CONTINUE WITH KEYSTONE PRACTICE
REVIEW WRITING 1
REVEIW FORMAT : LINK:
TAKE TEST 2- Wednesday, 2/12
To do:
1. Keystone practice
-Review essay 1
2. Take test 2 - both parts
3. Go over two poems
4. Assign homework
To do:
1. Keystone practice
-Review essay 1
2. Take test 2 - both parts
3. Go over two poems
4. Assign homework
Goal: Poetry Analysis
Part 1
"The Wind Tapped"
Goal: Students will analyze poetry
Students will interpret and make conclusions about the meanings and structure of the poems
Students will be introduced to different structures/ formats of poetry: sonnet, haiku
Terms: Figurative language, simile, metaphor, personification, imagry
Students will read poems that contain imagery, metaphoric comparisons,
3 Poems:
The Wind Tapped Like a Tired Man - Dickinson
Generations-Lowell
Fueled-Hans (will be covered in class on Wednesday, 2/12)
I. The WIND TAPPED LIKE A TIRE MAN
1. Students will discuss imagery, personification and the overall metaphor discussed in the poem
IV. Students will read a selection by another author who is famous for her use of imagery: Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
-Regarded as one of America's greatest poets
(1830- 1886) Amherst, Massachusetts
-As a young girl she was sociable, However, as she got older she became withdrawn and avoided all contact with strangers
-Recluse - lived with her family, rarely left her home, never married
-wrote 1,775 poems - only 7 were published during her lifetime.
1.PRE-READING: Discuss the following scene: Imagine being home alone at night and it is very windy. What do you hear? What do you imagine?
- Students will read the poem (Pg 669 in text and pg 8 in the packet)
-Students will discuss imagery, personification and similies used in the poem
Answer the Following Questions:
1. Who or what is the "Guest" who enters the speaker's residence?
2. Who is the host?
3. What impression does the Wind present in the poem?
4. What does Dickinson say about the Guest's speech?
5. Look up the meaning of "flurry" Is flurriedly a good adverb to apply to the guest in the poem?
6. Dickinson makes the dash stand for many things--comma, period, semicolon, and even missing words that must be understood. How would punctuation change your interpretation
7. What is the author's emotional state?
8. Poetic devices: What did you find? list with page numbers.
9. what types of figurative language are central to the theme and tone of this poem?
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II. GENERATIONS- LOWELL
III. Compare and contrast the attitudes of the two authors
Both poems contain figurative "cycles"
What are the author's describing?
_______________________________________________________________ Homework for Thursday:
Speaker and Tone
Samuel Allen(1917- present)
-Born in Columbus, Ohio
-Law degree from Harvard University
-Eventually concentrated in writing and became a college professor of African Literature
-His poem, "To Satch" is about Satchell Paige, Legendary black baseball pitcher -1948
-He had one of the longest professional baseball careers in history.
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Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige (July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who became a legend in his own lifetime by being known as perhaps the best pitcher in baseball history, by his longevity in the game, and by attracting record crowds wherever he pitched.
Paige was a right-handed pitcher, and at age 42 in 1948, he was the oldest major league rookie while playing for the Cleveland Indians.
-Played in the Major Leagues until 1966. He played in the World Series in 1948
Questions:
1. How does the speaker say he feels?
2. What does the speaker say he will do?
3. The poem presents a picture in words to help convey tone. What are the three sections in the poem that contain verbal imagery?
4. What is the speaker's tone?
5. Write out the line of one hyperbole
6. Write out a line that contains alliteration
Students will interpret and make conclusions about the meanings and structure of the poems
Students will be introduced to different structures/ formats of poetry: sonnet, haiku
Terms: Figurative language, simile, metaphor, personification, imagry
Students will read poems that contain imagery, metaphoric comparisons,
3 Poems:
The Wind Tapped Like a Tired Man - Dickinson
Generations-Lowell
Fueled-Hans (will be covered in class on Wednesday, 2/12)
I. The WIND TAPPED LIKE A TIRE MAN
1. Students will discuss imagery, personification and the overall metaphor discussed in the poem
IV. Students will read a selection by another author who is famous for her use of imagery: Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
-Regarded as one of America's greatest poets
(1830- 1886) Amherst, Massachusetts
-As a young girl she was sociable, However, as she got older she became withdrawn and avoided all contact with strangers
-Recluse - lived with her family, rarely left her home, never married
-wrote 1,775 poems - only 7 were published during her lifetime.
