Finishing with Walt Whitman

Essential Question: What role does individualism play in American society?
Goal: to see Romanticism in Walt Whitman and modern society
Read: Finish reading 1/3 of your book

Next, you will view this presentation about Romanticism in the 21st Century.

Next, I want you to be able to identify the Romantic elements in this song by Twenty-One Pilots. Can you spot the features of Emotionalism and Individualism in the song? Add a summary to your work for today explaining what you think the song means, and the elements of Romanticism present in it.

Then, you will answer the comprehension questions on page 163.

Finally, complete the assignment on NoRedInk.

[Chorus]
I'm fairly local, I've been around
I've seen the streets you're walking down
I'm fairly local, good people now
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

[Verse 1]
I'm evil to the core
What I shouldn't do I will
They say I'm emotional
What I want to save I'll kill
Is that who I truly am?
I truly don't have a chance
Tomorrow I'll keep a beat
And repeat yesterday's dance

[Pre-Chorus]
Yo, this song will never be on the radio
Even if my clique were to pick and the people were to vote
It's the few, the proud, and the emotional
Yo, you, bulletproof in black like a funeral
The world around us is burning but we're so cold
It's the few, the proud, and the emotional

[Chorus]
I'm fairly local, I've been around
I've seen the streets you're walking down
I'm fairly local, good people now
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

[Verse 2]
I’m not evil to the core
What I shouldn't do I will fight
I know I’m emotional
What I want to save I will try
I know who I truly am
I truly do have a chance
Tomorrow I’ll switch the beat
To avoid yesterday’s dance

[Pre-Chorus]
Yo, this song will never be on the radio
Even if my clique were to pick and the people were to vote
It's the few, the proud, and the emotional
Yo, you, bulletproof in black like a funeral
The world around us is burning but we're so cold
It's the few, the proud, and the emotional

[Chorus]
I'm fairly local, I've been around
I've seen the streets you're walking down
I'm fairly local, good people now
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

[Chorus]
I'm fairly local, I've been around
I've seen the streets you're walking down
I'm fairly local, good people now
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, yeah
I'm fairly local, good people now
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, good people now
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, good people now
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

Romanticism Past and Present

Essential Question: What role does individualism play in American society?
Goal: to see Romanticism in Walt Whitman and modern society
Read: Finish reading 1/3 of your book

First, step in to see American Individualism in the poems of Walt Whitman.

Next, you will view this presentation about Romanticism in the 21st Century.

Finally, I want you to be able to identify the Romantic elements in this song by Twenty-One Pilots. Can you spot the features of Emotionalism and Individualism in the song? Add a summary to your work for today explaining what you think the song means, and the elements of Romanticism present in it.

[Chorus]
I'm fairly local, I've been around
I've seen the streets you're walking down
I'm fairly local, good people now
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

[Verse 1]
I'm evil to the core
What I shouldn't do I will
They say I'm emotional
What I want to save I'll kill
Is that who I truly am?
I truly don't have a chance
Tomorrow I'll keep a beat
And repeat yesterday's dance

[Pre-Chorus]
Yo, this song will never be on the radio
Even if my clique were to pick and the people were to vote
It's the few, the proud, and the emotional
Yo, you, bulletproof in black like a funeral
The world around us is burning but we're so cold
It's the few, the proud, and the emotional

[Chorus]
I'm fairly local, I've been around
I've seen the streets you're walking down
I'm fairly local, good people now
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

[Verse 2]
I’m not evil to the core
What I shouldn't do I will fight
I know I’m emotional
What I want to save I will try
I know who I truly am
I truly do have a chance
Tomorrow I’ll switch the beat
To avoid yesterday’s dance

[Pre-Chorus]
Yo, this song will never be on the radio
Even if my clique were to pick and the people were to vote
It's the few, the proud, and the emotional
Yo, you, bulletproof in black like a funeral
The world around us is burning but we're so cold
It's the few, the proud, and the emotional

