Today’s Activities 1.Warm Up 1.Warm Up: Early Insights (Freewrite) 2.Activity 2.Activity: Complete Analysis Sheet & Transitions Activity 3.Exit Pass 3.Exit Pass: Transitions Activity

Warm Up: Early Insights (Freewriting) 1.Read 1.Read over the Poetry Analysis Charts you have created. 2.Note 2.Note ONE similarity or ONE difference between each column / poet / poem. 3.Freewrite 3.Freewrite for at least one page about a.What the similarity or difference is (describe it in detail & give examples from each poem) b.Why you believe the similarity or difference is present (what was the author’s intent?)

Activity: Complete all Work Poetry Analysis sheet 1.Finish Poetry Analysis sheet (chart on the front and questions on the back) Transitions Activity 2.Finish the Transitions Activity (turn it in) 3.All finished? Work on your outside reading (Timed Essay 3 will ask you to compare your “fun” book to your “classical” choice).

NAME________ BLOCK_______ DATE________ POETRY ANALYSIS POE, “THE RAVEN” DICKENSON, “BECAUSE I COULD NOT…” [OUTSIDE AUTHOR] ___________________________________________________________ CHARACTERS IMAGERY KEY DIALOGUE THEME CHARACTERS IMAGERY KEY DIALOGUE THEME CHARACTERS IMAGERY KEY DIALOGUE THEME

NAME________ BLOCK_______ DATE________ POETRY ANALYSIS: END OF READING QUESTIONS __________________________________________________ EDGAR ALLEN POE (PG 330)EMILY DICKENSON (PG 421)

Mini-Lesson: Transitions Edgar Allen Poe wrote a poem called “The Raven”. Edgar Allen Poe wrote it in Edgar Allen Poe’s wife was dying at the time from tuberculosis. Edgar Allen Poe’s wife could have been the inspiration for the character of Lenore in the poem. Lenore was a woman whom he loved in the poem. The character of the Raven said he will see her “nevermore.” “Nevermore” could have meant that Lenore is dead and Edgar Allen Poe will never see her again. The theme of “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe could be that death claims loved ones forever. Emily Dickenson wrote a poem called “Because I Could Not Stop for Death.” Emily Dickenson wrote it in the late 1800s. Emily Dickenson’s mother suffered from a long and lingering illness for years. Emily Dickenson spent most of her life isolated in her house taking care of her sick mother. Emily Dickenson’s poem has Death as a character. The character of Death is portrayed as a carriage driver. The character of Death drives her past the stages of life. The character of Death drives her past a grave. The horses pulling the carriage then look from the grave upward toward “Eternity”. This could mean that Emily Dickenson sees the possibility of life after death.

NAME________ BLOCK_______ DATE________ Transitions Activity 1.Write the original paragraphs. 2.Revise the paragraphs by adding direct transitions (words that link the ideas, sentences, and paragraphs to show their connection and logical relationship) and indirect transitions (replacement words such as pronouns to ease repetition and show carry over of subjects to other sentences).

Exit Pass: Transitions Activity 1.Make sure the activity is complete. 2.Turn it in to the basket for credit.

Lesson: Comparative Analysis Essay Writing 1.Definition 1.Definition: A comparative analysis essay is one where the purpose is to inform a reader about an insight you have gained into an author’s purpose, theme, or writing style by comparing that work to one that is both similar and different from it. 2.Methods 2.Methods: a.Explain how the insight can be seen if you make the comparison point-by- point b.Explain how the insight can be seen if you make the comparison work-by- work 3.Activity 3.Activity: Write an essay explaining an insight you have gained about either Poe, Dickenson, or an outside poet’s purpose, theme, or writing style by comparing them in terms of similarities and differences.

Mini-Lesson: Transitions 1.Definition 1.Definition: Transitions are words or expressions that are used to show how ideas, sentences, and paragraphs connect together logically. Without them, your writing feels “stilted” and it isn’t obvious how the ideas are related. 2.Examples 2.Examples: a.Direct Links (usually chronological): Before, next, meanwhile, later, however, additionally, etc. b.Indirect Links (usually pronouns or replacement words): He, these, their, some, etc. c.Edgar Allen Poe The RavenDuringhisit howeverheit c.Edgar Allen Poe wrote the poem “The Raven”. During his lifetime it was very popular; however, he did not make much money from it. 3.Activity 3.Activity: Revise the following paragraphs by adding transitions. (Do not forget to look for opportunities to use pronouns!)