Agenda for Thursday, October 20

1. Proofreading Practice 3.4 (5 min.)

2. Tier 2 Vocabulary Quiz (20 min.)

3. Research Paper 1 Intro (40 min.)

o Literary Movements with the Presidents

o What is Pre-Colonial American Literature?

o Assignment Reviewedo Research with Mrs. Rounding

4. Homework (5 min.)

Proofreading Practice 3.4

AP English 11 Super Student Tier 2 Vocabulary Quiz October 20, 2011

Numbers 1—5: Spelling ONLY• 1 point each, 5 x 1 = 5 points

Numbers 11—20: Spell and define• 2 points each, 10 x 2 = 20 points

Numbers 21—25: Use correctly in a well developed sentence.• 3 points each, 5 x 3 = 15 points• TOTAL = 40 points

What is a Literary Movement?o Generally, the term is not defined, and instead it

is simply assumed that everyone is talking about the same thing when the term is used. That being “said”…

o Broadly defined, literary movements are trends within historical periods in which literature (fiction, non-fiction, poetry, etc.) is unified by shared intellectual, linguistic, religious, and artistic influences.

o Critics refer often to literary movements, citing different movements that have developed in literature and then been replaced by some other movement.

Thesis Development• Given: Literature produced during a defined

American Literary Movement is representative of that literary movement. (Consider your assigned movement—in my case Pre-Colonial/Native Lit .)

• Question: How is a work of literature produced during the Pre-Colonial/Native Lit Movement representative of that period of literature?

• Thesis Statement: The myths, legends, rituals and songs produced prior to the colonization of North America is representative of that period in American history, and by extension, the Pre-Colonial/Native Literary Movement.

The literature is as diverse as the cultures that created it, but there are often common elements such as content, for example stories explaining creation or natural forces.

Primarily Oral Narratives—Myths; legends; songs; creation stories from groups such as the Zuni, Aztec, Navajo, Lakota, Seneca, Tlingit, Cherokee, Blackfoot, Cree, Inuit, and many more.

Common Characteristics:

Repetition

Enumeration: detailing parts, causes, effects, or consequences to make a point more forcibly

Incremental development

Ritual beginnings and endings

Use of archaic language

Common structure

Pre-Colonial/Native Lit (Pre-1600)

Functions

Beliefs about nature of physical world

Beliefs about social order and appropriate behavior

Beliefs about human nature and the problem of good and evil

Characteristics of Myths

Myths: primal world

Beings are animals spirits in more or less human form: monsters, confusions of nature

Mythic age flows into age of transformation (legends)

Characteristics of Legends

Culture hero or transformer orders the world

Culture hero or transformer turns animal people into animals

Other beings become landmarks

Flows into historical time (real heroes)

Pre-Colonial/Native Lit (Pre-1600)

Pre-Colonial/Native Lit (Pre-1600)• Documented in retrospect rather

than during the course of its development

• As a result, most pre-colonial literature is actually published in, or as part of, more contemporary works

• Followed by the Puritan/Colonial (1600-1750) Literary Movement which was an immediate result of the colonization of North America and reflected the strong religious and cultural beliefs of the colonists

Literary Movements with Presidents Bush and Obama

Our American Literary Movements

o Puritan/Colonial (1600-1750) o Revolutionary/The Age of

Reason/Enlightenment (1750-1800) o Romanticism (1800-1860) o Transcendentalism/American

Renaissance (1830-1860)o Dark Romantics/Gothic Romance o Realism (1850-1890) o South Western Humor (1830-1860)

o Naturalism (1890-1950) o Modernism (1900-1950) o The Lost Generation o Harlem Renaissance o Post-Modernism (1950-1970) o Black Mountain Poets/Projective

Verse (1930-1960) o The Beat Generation (1955-

1970) o Contemporary (1970-Present)

Each of the movements is further divided into genres: fiction, non-fiction, drama, and poetry. You will be supplied with a few primary authors to get you started.

Now, It’s Your Turn!

Now, It’s Your Turn! (continued)

Media Center Research• 3 main locations for your research:

– Search for works written by your author using our online catalog

– Mr. Scott’s Athena Media Center Teacher Project Page– databases + online links!!

– Use the reference books Mrs. Rounding has set aside for you.

• Literature and It’s Times• Novels for students• Poetry for students

Homework1. Review the Exemplification Research Paper on

American Literary Movements materials and write down any necessary clarifying questions.

2. Come prepared (flash drive, notebook, pens) to research next Monday.