Lecture Presentation - Slides
Lecture Presentation - Slides
Objectives
• By the end of class, students will know background information about famous
American author.
• By the end of class, students will be able to identify works from famous American
Authors.
Objectives California Common Core State Standards
• CCSS.ELA‐Literacy.RI.11‐12.7.
and • Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in different media
Famous American Authors
or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words in order to address a
question or solve a problem.
Standards • CCSS.ELA‐Literacy.SL.11‐12.2.
• Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media
(e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) in order to make informed decisions and solve
American Literature Unit problems, evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source and noting any
discrepancies among the data.
English Language Arts – 11th Grade • CCSS.ELA‐Literacy.SL.11‐12.5.
• Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and
Mr. Omar Martinez interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings,
reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.
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Table of Authors
Edgar Allan Poe Walt Whitman Ernest Hemingway Toni Morrison
In the next minute, write down as many things as you
can about a famous/favorite author. (ex: Name of
author, books, facts, etc.)
Quick‐Write Photograph
and Pair‐
Share: Next, turn to a partner and share your information to
each other.
Background
Information
Famous
Writing Style
Authors Finally, write down some information about your
partner’s author that stood out to you. (ex: Why did
they choose that author? Have you heard about the Famous Works
author before?)
Reminder Visual
Educational Hook (Interprersonal)
Table Organizer
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Famous American Authors
• • Narrative poem about a talking raven draws the
“Father of the detective story” • Many of his works were romantic writings. main character to madness
• Joined the army due to poverty. • Romanticism – movement that focused on • The Tell‐Tale Heart
emphasizing, inspiration, subjectivity, and the
• Married his younger cousin Virginia. primacy of the individual • Short gothic fiction which deals with sanity and
• Cause of death uncertain. • Wrote about the occult, satanic ideas, terror, and
murder.
sadness. • The Masque of the Red Death
• Short gothic fiction which is believed to be about
the inevitability of death.
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Now you try! Example Images
• Watch the short biography provided about • Using the information presented earlier
Edgar Allan Poe. and on the video, what images come to
• Write down any information which stands out mind which you can use to remember
to you. Edgar Allan Poe or his works?
• Try to find an image you can use on your table. • Draw any images which would help you
on the table provided earlier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x‐387NMCR6w&t=1s
Dual‐Coding
Progress Monitoring Question
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Famous American Authors
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Now you try! Sample Images
• Watch the short biography provided about • Using the information presented earlier and on
Walt Whitman. the video, what images come to mind which
• Write down any information which stands out you can use to remember Walt Whitman or his
to you. works?
• Try to find an image you can use on your table. • Draw any images which would help you on the
table provided earlier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nla‐JDEp4jw&t=1s
Dual‐Coding Progress Monitoring Question
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fiction in 20th century.
symbolism operate out of sight.
• The Old Man and the Sea
• Simplistic prose style. •
• Died by suicide.
Last major work by Hemingway. Tells story of an
aging Cuban Fisherman who struggles with a marlin.
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Now you try! Sample Images
• Watch the short biography provided about • Using the information presented earlier and on
Ernest Hemingway. the video, what images come to mind which
you can use to remember Ernest Hemingway
• Write down any information which stands out
or his works?
to you.
• Try to find an image you can use on your table.
• Draw any images which would help you on the
table provided earlier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JQDe0GCNHg
Dual‐Coding Progress Monitoring Question
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Famous American Authors
• February 18, 1931 ‐
Works
• The Bluest Eye
• American novelist, editor, and professor.
• First novel by Toni Morrison. Tells the story of a young
• Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize‐ winning novelist. Style African‐American girl with an inferiority complex
following the Great Depression.
• Known for epic themes, exquisite language, and richly
• Selected for the Jefferson Lecture detailed African‐American characters. • Beloved
• The highest honor for achievement in the humanities. • Strong ties to politics and social issues. • Set after the American Civil War. Inspired by the story
of Sethe, a slave who escaped slavery in 1856.
• • “Postmodern Feminist”
Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012. • A Mercy
• Story of mothers and daughters and primitive
America. Reveals what lies beneath the surface of
slavery.
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Now you try! Sample Images
• Watch the short biography provided about • Using the information presented earlier and on
Toni Morrison. the video, what images come to mind which
you can use to remember Toni Morrison or her
• Write down any information which stands out
works?
to you.
• Try to find an image you can use on your table.
• Draw any images which would help you on the
table provided earlier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxVUB4g2IUI&t=1s
Progress Monitoring Question
Dual‐Coding
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Closing Activities
Now you try!
Sample Table: Writing Response:
• Using the author that you shared with a • Following this presentation, is there an author
partner earlier, fill out the following chart with that we discussed that interests you further?
information about the author you chose. What did you like about the
author/presentation that interested you?
Name Background Info Writing Style Famous Works
Culminating Question/Activity
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