Crest High, Crest Middle, and Union Elementary are currently without power and we are uncertain when power will be restored. These schools will be closed today for students with an optional teacher workday for staff.
Robert Frost: In class, we analyzed the poem "The Road Not Taken" and why it is so misinterpreted and even retitled "The Road Less Traveled" by many. Questions to Consider: Which stanza do people take out of context which changes the original meaning? What contradictions does Robert Frost make? Do our choices become limited the older we get? What does “wanted wear” mean and imply about the choice the author made? What is the author expressing about his final choice in lines 13-15?
Now we move on to a poem that is a little harder to understand. In 1960, Canadian writer and poet, Margaret Atwood, would have been 21. Think about the society she lived in and the traditional role of a woman. "Spelling" by Margaret Atwood - Research information on Atwood and her viewpoint on women's rights to help understand her poem. Explore the following questions and then complete the poetry packet for "Spelling" and Margaret Atwood.
Tone / Symbolism / Syntax / Denotation & Connotation / Idiom / Hyperbole / Metaphor & Simile / Allusion Personification As a class we analyzed several poems to discover the importance symbolism, tone, syntax, imagery, hyperbole, idioms, metaphor, simile, allusion and personification. Review the powerpoint attached. Syntax (see attached powerpoint for instructions) In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway (Example of powerful syntax...examine his word choices and groupings) "They shot the six cabinet ministers at half-past six in the morning against the wall of a hospital.7 There were pools of water in the courtyard. There were wet dead leaves on the paving of the courtyard. It rained hard. All the shutters of the hospital were nailed shut. One of the ministers was sick with typhoid. Two soldiers carried him downstairs and out into the rain. They tried to hold him up against the wall but he sat down in a puddle of water. The other five stood very quietly, against the wall. Finally the officer told the soldiers it was no good trying to make him stand up. When they fired the first volley he was sitting down in the water with his head on his knees." Syntax Group Activity: In groups of 4, they were given a stanza a poem that was cut up and out of order. They competed to put the poem together in a way where they could showcase their understanding of syntax. The group with the most "poetic" flow won a sweet surprise!
THEME “There are patterns which emerge in one’s life, circling and returning anew, an endless variation of a theme.” - Jacqueline Carey, author THEME is: - the central concept or underlying idea in a literary work. - Life lesson, meaning, moral, or message about life or human nature that is communicated by a literary work. In other words… Theme is what the story teaches readers. The BIG IDEA or MORAL LESSON. Class reviewed what THEME is an how to find it. Theme is NOT a topic. We discovered the 4-Step process (Topics, Textual Evidence, Theme Sentence, & Theme) to finding theme. In groups, students used the 4-Step process by coming up with their own topics to Sara Bareillis' "Brave" lyrics. Then the groups passed their sheet to another group who will find the textual evidence to support the original groups topics. Then the posters were passed again, and this time each group had to create a theme sentence (what does Sara Bareillis believe is the message of her song), and then the posters were passed back to each original group and they crossed out parts of the theme sentence until they found their THEME.
Class was divided into 6 groups. Each group was given a different poem. Each group had to 3D their poem, and then create a silent performance (no speaking / no props) that could accurately portray every stanza in their poem. This helps students to connect to any language they may have previously skipped. Students will also answer as a group 3 - 4 questions from the class powerpoint. "Hazel Tells Laverne" by Katharyn Howd Machan "They" by Siegfried Sassoon "Fat is Not a Fairytale" by Jane Yolen "Ballplayer" by Evie Shockley "The Panic Bird" by Robert Phillips "Bagel" by David Ignatow **IF YOU ARE ABSENT - Choose 3 of the 6 poems to 3D in your journal.
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