[Chorus]
I'm fairly local, I've been around
I've seen the streets you're walking down
I'm fairly local, good people now
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

[Chorus]
I'm fairly local, I've been around
I've seen the streets you're walking down
I'm fairly local, good people now
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, yeah
I'm fairly local, good people now
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, good people now
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh, good people now
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

I Hear America Singing

Essential Question: What role does Individualism play in American society?
Goal: to understand the role of Individualism in Walt Whitman
Read: You should be done with 1/3 of your book by this weekend

Today you should have completed writing about every item on your top ten list.

Today you should work on your vocabulary chart or Book review.

Homework:
Vocabulary chart for this week due Sunday.
Read 1/3 of your book

Poems 1 and 52

Essential Question: What role does individualism play in American society?

Goal: to understand the role of individualism in Whitman's poems

Read: You should be done with 1/3 of your book by the end of this week

We will read two of Walt Whitman's poems today. They are on page 157. What experience is he writing about in each poem?



Summarize one of the poems in your English Journal #9 Whitman Summary

For our newly minted writing assignment, your job is to try and complete half of your list.

Homework:
1. Read your book at home. Not kidding.
2. Work on your vocabulary assignment

Walt Whitman

Essential Question: What role does individualism play in American society?

Goal: to summarize Walt Whitman's view of America

Read: Fill out the Reading Progress form

Look for elements of Romanticism in the preface: 

1. Emotionalism and Nature

2. Non-conformity and individualism

3. Nationalism

4. Idealism - nature and people are basically good

We will continue working on our "Newly Minted" writing piece by expanding on the advice we give.

Homework:

1. Work on your new vocabulary chart

2. Read each night for 15 minutes

So you're a newly minted

Essential Question: What role does individualism play in American society?
Goal: to improve our informative writing skills
Reading: Make sure you take time over the weekend to read.

Today we will read "So You're a Newly Minted NBA Rookie" as our model writing piece. We will try to create our own ironic informative writing piece for incoming Freshmen.

Homework:
1. Finish your vocabulary chart
2. Turn in your first book review on Google Classroom

Starting the New Unit

Agenda:
1. Play the welcome video


2. Read silently for 10 minutes
3. Play the unit introduction video


4. Read the text together (teacher or students)
5. Annotate the text with Mr. Brubaker


6. Complete assignment on NoRedInk

Finishing up unit 1

Essential Question: What is the meaning of Freedom?

Goal: to finish up work from unit 1

Agenda:
1. Read Silently and fill out reading progress form
2. Work on book review
3. Finish any assignments from this week

Today we will sign up for a Goodreads account. We will use Goodreads to review the books we read during the year.

You should finish you individual work from yesterday and the following assignments:
1. Revise and turn in your essay
2. Vocabulary chart
2. Any missing assignments

Homework:

Finish your independent reading book if you haven't already

Individual Work

Essential Question: What is the meaning of Freedom?

Goal: to complete individual work

Agenda:
1. Read Silently and fill out reading progress form
2. Work on individual assignments

Your individual assignments are on GOOGLE CLASSROOM


Homework:
1. Finish vocabulary chart

2. Finish independent reading book
Homework:

Final Essay Revision

Essential Question: What is the meaning of Freedom

Goal: to revise our essays

Agenda:
1. Read Silently
2. Work on revising our essays

Install the GRAMMARLY extension.

Today I will show you two essays and discuss how to revise them effectively.

Here are things to work on:
1. Clear introduction
2. Counter claims: Set them up and Knock them down
3. Each paragraph is on a separate topic
4. Add a conclusion
5. Be specific about the ammendment
6. Make sure your paragraph explains how the freedom is still under attack and needs to be defended.
6. Fix grammar using Grammarly
7. Add MLA by adding the EasyBib addon

Homework:
1. Finish vocabulary chart
2. Finish your independent reading book

Podcast Final Day

Essential Question: What is the meaning of Freedom?

