V6B - P3 - Week 7 (American)

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V6B - P3 - Week 7

Today's Lesson

Formative idiom test = cancelled

Literary History: American

Student's Choice

Make groups of 4
One of you needs to sign in with your group name and lists who is in the group below

Literature Lesson - American

Emily Dickinson is an American author.

Look up information about her and share it here.

Reader page 17: Read the poem
- Find the slant rhymes in this poem.

The definition of slant rhyme can be found in the reader

Slant Rhyme in 314

And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -

And sore must be the storm -

That could abash the little Bird

That kept so many warm -

Reader page 17: Read the poem
- What metaphor does Dickinson use to define hope?

The definition of a metaphor can be found in the reader

Metaphor for hope in 314

A bird: 

a thing with feathers, 

sings the tune, 

the little Bird

Reader page 17: Read the poem
- Is this poem positive or negative. Explain why.

314: positive or negative

Positive. 

Hope. It’s always there, giving comfort without asking anything in return

“And never stops – at all –”

“That kept so many warm”

(never) “It asked a crumb – of me”

John Steinbeck is an American author.

Look up information about him and share it here.

Reader page 18: Read the extract of East of Eden
- Underline at least 10 words/phrases that describe
Cal's character.

Cal's character

Craved warmth and affection, 

competed for attention and affection, 

imitate, suspicious and unpleasant, 

not convincing, shy all over, 

nonchalance, bravado, 

secrecy, a wall of self-sufficiency,

Reader page 18: Read the extract of East of Eden
- Describe the relations between Cal and Aron,
their father and others.

Relations between characters

• Cal and Aron: brothers, Aron is beautiful (blonde) and Cal isn’t (dark). The characteristics that Aron possess are liked but not when Cal does it.
  
• People preferred Aron over Cal (even now he has no friends and lives alone)
  
• Cal’s father Adam doesn’t pay Cal attention. Cal seeks affection and gets it by sitting closely, father is most likely unaware of this
  

Look up the biblical story of Cain and Abel.

Share what you find below.

Reader page 18: Read the extract of East of Eden
- Compare this piece with
the biblical story of Cain and Abel.

Cain and Abel / East of Eden

God accepted Abel’s (Aron) offering and accepted him, 

God rejected Cain’s (Cal) offering.

Literature Lesson - American

Student's choice

You have several options for the rest of this lesson:

Test week: 

- Study the PPT on American history

- Study the other Literary History PPTs. 

- Study literary history reader

- Answer 

Centraal Examen:

- Practise your reading skills on www.examenflow.nl 

What are you going to work on this lesson?

What is your goal this lesson?
(what do you want to achieve)

What did you accomplish this lesson?
(Be specific please.)

Finished!

You have finished today's lesson. 

You learned more about literary history

 and

you have prepared for your final tests. 

Well done!