1.PRE-READING: Discuss the following scene: Imagine being home alone at night and it is very windy. What do you hear? What do you imagine?
- Students will read the poem (Pg 669 in text and pg 8 in the packet)
-Students will discuss imagery, personification and similies used in the poem
Answer the Following Questions:
1. Who or what is the "Guest" who enters the speaker's residence?
2. Who is the host?
3. What impression does the Wind present in the poem?
4. What does Dickinson say about the Guest's speech?
5. Look up the meaning of "flurry" Is flurriedly a good adverb to apply to the guest in the poem?
6. Dickinson makes the dash stand for many things--comma, period, semicolon, and even missing words that must be understood. How would punctuation change your interpretation
7. What is the author's emotional state?
8. Poetic devices: What did you find? list with page numbers.
9. what types of figurative language are central to the theme and tone of this poem?
________________________________________
II. GENERATIONS- LOWELL
Students will be introduced to Amy Lowell
1874-1925
Popular at the end of the 19th century.
Brooklyn Massachusetts- Lived in the family mansion.
Spent years reading, studying and writing poetry before joining a group of radical poets called "imagists" led by Ezra Pound
She used precise, concrete images, free verse and sugggestion.
Popular at the end of the 19th century.
Brooklyn Massachusetts- Lived in the family mansion.
Spent years reading, studying and writing poetry before joining a group of radical poets called "imagists" led by Ezra Pound
She used precise, concrete images, free verse and sugggestion.
Famous for her readings and lectures, as well as poetry.
1926- Won Pulitzer Prize after her death for her writing
A pioneer of the Imagist movement
Influenced by haiku poets, the Imagists focused on a single, precisely presented image.
Answer the following:
1. Poetic devices: list all and include page numbers
2. What types of figurative language are central to the theme and tone of this poem?
3. List lines that contain physical imagery
4. To what 3 attributes of the beech-tree does the speaker compare the listener?
5. Who is the poet addressing in the selection?
6. What if the speaker and the person being addressed were reversed?
7. Describe the beech tree's physical appearance/ movements
III. Compare and contrast the attitudes of the two authors
Both poems contain figurative "cycles"
What are the author's describing?
_______________________________________________________________ Homework for Thursday:
Speaker and Tone
Samuel Allen(1917- present)
-Born in Columbus, Ohio
-Law degree from Harvard University
-Eventually concentrated in writing and became a college professor of African Literature
-His poem, "To Satch" is about Satchell Paige, Legendary black baseball pitcher -1948
-He had one of the longest professional baseball careers in history.
-
Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige (July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who became a legend in his own lifetime by being known as perhaps the best pitcher in baseball history, by his longevity in the game, and by attracting record crowds wherever he pitched.
Paige was a right-handed pitcher, and at age 42 in 1948, he was the oldest major league rookie while playing for the Cleveland Indians.
-Played in the Major Leagues until 1966. He played in the World Series in 1948
Questions:
1. How does the speaker say he feels?
2. What does the speaker say he will do?
3. The poem presents a picture in words to help convey tone. What are the three sections in the poem that contain verbal imagery?
4. What is the speaker's tone?
5. Write out the line of one hyperbole
6. Write out a line that contains alliteration
7. Satchel Paige once said, "How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?" How does this quote relate to the poem? Explain the quote
8. How is the tone influenced by writing it in an ordinary conversation?
11.A.2.4.1 Identify main ideas and supporting details from the text
11.B.2.1.1 Interpret personification, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, satire imagery, foreshadowing and irony
11.A.2.4.1 Identify main ideas and supporting details from the text
11.B.2.1.1 Interpret personification, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, satire imagery, foreshadowing and irony
