Fear Essay: All The Pieces

Here are links to all the pieces:

The Crucible - All 4 Acts

"Nature" and "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The Landlady" By Roald Dahl

"The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving

"The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" and "A Psalm of Life" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

"Declaration of Independence" by Thomas Jefferson

"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathon Edwards

MLA Citations for Everything Else

Here are the MLA citations for "The Landlady" and "Why We Crave Horror Movies."

These look a little different because they are from a different source, not our textbook.

For MLA citations for "The Devil and Tom Walker," "Civil Disobedience," and "The Declaration of Independence" - these are from the textbook.

Look at the other MLA citations we did for Nature and Self Reliance and all the others. It'll look like that. Just put the author first and last, the name of the piece, then the name of the textbook and publisher, year of publication, then the page range of the piece you are citing.

"The Landlady"

Today, we read one of Roald Dahl's short stories called "The Landlady." Click here to download the story. This is a little bit different from what we've been doing because this is British literature, not American. Because this is a British piece, it has some terms in it you may not know. Click the links to learn more.

• Eton is a private school in England.
• Cambridge is a university in England.
• Bath is a city in England.

Click here to download the questions for this short story.

Just for fun, here's a pretty good (and very accurate) film adaptation of "The Landlady."



"The Landlady" materials are due on Monday, November 11, 2019.

The Gothic Literature Quiz is also on Monday. This quiz will include questions about the Gothic Literature notes, the short story "The Devil and Tom Walker," and the short story "The Landlady."

Block Day - "The Devil and Tom Walker"

On block day this week, we read "The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving. Click here to download the story. As we read the story, we noticed that the author often "throws shade" in the form of satire. Satire is the use of humor or exaggeration to mock and point out how ridiculous something (or someone) really is. We see that Irving takes every opportunity to make fun of Tom's wife and their marriage. He also points out the hypocrisy of a local church official.

Click here to download the questions for this short story.

Romantic Literature Retest

Today, we did the retest for the Romantic Literature exam. If you were absent today, please plan to attend tutoring one day soon.

Additional Gothic Resources

Here are some extra resources to help you understand Gothic Literature:



 

Gothic Background Notes

Here are today's notes:



Click here to download the student notes page for today. Extra copies are also available in the green crate at the back of the room.

Speed Dating with Transcendentalist Poetry!

On block day this week, we did a "speed dating" activity with some poetry. To download a copy of today's handout, click here.

Basically, we took turns annotating the poems "A Psalm of Life" and "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" which are both written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. We annotated using the TPDASTT method.

If these poems confused you and you need some help understanding them, click here to see my annotations of these poems.

Today, you also received a handout to help you gather citations for your Works Cited page for our next piece of writing. Click here to download the handout. Do not throw this handout away until we are done with the essay! Keep it with you these next few weeks.

"Self-Reliance" Annotations

Today, we read "Self-Reliance," which is a piece of nonfiction by Ralph Waldo Emerson. We did this together as a class, and click here if you would like to see my teacher annotations for this piece. This assignment is a daily grade, so please make sure you get this done if you were absent today.

If you were absent today and you need an extra copy of today's handout, please get one from the green crate by the filing cabinet at the back of the room.

Romanticism Background Notes

Today, we started Romanticism, which includes Transcendentalism and Gothic literature.

We took notes about of the book. Click here to see a scanned copy of these pages in the book.

If you were absent today, extra copies of the notes handout are in the green crate at the back of the room.