Walt Whitman unit 2009-2010
| Date | In Class | Homework (due next class) |
| Day 1 | Discuss transcendentalism Quick Intro to Whitman “I Hear America Singing” compared with Hughes poem. | Read and take notes “Poet Celebrated Democracy…”—essay about Whitman |
| Day 2 | Discuss “Poet Celebrated Democracy…” essay Continue Intro for Whitman: note taking assignment, begin discussion of Whitman characteristics. Read “I Saw In Louisiana A Live Oak Growing” | Read “This Compost” take notes on initial observations about corruption |
| Day 3 | Pseudo Halloween-ish class… some Poe… AND Read “This Compost” in class, taking notes as requested. | “This Compost” based poems. Read “Song of Myself” at home, take notes for given details. |
| Day 4 | Read “This Compost” based poems in class. Read and analyze “Song of Myself” in class. Focus on Whitman’s poetic characteristics, and poetic devices. | Find three to five interesting facts about the life and/or death of Abraham Lincoln . |
| Day 5 | Talk about Abraham Lincoln. Read and analyze “When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloomed”. Focus on Symbolism. | Read “I Sing the Body Electric”, take notes for details provided. |
| Day 6 | Read and discuss “I Sing the Body Electric”. Focus on Whitman’s poetic characteristics and devices. | Read “Come Up From the Field Father”, take notes on details provided. |
| Day 7 | Analyze “Come Up From the Field Father”, read and discuss “Cavalry Crossing a Ford” and “Bivouac on a Mountain Side”. Focus on Whitman’s historic facts. | Read “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry”, taking notes on details provided. |
| Day 8 | Discuss “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” in class. Review for the in-class essay assignment. | Study for in-class essay. |
| Day 9 | In-class Whitman essay. You may use your poetry packets, and any written notes for this essay. | Whitman packets with notes taking due. |
