Romanticism with a Capital "R": November 17, 2016

Focus: What is Romanticism with a capital "R"?

1. Warming up with a few Romantic questions: Mini writes and musical chairs

• How are you affected by nature? Do you find comfort in it? Do you reflect the moods of nature? 

• What is the role of nature in your life? 

• What is meant by an individual's spiritual side? How to you define it? 

• Is there a connection between the individual's spirit and nature? If so, what is that connection? 

• What does it mean to know something intuitively? For example, has a parent or a sibling ever known something was wrong with you without having talked with or seen you? What do we mean when we say "I just know it"? 

• How do you demonstrate that you are an individual? Do you think independently of others or do you follow the crowd?

2. Visiting nature images and creating Romantic metaphors

3. Exploring the Romantic metaphor in Longfellow's poetry with a partner

• Peruse the poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and American Romantic poet. 

• Make a list of the topics you're noticing in these poems.

• Make a list of stylistic elements you're noticing (sounds, images, rhyme, etc.).

• Settle on one poem that you like. In the margins, explore and explain the central metaphor in this poem. You can do this in the margins or in your notes. 

• What stands for what? (ex: Lighthouse stands for paternal love) 

• How so? What are the connections between these two things? Consider the metaphor exercise we did earlier in class.

4. Forming book clubs (size 3-5, strictly enforced)

HW:
1. If you have not finished your end-of-unit essay, please finish that tonight and submit it to www.turnitin.com by 11:59 pm.

2. Complete your transcendentalist book approval form and purchase/check out your book NOW! You will need a copy in your warm, little hands on Tuesday, Nov 29.

3. WHAT? YOU STILL HAVE YOUR ELIC BOOK? FORK IT OVER!