Campolmi. English 3. Blocks 3 and 4.

Week of 9.3

9.3 Journal #4

• Do you know what “mob rule” means?• If people know something to be false, then

why do they follow others?• Have you ever gone along with something that

you knew was wrong or false? Why did you do that?

• Name Journal #

• Date English 3

What’s a TPCASTT?• TITLE: Consider the title and make a prediction

about what the poem is about• PARAPHRASE: Translate the poem line by line into

your own words on a literal level.• CONNOTATION: Examine the poem for meaning

beyond the literal. Look for figurative language, imag- ery, and sound elements.

• ATTITUDE/TONE: Notice the speaker’s tone and attitude. Humor? Sarcasm? Awe?

TPCASTT cont.• SHIFTS: Note any shifts or changes in speaker or

attitude. Look for key words, time change, punctuation.

• TITLE: Examine the title again, this time on an interpretive level

• THEME: Briefly state in your own words what the poem is about (subject), then what the poet is saying about the subject (theme).

TITLE:

Paraphrase

In silent night when rest I tookFor sorrow near I did not lookI wakened was with thundering noiseAnd piteous shrieks of dreadful voice.The fearful sound of “Fire!” and “Fire!”Let no man know is my desire.

I, starting up, the light did spyAnd to my God my heart did cryTo strengthen me in my distressAnd not to leave me succorless.Then, coming out, beheld a spaceThe flame consume my dwelling place.

Connotation/Attitude

I, starting up, the light did spyAnd to my God my heart did cryTo strengthen me in my distressAnd not leave me succorless.Then, coming out, beheld a spaceThe flame consume my dwelling place

Upon the Burning of Our House P.118Anne Bradstreet

• Popcorn style reading• Questions to think about:– 1.) What vivid memories does the speaker have of

the house that has been destroyed?– 2.) What events had the speaker hoped to

experience in that house?– 3.) How does the speaker envision the house that

will be hers after death?

TPCASTT Groups• You will be divided into groups of 6• 3 groups will read Anne Bradstreet’s To My

Dead and Loving Husband (P. 116)• 3 groups will read Edward Taylor’s Huswifery

(P. 120)• You will have 13 minutes to create a TPCASTT

for your poem• TPCASTT = title, paraphrase, connotation,

attitude, shifts, title, theme

Crucible characters

• Rev. Parris: “Little good to be said for him.” Spineless. Doesn’t really understand or like kids.

• Tituba: Parris’ slave. • Abigail: a main character. Parris’ niece. Main

accuser during trials.• John Proctor: main character. Had affair with

Abigail.• Mrs. Putnam: 1 of 8 children survive.

Characters

• Elizabeth Proctor: Cold. Knows about husband’s affair.

• Thomas Putnam: Wealthy. Holds grudges (particularly when money is involved).

• Giles Corey/Martha Corey: farmers. Not rich. Contentious but honest.

• Rebecca Nurse: honest, good woman. • Rev. Hale: brought into town to find witches.

Honest and good man.

9.4 Journal #5

• The Puritans were very superstitious.• We can see that with Abigail (she drinks blood to

put a curse on Goody Proctor) and Goody Putnam (she believes she’s been cursed and that’s why so many of her children have died).

• What are some things about which you are superstitious?

• Or are you totally not superstitious in any way?• Can superstitions be good or bad?

Connotation

• “To My Dear and Loving Husband” p. 116• I prize thy love more than whole mines of

gold. (Line 5)• My love is such that rivers cannot quench.

(Line 7)

Attitude/Tone

• If ever two were one . . .• If ever man were loved by wife . . . • If ever wife was happy . . .

Shift

• Look at these three lines:• Thy love is such I can no way repay• The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray.• Then while we live, in love let’s so persevere.

Theme

Connotation

• “Huswifery” p. 120• Lines 1-6• Make me . . . Your complete spinning wheel.• Your holy word will be the distaff (that holds the thread

steady)• My affections (emotions/desire to be holy) will be the flyers

that twist the fiber.• Etc.• These are all metaphors, and it’s one extended metaphor. It

continues in the next stanza (where the fabric is completed and dyed).

Attitude

• How does the speaker feel toward God?

• Then my clothes shall be displayed before you and those holy robes that were made are for your glory.

Shift?

• Maybe.• The first two stanzas are about making the

fabric and the clothes. • What’s the last stanza about?

Theme.