POETRY COMPARISON Year 7 Literacy 2018 Lesson Number Poem Page Lesson One: Gift of a Friend 2 Lesson Two: If I Never Knew You 7 Lesson Three: This is me 13 Lesson Four: Loser Like me 18 Lesson Five: Colours of the Wind 23 Lesson Six: God Help the Outcasts 27 Lesson Seven: You’ll be in my Heart 32 Lesson Eight: Heaven’s Light/Hellfire 36 Lesson Nine: Extension: Comparison 39 Lesson One Learning Goals To be able to define poetry. To be able to explain the use of poetry. To be able to identify the rhyme scheme To be able to identify rhyme in a poem. What is Poetry? http://education.abc.net.au/home#!/media/2116673/what-is-poetry- 1. What is Poetry? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why do people write it? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ REMEMBER what the Deputy Story Teller said about poetry: “It’s the thing that you’re doing and the way that you do it.” Or What did the poet say? How did they say it? And how effective was it? Poetic Form Poems sometimes have rules. When we study a poem, we can sometimes see that the poem follows these rules. Some of the keys elements of these rules include a) Line b) Stanza c) Rhythm d) Rhyme Watch the following video as the narrator annotates the poem and annotate the poem with her. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbH9Og1YTFo Define the following from the video or a dictionary; 2 Line ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Stanza ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Rhythm ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Rhyme ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ From Above What do I care if the trees are bare And the hills are dark And the skies are grey. What do I care for chill in the air For crows that cark At the rough wind's way. What do I care for the dead leaves there-Or the sullen road By the sullen wood. There's heart in my heart To bear my load! So enough, the day is good! Answer the following questions on the poem, “From Above”. 1. How many stanzas does this poem have? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. How many lines are in each stanza? 3 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Do any of the lines rhyme? If so what is its rhyming scheme? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Do the sentences always end at the end of a line? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Rhyme and Rhyming Schemes Rhyming words are words that sound the same at the ends, such as cat / hat, or jumping / bumping. When a poem has rhyming words at the ends of its lines, these are called “end rhymes.” Here is an example of end rhyme: My cat is nice. My cat likes mice. A “rhyme scheme” is a way of describing the pattern of end rhymes in a poem. Each new sound at the end of a line is given a letter, starting with “A,” then “B,” and so on. If an end sound repeats the end sound of an earlier line, it gets the same letter as the earlier line. Here are three slightly different cat poems, each with a different rhyme scheme. The first is AABB, the second is ABAB, and the third is ABCB): My cat is nice. My cat likes mice. My cat is fat. I like my cat. A A B B My cat is nice. My cat is fat. My cat likes mice. I like my cat. A B A B 4 My cat is gray. My cat is fat. My cat is cute. I like my cat. A B C B Now, read the following poems by Ken Nesbitt. For each poem, identify the rhyme scheme and write it below the poem. Mr. Brown the Circus Clown Mr. Brown, the circus clown puts his clothes on upside down. He wears his hat upon his toes and socks and shoes upon his nose. Rhyme scheme: _____________ My Penmanship is Pretty Bad My penmanship is pretty bad. My printing’s plainly awful. In truth, my writing looks so sad it ought to be unlawful. Rhyme scheme: _____________ All My Great Excuses I started on my homework but my pen ran out of ink. My hamster ate my homework. 5 My computers on the blink. Rhyme scheme: _____________ Today I Had a Rotten Day Today I had a rotten day. As I was coming in from play I accidentally stubbed my toes and tripped and fell and whacked my nose. Rhyme scheme: _____________ Experiment with different rhyming patterns by writing one rhyming word per line. Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 ___________a ___________ a ___________ a ___________ a ___________ a ___________ b ___________ b ___________ b ___________ b ___________ a ___________ c ___________ a ___________ b ___________ b ___________ a ___________ b ___________ b ___________ c ___________ c ___________ c Over to You Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ28LLowPKg . Apply what you know to annotate the poem Gift of a Friend in your poem booklet on page 2. Make sure to · Count the number of stanzas · Write in the rhyming scheme 6 Lesson 2 Lesson Goals To be able to identify rhyme in a poem. To be able to explain the effect the rhyming has on the reader. To be able describe a metaphor. To be able to identify a metaphor in a poem. To be able to describe what an emotional appeal is. Review of what we know Noodles I love noodles. Give me oodles. Make a mound up to the sun. Noodles are my favorite foodles. I eat noodles by the ton. 1. Annotate each line with rhyming scheme at the end of the line. 2. Write the rhyming scheme. 