Complete Two Short American Literature Tasks (SIMMONS)

PLEASE SEPARATE EACH TASK ON DIFFERENT WORD DOCUMENTS

TASK 1:

• Daddy (p.745)
• Complete a Powerpoint compare or contrasting My Papa’s Waltz to Daddy. You must incorporate lines from the poems and you must use your vocabulary words. You should have 10-15 slides. Be creative.

TASK 2:

After reading the introduction to this literary period in the online text, please complete the following activities.

If you directly cite information from outside sources or the online text, please do so in correct MLA format (in-text citations and a reference list). You must use outside sources and you must have a works cited page.

If you have questions about MLA format, please visit the Purdue OWL.–WRITE IN ESSAY FORMAT

• Define the literary period (this information can be found in the online text).
• List 2 authors from this literary period (this information can be found in the online text).
• List 3-5 events (historical, political, social, technological) that occurred during this time period and give a brief description of each (this information can often be found in the online text; however, additional online research may be necessary).
• Discuss how you believe a minimum of 1-2 of these events may have impacted the pieces that you read this week.