1. 11th Grade

2. Opening
PHONES UP
Complete Sponge For Friday
Vocab Quiz Monday

3. UsaTest Prep
Diagnostic Makeup
Open from Today until Sunday 3/5

4. EQ/Standard
How is Edgar Allan Poe’s poetry an example of the Gothic Romantic Literary Period?
ELACC11-12RL4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on
meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful. (Include Shakespeare as well as other authors.)

5. At the end of this lesson..
You will be able to explain how Edgar Allen Poe fits within the Romantic genre and the Gothic genre.

6. Poe: A Tragic Life in Words
Parents died when he was 3. -College dropout. -Tried to make living writing. -Some work was successful, others failed. -He married his 13 year old cousin, Virginia, who died two years later of tuberculosis. -Died at age 40 under mysterious circumstances

7. Gothic Romantic Literature
Response to Transcedentalism.
Obsessed with death, premature burial, mourning,
Ghosts,
And madness.
Creates horrific atmosphere for the reader.

8. Tone Vocabulary for Gothic Romanticism
Terrifying
Violent
Supernatural
Morbid
Mysterious

9. For Your Poem Describe the Plot of Your Poem
Identify Figurative Language
Complete the Attached Questions

10. The Raven
Plot: He is sitting in chamber, reading, someone knocks at the door, he remembers a woman who has died.
Adjectives: weary, dreary, weak, dying, napping, curious,rapping, bleak, radiant, sad, rare, fantastic, terrors.-Depressed, ominous, goth, emo.
Figurative: dying ember-cast a ghost-personification; end rhyme;

11. Translate the poem into your own words. Connotation
TPCAST Directions
Title
Ponder the title before reading the poem. Make up questions about the title.
Paraphrase
Translate the poem into your own words.
Connotation
Identify and figure out the figurative language. Think non-literally!
Attitude
After identifying a subject/topic of the poem, how does the speaker feel?
Shifts
Note transitions in the poem. Shifts in subject, attitude, mood, or motif.
Examine the title again. Answer your questions.
Theme
What is the big picture statement about life they make in the poem?

12. Watch “The Raven” and “The Bells”
Listen for Alliteration, Onomotopeia, Metaphor, Allusion, Etc.
What is the plot of this poem?

13. The Raven (5 Minutes) Pg 312 Infer what kind of person the speaker is.
What time of day is it?
What time of year is it?
What is the mood of the main character based on the words he uses and why does he feel this way?

14. For Each Stanza:
1) After you have read the poem, write a sentence describing the theme of the poem
2) Identify examples of figurative language: Alliteration, Allusion, Onomatapeia, Metaphor, Simile, Diction, Etc.
3) Describe how this
poem is Gothic Romantic.

15. Annabel Lee (30 Minutes)
1) List examples of figurative language that emphasize the speaker’s feelings of sadness.
2) Describe the ending of the poem. Were you shocked?
3) Describe a theme you found in this poem.
4) Describe how the figurative language emphasized the theme.
4) How is this poem a Gothic Romantic piece?

16. Closing Homework: 1)Complete Your List and Writing Assignment.
2)Makeup USA Test Prep if Needed
3) Vocab Quiz