Unit 2: American Romanticism/Transcendentalism

October 8-12, 2012
AP Language and Comp
Blocks 3-5
Micki Ray
Unit 2: American Romanticism/Transcendentalism
Rhetorical Focus: Narration, Description, Exemplification
Writing Skills Focus: Organization/Transitions/Unity
Grammar: Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
Test Prep: Multiple Choice, Analysis, Synthesis, and Argument
Skills: Continue building upon skills from Unit 1, Motif, Analogy, Detail/Example, Hyperbole, Understatement,
Style, Dialogue, Paradox, Anecdote
Monday, October 8, 2012
Learning Targets:
 I can write the 5 part thesis statement for SYNTHESIS.
 I can create an organization that establishes the significance of my claim and logically sequences
reasons and evidence.
 I can develop claims, citing from at least 4 sources fairly and thoroughly.
Agenda:
1. Discuss 2007 outlines. Share best source connections.
2. Complete 3rd Synthesis practice on community service (Language of Comp, pg. 74-81).
 Full 5 part thesis
 Full topic sentences
 2 different source connections per paragraph
NOTE: FINAL DRAFT OF PERSUASIVE PIECE DUE! (100 pts.)
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Learning Targets:
 I can determine the themes, topics, and rhetorical features of a work.
 I can compare/contrast the treatment of similar themes, topics, and features in 2 or more works
from the same period.
Agenda:
1. New Lit BK.: Intro to Romanticism—close reading of Intro with partner. Record critical
knowledge in notes.
2. View and analyze art (157, 163, and 336 in Old BK). Romantic ideals? Exit slip analysis.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Learning Targets:
 I can determine the themes, topics, and rhetorical features of a text.
 I can compare/contrast the treatment of similar themes, topics, and rhetorical features in 2 or
more texts from the same period.
Agenda:
BR: ACT English practice, Passage 1—9 minutes
1. Read and analyze “The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls” and “A Psalm of Life,” Longfellow
2. From New BK, read “Thanatopsis,” and answer questions 1-7. Compare his attitude toward
death with Longfellow’s. What is the effect of inversion, imagery, personification,
metaphor, and sound on the theme and tone?
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Learning Targets:
 I can determine the themes, topics, and rhetorical features of a text.
 I can compare/contrast the treatment of similar themes, topics, and rhetorical features in 2 or
more texts from the same period.
Agenda:
1. In New BK: Read from “Nature,” Emerson. Answer yellow-boxed questions. Connections to
Romanticism?
2. In Old BK: Read from “Self-Reliance,” Emerson. Discuss aphorism, analyze use of figurative
language as rhetorical device. Select most important quote per paragraph.
Friday, October 12, 2012
Learning Targets:
 I can determine the themes, topics, and rhetorical features of a text.
 I can analyze how the rhetorical and stylistic devices contribute to the author’s intended
purpose, point of view, and impact on the audience.
 I can compare/contrast the treatment of similar themes, topics, and rhetorical features in 2 or
more texts from the same period.
Agenda:
BR: Grammar work—Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
1. From “Labour,” Carlyle—answer accompanying analysis questions on rhetoric and style from
Lang of Comp (209-11).

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