6: pg. 237 “Still in spite of…” to pg. 238 “… if I made a farthing”
Illustrate
Read your assigned paragraph(s). Illustrate the action.
Vocabulary in Context