Monday, November 23, 2009

William Blake

  1. Read and SOAPStones the following two poems (use dictionary.com to look up words you don't know)
  2. Use a thinking map to identify and give evidence the literary devices Blake uses in his poems. In the frame note the effect of the device/devices.
  3. Use a thinking map to analyze how the speaker sees the relationship between humans and industrialization (you may use more than one map).
  4. In your frames, cite facts you have learned in history about the Industrial Revolution to support your answers.

William Wordsworth

  1. Read and SOAPStones the following two poems (use dictionary.com to look up words you don't know)
  2. Use a thinking map to identify and give evidence of the speaker's tone.
  3. Use a thinking map to analyze how the speaker sees the relationship between humans, nature, and progress (you may use more than one map).
  4. In your frames, cite facts you have learned in history about the Industrial Revolution to support your answers.

Synthesis: Blake, Wordsworth, Dickens

  1. How does the author use writing to critique society? (Circle map / Tree Map )
  2. HONORS: Compare and contrast "the Hands" to Caste system in Brave New World (Bubble and double bubble maps)
  3. Create Note cards for text you will use with examples from text and citation information.