Week+22+--+Intro+to+Poetry


 * //2 May//**

//TODAY'S CLASS WILL BE PRIMARILY SELF-PACED. We will be moving to the library, with laptops. I would like you to use this time to do the following.//

//Research time for your own example of groupthink. Find another medium to reflect this. You may choose electronic or print media in any genre.//

//HINT TO HELP: Open this page: http://citationmachine.net. When you find a source that you are going to use, make sure to put the info into this page (use MLA format). It will format the reference for you. BE SURE TO SAVE THIS INFO TO A DOCUMENT OR WRITE IT DOWN!//

//For tomorrow...I would like you to open and read through the ppt below. I would like you to be familiar with the information in it BEFORE you begin to write part 2 of your paper.//

//Silent reading...// //Review of yesterday. How far did you get?// //Continue Job 2. Library research if possible.// //Notes and discussion on citation and plagiarism.// //how//
 * //29 April//**
 * //6 April//**

//Silent reading// //There will be a progress check today. Some are wasting time. Minimum 12 lines (of 24) due tomorrow, beginning of class.//

//Write a verse together. Decide on:// //* topic// //* rhythm// //* Rhyme scheme//

//Rest of class to work on this.//

//Silent reading// //The Cremation of Sam McGee// //* Read// //* Check for prosody// //* Storyboard it w/ the appropriate line from the text.//
 * //31 March//**

//Move to paired activity.// //Review elements of the ballad.// //Read 'The Highwayman'// //Sam McGee...read and check for prosody (skip intro stanza)// //Downeaster Alexa vs. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald -- which is a more effective ballad?// //Ballad assignment// //Silent reading// //Review prosody.. handout.//
 * //30 March//**
 * //29 March//**

Example; Anapestic tetrameter

//﻿The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season!// //Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason.// //It could be that his head wasn't screwed on quite right.// //It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were too tight.// //But I think that the most likely reason of all// //May have been that his heart was two sizes too small.// //﻿//





//Discuss the two examples...check **Sam McGee** for Prosody. Find the recurring pattern (skip intro stanza).//

Intro the Ballad...notes ppt



Characteristics of Ballads
Here is a list of the characteristics of ballads:
 * Most ballads have a narrative form.
 * Ballads tend to have a distinctive verse form-Quatrains.
 * Ballads have refrains-with four and three stresses per line, alternating—general effect is musical.
 * Most ballads contain dialogue.
 * The common rhyme scheme of many ballads is (abcb) with ballad stanza lines 2 and 4 rhyming.
 * These poems are generally very impersonal in tone and not very reflective.
 * Ballads tend to be extremely concise and tend to recount one episode.
 * Common themes include tragic love themes, history, supernatural, unbelievable incidents, tragic domestic stories, etc.

Requirements
The following must be present in your ballad.
 * Their ballad must contain eight stanzas in length, and must contain a theme of love, tragedy, or history.
 * Ballads must have a repeating rhythm.
 * Ballads must contain a defined rhyme scheme as well as a refrainn that repeats through each stanza of the ballad.
 * Students are required to have dialogue, and this should appear in quotation marks.
 * The poem must contain three examples of similes as well as three examples of metaphors.
 * Ballads must be typed.
 * Writing a Ballad **
 * 1) Consider a topic for your poem.
 * 2) List the main events of your simple story.
 * 3) If you have characters, list the characteristics you would like them to display.
 * 4) List the main points of the setting.
 * 5) Experiment with rhyme and rhyme patterns until you find one with which you are comfortable.
 * 6) Write your first draft without focusing on rhymes and patterns. Just keep writing.
 * 7) Proof-read your poem using the following questions:
 * Do the events of my poem flow in a logical pattern?
 * Are my rhymes and rhyme patterns consistent?
 * Does my rhyme and rhythm sound forced?
 * Have I chosen the most effective verbs, adjectives, etc?