Goal: to record and evaluate our podcasts

Agenda:
1. Read Silently

Today is all about recording your podcast. I will permit you to type or handwrite your script.

Follow the instructions on the Produce a Podcast assignment.

You will grade one other group's podcast by using this FORM. You will find the link to the podcast at THIS LINK.

Homework:
1. Finish your book by Friday
2. Finish your vocabulary chart by Friday

Performance Task Day 2

Essential Question: What is the meaning of Freedom?

Goal: to finish planning and creating your performance task

Agenda:
1. Read Silently
2. Finish planning document and Google Slides

Today you will finish the Performance task document and complete your Google Slides, so that you can record and rate presentations tomorrow.

Here is an example of how to fill in the first chart:

You should fill out the second chart like this:

Update your progress HERE
Homework:
1. Finish your book by Friday
2. Finish your vocabulary chart by Friday

Performance Task Day 1

Essential Question: What is the meaning of Freedom?

Goal: identify the struggles, compromises, and contradictions in creating American freedoms

Agenda:
1. Silent Reading - You should finish your two books by next week
2. Begin working on your performance task

The directions for the performance task are on GOOGLE CLASSROOM

Here is an example of what the final product will look like.

Homework:

Make sure you have completed all of the work from this week.

The Constitution and Slavery

Essential Question: What is the meaning of Freedom?

Goal: to understand why Slavery was in the Constitution

Agenda:
1. Read silently
2. Finish assignments from yesterday
3. Slavery and the Constitution

We will start by looking at why the Constitution included slavery. I gave each group handouts for this activity.

Look at the blog from YESTERDAY and make sure everything is completed.

Finishing with the Adams Family

Essential Question: What is Freedom?

Goal: to understand that freedom did not come to all groups immediately


Agenda:
1. Read
2. Small Group work

Letter to John Adams (page 104) TEXT AUDIO (8m1s)

Dear Abigail TEXT AUDIO (12m49s)

Highlight anything in these two texts that relate to the fight for freedom. Focus especially on the groups that still weren't free at the time of the Declaration of Independence.

English Journal # 6 So What?

Finally, complete a So What? paragraph based on what you learned about Abigail Adams. Describe her views on women and the government. Then write a so what? part of the paragraph. Why do her views on women matter for the fight for freedom? Here is an incomplete paragraph you can use to help:

Hook, Relevance, Thesis

It might surprise you to know that Abigail Adams thought...All people want freedom for their group. Mrs. Adams believed that women should...

Her views on woman matter because...

John and Abigail Adams

Essential Question: What is the meaning of Freedom?

Goal: to understand that not everyone gained freedom immediately


Agenda: 
1. Read silently and Reading check-in
2. English Journal
3. John and Abigail Adams

Today we really need to spend some time working on your vocabulary assignments.

English Journal #5 So What?

Hook, relevance, thesis.

This experience forced me...I could no longer...Now I realize...

Letter to John Adams (page 104) TEXT AUDIO (8m1s)

Dear Abigail TEXT AUDIO (12m49s)

Highlight anything in these two texts that relates to the fight of freedom. Focus especially on the groups that still weren't free at the time of the Declaration of Independence.

Finishing with the Slave Narrative

Essential Question: What is the meaning of Freedom?

Goal: to finish our work from yesterday.

Agenda:
1. Read silently for 10 minutes
2. Finish work for Olaudah's narrative.

First, finish your top ten list from yesterday and write the paragraph that goes with it. Choose two or three things from your list to write about.

Second, answer the comprehension check questions on page 97 with your group. This time write in your book instead of using Formative.

Third, complete the Analyze Craft and Structure assignment on page 99. I have recreated the chart on Google Classroom to give you enough space to write.

Finally, work on your vocabulary chart with your group. If you get to this point, you are allowed to listen to music.