1. American Literature: American Romanticism
Week 2 Quarter 2

2. Copy down the following characteristics of American Romance stories
Copy down the following characteristics of American Romance stories. Next to each, write an example from Devil & Tom Walker
Personal intuition, instincts valued over reason and society (No example for this one)
Focus on the specific (ELITE)
Abolitionists
Wanted to expose religious hypocrisy
Valued nature
Interested in the supernatural
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3. Specificity-very close attention to detail in swamp description
Deacon Peabody (church figure) is depicted as a hypocrite. Also, Tom’s change toward religion is obviously for purely selfish reasons, so he, too, is a hypocrite. (Anti-Puritan)
Love of nature/details about swamp
Tom wants nothing to do with slave trade (abolitionist)
Fascination with supernatural-town is not surprised and acts as if it is normal for Tom to be a ghost riding on horseback and the devil showing up.
Love of Solitude-Tom likes to walk alone. He also is not upset when his wife dies, leaving him alone.
Non-conformist-Tom is not afraid of the devil as most people would be
Romantic Elements

4. The Minister’s Black Veil
By Nathaniel Hawthorne

5. Our focus this week Cultural characteristics (G.O.)
We will INFER Puritan cultural traits from how the parishioners react to Mr. Hooper
Development of a symbol (G.O.)
Deacon Peabody’s tree was a symbol and so is the veil.
Vocab
Success today means you understand our purpose for reading this story and how we will record our findings.
Our focus this week

6. Let’s see what you remember
On a sheet of loose leaf, define as many as you can from memory:
Ambiguity
Zealous
Iniquity
Preternatural
Ostentatious
Imbued
Tremulous
Portend
Let’s see what you remember

7. Dippy Point Opportunity
Tell me something interesting about Nathaniel Hawthorne. Don’t look in the book!
Dippy Point Opportunity

8. Symbol Take a moment and do a quick write:
When do we see people wearing veils?
Why do people wear veils?
What physically does a veil do?
How could the physical be symbolic? (elite thinkers)
Predict what you think this veil is about or how people might react to their pastor wearing it. (You could use your reaction to me covering my face as a starting point)
Symbol

9. Small, old village
1800s
Puritan
Setting

10. Reverend Hooper – main character and minister; wears black veil because he believes it symbolizes sin
Elizabeth – Hooper’s fiancée, until he refused to take off the veil in her presence
Reverend Mr. Clark – young minister from nearby town of Westbury who prays for Rev. Hooper at his deathbed
The Townspeople – highly religious & nervous about the change in their minister; they both revere & shun Rev. Hooper simultaneously
Characters

11. Reverend Hooper was always known as a neat and orderly man, until one Sunday morning he arrived at the first service with a black veil covering his face.
The veil starts to isolate him from his companionships; one man who always invited to him to dinner, didn’t and his finance denies his marriage proposal.
He wears his veil to the grave, and refuses to take it off even at the grave.
Brief Summary

12. Hawthorne may have been inspired by a true event
Hawthorne may have been inspired by a true event. A clergyman named Joseph Moody of York, Maine York, nicknamed "Handkerchief Moody", accidentally killed a friend when he was a young man and wore a black veil from the man's funeral until his own death.
Inspiration?

13. Am. Lit. DO NOW 11/5/13 Take a Graphic Organizer handout
One side is for the veil symbol. The other is for cultural characteristics.
Respond in writing:
How did the book help us find examples of satire or imagery from Devil and Tom Walker? How might this knowledge help us fill in our G.O.’s for this story?
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14. Am. Lit: 11/5/13 Success today means
You read the story to line 200. (pg .477) and filled in parts of the G.O.s
You were quiet enough for the first half of the class for the sub to allow partner work for the second half of class.
You write out 1-3 questions about specific parts that confuse you (I’ll answer them tomorrow or you can post to EDMODO E.C.)
You understand enough to pass a short reading check quiz Weds.
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15. How does the congregation (people belonging to church) react to Mr
How does the congregation (people belonging to church) react to Mr. Hooper’s veil? Give at least one example.
What social event does Mr. Hooper ruin by attending while wearing his veil?
Turn this Do Now in to US MAIL when finished. Talking during this reading check could cost you your quiz points
Am Lit DO NOW: 11/6/13

16. Am Lit 11/5/13 Agenda: SUCCESS TODAY:
Introduce my.hrw.com
Review Vocab wksht part A
Answer any questions from yesterday/EDMODO
Get some examples from the G.O’s
Read together.
SUCCESS TODAY:
Define symbol, track its use in the novel
Infer cultural characteristics by the reactions of the townspeople
HW: Finish reading story. Complete G.O’s
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17. “Poe called the work a ‘masterly composition,’ but suggested that only the most sensitive readers would be able to glean the true import of the narrative and see beyond the obvious moral of the story.”
Criticism

18. In what ways do you wear a black veil?
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19. Answer questions 1-8 on pg 483 (or complete the packet if I gave you one)
Respond to the prompt at the bottom of pg “How does someone become a stranger”
On pg. 484, complete the vocab practice 1-8; Vocab Strategy 1-5
HW: (actual quiz questions)
Give one detail about how Mr. Hooper’s veil affects the wedding
How is the veil symbolic of the townspeople’s secret sins rather than Mr. Hooper’s sins? Use three examples in your response
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20. Help for struggling students
Pg. 483
#4: look at lines 1-9 (importance of Sunday worship for example); 92-98; 85-91/ ; / ; 73-78/ ;
#5: 73-76/ ; / / (not just these lines though
#6: ; /
Help for struggling students

21. Staple, label and turn in DO NOWs to US MAIL BOX
Complete Part B of the vocab worksheet
When vocab Do Now is completed, take out your work from yesterday.
Am. Lit. DO NOW 11/8/13

22. Quiz Part II On a separate piece of paper, respond
in complete sentences (you may use G.O.s No
Book)
Give one detail about how Mr. Hooper’s veil affects the wedding
How is the veil symbolic of the townspeople’s secret sins rather than Mr. Hooper’s sins? Use three examples in your response
Quiz Part II

23. Paragraph tips for full credit
1. Mr. Hooper’s veil has a _(adjective)_____ effect on the wedding. For example, __(details from story)________. This example shows how the veil has a __(adjective)____ effect on the wedding.
2. The veil is symbolic of the townspeople’s secret sin. For example, __(details from story)__ shows __(explain how detail suggest people feel guilty)__. (Repeat example sentence frame for each example)
Paragraph tips for full credit