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 * //21 March//**

//We'll continue with a quick reading today...this is a poem featured in the film Coach Carter. Poetry is all around us and, when done well, can elicit more emotion than prose.//

[|Our Deepest Fear.doc]

[|**DESIDERATA.doc**]

**What do you think? Which of the two poems (Des vs. Deepest) do you find more appealing and why? For next class, I would like you to write a short response piece (minimum 250 words) outlining your choice. This should not be difficult if you include these parts:**

**Use of imagery** **Use of theme or message** **Poetic techniques (see notes)** **Were there any parts of your chosen piece where an image, emotion, experience was //suggested?// That is, left to your imagination rather than written out in details? Explain how this worked.**



Discuss: I am a Rock...What is this an example of? I am a Rock A winter's day In a deep and dark December; <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I am alone, <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Gazing from my window to the streets below <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow. <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I am a rock, <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I am an island. <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I've built walls, <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">A fortress deep and mighty, <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">That none may penetrate. <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain. <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">It's laughter and it's loving I disdain. <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I am a rock, <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I am an island. <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Don't talk of love, <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">But I've heard the words before; <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">It's sleeping in my memory. <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died. <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">If I never loved I never would have cried. <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I am a rock, <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I am an island. <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I have my books <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">And my poetry to protect me; <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I am shielded in my armor, <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Hiding in my room, safe within my womb. <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I touch no one and no one touches me. <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I am a rock, <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I am an island. <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">And a rock feels no pain; <span style="color: #474747; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: 23px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">And an island never cries.



//Music as poetry, MOW, demo slam poems//

//Student slam example//



//Silent reading// //Reviewing the terms if needed.// //Play On Activity and discuss...this is kind of thing you'll see on an exam.// //'I am' and 'Where I'm From' poems ... extended metaphor and imagery. Demo.// //These poems should be rough copied, good copied and be presentation worthy. This could mean decoration, artwork, your choice, but be ready to present to classmates.// //Silent reading// //Terms for poetry// media type="youtube" key="3u8dz50GbVk" height="390" width="640" //FInd / identify terms in 'Play On'.// '//I Am' poem -- extended metaphor...option to follow the outline, or use your own...BUT it must fall under the category of Extended Metaphor.//
 * //3 March//**
 * //2 March//**

//'Where I'm From' poem -- imagery//

//Silent reading...during this time, I would like you to write about the following:// //Imagine you are the / a main character in your book. In a short paragraph, write about the journey you have taken in your story. This writing must outline the plot of the book, but not give away the conclusion (assuming you know the conclusion).//
 * //28 February//**

//Intro to poetry...//

// We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?" Answer: that you are here; that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?//

//Discussion on poetry:// //* What is it?// //* What is the 'function' of poetry?// //* What are your 'good feelings' about poetry?// //* What are your 'bad feelings' about poetry?//

** TERMS ** // You are responsible for the following terms. Be certain that you can not only define them but that you understand them and can give examples when appropriate. // // rhyme // // hyperbole // // stanza -- verse of poetry; usually has set rhyme scheme and rhythm // // theme -- main idea or focus of a poem // // rhythm -- <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">the pattern of regular or irregular pulses caused in music by the occurrence of strong and weak melodic and harmonic beats. // // meter -- <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">arrangement of words in regularly measured, patterned, or rhythmic lines or verses. // // scansion -- <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">action of marking off of verse in metric feet. Dividing poetry in accented and unaccented sounds. // // consonance -- <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">the use of the repetition of consonants or consonant patterns as a rhyming device. // //<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'BernhardFashion BT',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">assonance -- the use of the repetition of vowel sounds or patterns as a rhyming device // // foot -- a group of syllables which creates a measure of poetry // // blank verse -- <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">unrhymed verse, esp. the unrhymed iambic pentameter most frequently used in English dramatic, epic, and reflective verse. // // couplet -- <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">a pair of successive lines of verse, esp. a pair that rhyme and are of the same length. // // internal rhyme -- <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">a rhyme created by two or more words in the same line of verse. // // free verse -- <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern. // // slant rhyme -- //<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">partial or imperfect rhyme, often using assonance or consonance only, as in dry //and// died //or// grown //and// moon. //Also called// half rhyme//,// near rhyme//,// oblique rhyme // poetic license -- breaking the 'rules' of poetry in order to create a desired effect // // diction -- the choice and arrangement of words in a poem. In effecive writing, words are chosen for their sound and meaning as well as the ideas they suggest. // // moral -- the 'lesson' of a piece of writing. A moral reduces the piece to an instruction it is giving us. // // atmosphere -- the predominant mood of a literary work // // ballad -- a poem that tells a story, similar to a folk tale or a legend //