3. Circle the correct answer in each sentence. a. Is this poem meant to read out loud – FAST or SLOW? b. Is the tone – SERIOUS or FUN? Rhyme Find your own words that rhyme with the words below. 1. squeak 2. pray 3. sharpen 4. phone 7 5. empower 6. helpful 7. strange 8. motion 9. puddle 10. note Watch the following before reading the poem on the next page. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJjaQExOPPY 8 Beavers in November by Marilyn Singer This stick That stick here there Mud, more mud, add mud, good mud That stick This stick here there Mud, more mud, add mud, good mud You pat I gnaw I pile You store This stick That stick here there Mud, more mud, add mud, good mud You guard I pack I dig You stack That stick This stick here there Mud, more mud, add mud, good mud I trim You mold To keep Out cold This stick That stick here there Mud, more mud, add mud, good mud 9 1. What are the rhyming words in this poem? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What do the rhyming words do to your attention? Or what is the effect on the audience? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What is the effect of the repetition and the spacing? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. How does the layout effect the way you read the poem aloud? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 10 SIMILES AND METAPHORS A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two different things. The simile is usually in a phrase that begins with "as" or "like." · · · The dog was as big as a horse. The night was as black as coal. The knife was as sharp as a razor. This is different from a metaphor, which is a comparison that says something is something else. · · · The horse of a dog jumped at me. I walked out of the house into the coal black night. The knife that Mum gave me was razor sharp. SIMILES IN POP CULTURE Watch Video from start to 3-minute mark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GLSsX7Rg2s&list=PLuW7pxrVNqLKzzhzhBQKiCPldqrhXe35j Listen to the songs and fill in the gaps. 1. Like a room without a _____ 2. It _________ down like pain 3. Can we pretend that the _____________ in the night sky are like ____________________. 4. Do you ever feel like a plastic ____________ 5. Like a ______________of cards 6. You with your words like _________________ 7. She acts like _______________ and walks like _______ She listens like __________ and she talks like ____________ 8.It’s been a hard day’s night And I’ve been working like a ______________ It’s been a hard day’s night I should be sleeping like a _____________ 11 10. With reference to number 6 and 8 from above, compare the use of the similes. What do the similes mean? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 11. What do they make you feel/think of? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 12. Do you think they are effective in communicating the message? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Metaphor A metaphor is a figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common. Unlike a simile, where two things are compared directly using like or as, a metaphor's comparison is more indirect by stating something is something else. 12 Comparing a Simile and a Metaphor Sisters by Janet Wong She calls me tofu because I am so soft easily falling apart. I wish I were tough and full of fire, like ginger – like her. 1. In stanza 1 the poet uses a metaphor to say the sister calls her tofu. Why is she called tofu? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. In stanza 2 the poet uses a simile to say her sister is like ginger. How is her sister like ginger? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Annotate the poem, “If I Never Knew You” on page 4 of your poem booklet · Numbering the stanzas · Writing in the rhyming scheme · Identify and underline the metaphor in stanza 2. · Can you identify 2 other metaphors? Lesson 3 Lesson Goals To be able to identify a metaphor in a poem and to explain the effect it has on the reader. To be able to identify the emotion being appealed to and the effect on the reader. Watch video on the figurative language used in Disney. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be2BR8fNZ_Q 13 Literary Term Definition and example Simile The repetitive use of the same sound eg Big, Bold and Beautiful Hyperbole Extreme exaggeration egI can eat an elephant Metaphor Painting a picture with words eg I’m just a little black rain cloud Personification Give human traits to non human things e.g candlesticks can sing Alliteration Using the same letter/sound repetitively. eg Down in the dumps Onamatopeia Words that make the sound. Chimchimeny chimchimeney, chimchim cheroo Repetition Hercules, Hercules We are concentrating on Metaphors today 1. Compare these sentences 2. For each metaphor draw what you see in your head when you read it. Normal text Metaphor 1. Maddy is really good to other people. Maddy has a heart of gold 2. Sachin is a walking encyclopedia Sachin knows a lot of stuff 3. I love listening to Ariana Grande Ariana Grande’s voice is music to my ears 4. It’s raining cats and dogs It’s raining a lot Drawing 14 3. Does drawing the picture help you understand what the metaphors look like in your head? Can you explain your answer? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Refer to the last lesson, and in your own words, explain what a metaphor is. Give an example of a metaphor. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Now let’s read today’s poem This is me on page 6 of your poem booklet. a. Can identify any metaphors used? b. Read it once as a poem and then go back and annotate any metaphors you see on your second read. “I am not a stranger to the dark” is a metaphor used in the song 6. What does the literal (real) meaning of dark mean? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 15 7. How would you feel if you met a stranger in the dark on a cold, rainy night in a laneway full of swirling rubbish? Brainstorm some words with your teacher so that your answer paints a picture of your feelings. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. We would say that dark is being used figuratively in the song. What does figurative mean? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. What emotions do you think the writers of the poem wanted the reader to feel when they used “stranger in the dark? Think of what you have just written. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 16 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Can you see any other metaphors in the poem? Write them below. Can you explain what they might mean? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be2BR8fNZ_Q 11. Does this change the way you think about the poem? Does this change the way you think about the poem? What emotions do you think this poem is appealing to? Can you explain in your own words how adding music to the words changes the impact? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Lesson 4. To be able to identify a figurative language in a poem and to explain the effect it has on the reader. To be able to identify an allusion in a poem To be able to identify the emotion being appealed to and the effect on the reader. 17 An allusion is a figure of speech that makes a reference to a place, person, or event. This can be real or imaginary and may refer to anything, including fiction, folklore, historical events, or religious manuscripts. This is an example of Allusion. Watch this video . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be2BR8fNZ_Q It is a rap that explains figurative language, (Language that paints pictures) Here is the first part of the text of the rap. Meet Will, a youngin' with an old soul, An emcee who wants to be the next to blow. Imagine: he's in a dark room in Manhattan, Scrapping, scribbling on napkins, Trying to make a living off rapping, But skills, he lacked them. Nobody thought that it would happen, Until one day, Will switches his style, Gets deep, and his wordplay gets witty and wild. He used to sound so embarrassing, Now peep all the metaphors and comparisons. His life is a highway, but he'd confess, He has a plan but needs a GPS. He's using references and allusions, A lyrical Houdini, creating illusions. Dolphins in '72 - he won't lose, Up by the first alarm, he's not snoozing. You'll be amazed by every phrase, He will come correct with the wordplay. Literal lines that block his way, He will come correct with the wordplay. (x2) 18 1. How has the artist used popular culture (rap music) to inform the audience? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What audience to you think the artist is appealing to? Explain your answer ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Can you explain in your own words what you think an allusion is? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Can you work out what these examples are alluding to? Turn and Talk and have a guess! Allusion Examples in Rap I’m full strength like a Cyclops‘s eye drops, I got support like high-tops. – Ugly Duckling, Left Behind. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 19 “The side lines is lined with casualties Who sip the life casually, then gradually become worse Don’t bite the apple, Eve” -Jay-Z ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ “Now who’s the boss? Not Tony Danza.” -Malik B of the Roots ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ “Coming from the deep black like the Loch Ness, now bring apocalypse like the Heart of Darkness.” – Talib Kweli ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ “My rep grows like the nose of Pinocchio, Just because I’ve mastered the art of braggadocio.” -Akrobatik ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ “This is the point of no return and nobody can stop it Malcolm Little when he knelt before Elijah Muhammad The comet that killed the dinosaurs, changing the earth” –Immortal Technique ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 20 “Tonedeff’s slays giants, as if my legal name’s David.” -Tonedeff ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Read the poem Loser Like Me on page 8 of the poem booklet. Brainstorm some adjectives that you can record below that would describe how you would feel if you were one of the ‘freaks.’ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ What do you think the writer is alluding to when he used the words “Freak show? ” Explain your answer. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Watch this video to see the poem as a song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIvleB5fF78 Have a think about our poem from the last lesson “This is me” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjxugyZCfuw Think about the poem, the film clip and all the characters in the film. 21 Now we know about Allusion and Freak shows. What do you think the whole song is alluding to? Explain your answer. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Enrichment tasks for those who have finished ‘I’m a freak show’ is an allusion to old fashioned Freak shows found in circuses. These were exhibitions of live human curiosities that appeared in travelling fairs, circuses and taverns in England since the 1600s. These included so-called giants, dwarves, fat people, the very thin, conjoined twins (twins born joined together) and even people from faraway places. Freak shows were a particularly popular form of entertainment during the Victorian period (1860s to 1900) when people from all classes flocked to stare and laugh at these unusual examples of human life. Below are links to real posters that were shown to advertise these shows. Fat Lady https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be2BR8fNZ_Q Midgets http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/bodies/freak/large5075.html Tatooed Greek http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/bodies/freak/large5075.html Conjoined Twins http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/bodies/large4802.html Watson’s Living Curiosities http://www.bl.uk/learning/images/bodies/large4802.html 22 LESSON 5 Lesson Goal Identify an ALLUSION in a poem and EXPLAIN its EFFECT on the audience Identify a METAPHOR in a poem and EXPLAIN its EFFECT on the audience Identify the EMOTION being APPEALED to and the EFFECT on the reader Identify and describe IMAGERY EXPLAIN the impact the use of IMAGERY has on the audience WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW: Allusion An allusion is when a person or author makes an indirect reference in speech, text, or song to an event or figure. Often the allusions made are to past events or figures, but sometimes allusions are made to current famous people or events. e.g. Your backyard is a Garden of Eden. (Biblical allusion) Don't be a Scrooge! (reference to A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens) Metaphor A metaphor is a way of saying something that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common. A metaphor's comparison states something is something else: e.g. The snow is a white blanket. The hospital was a refrigerator. The classroom was a zoo. Laughter is the music of the soul. The stars are sparkling diamonds. Emotion A strong feeling coming from one's circumstances, mood, or relationships with others e.g. love jealousy joy frustration hate anger despair New Information: Imagery Visually descriptive or symbolic language, especially in a literary work: e.g. He fumed and charged like an angry bull. The eerie silence was shattered by her scream. She could hear the footsteps of doom nearing. 23 A study of the poem: “Colours Of the Wind” on page 10 of poem booklet. 1. Based on the title, ‘Colours of the Wind’ what do you think the poem might be about? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Listen to the teacher read the poem and follow along with the text. What do you think the poem is about? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Now read and annotate the poem for yourself. Can you identify any allusions, metaphors or imagery? 4. Can you give any examples to support your idea of what this poem is about? (i.e. allusions, metaphors and imagery) ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Watch this YouTube video. https://youtu.be/O9MvdMqKvpU What emotional appeal is being made by the author? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 24 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Why do you think this “poem” was chosen/created for the film? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Read and annotate the following description of Rousseau's Noble Savage for new vocabulary. The idea of ‘Noble Savage’ was first used in Europe during the 1700’s. It describes the idea of a simple life which is pure, natural and without technology. The philosopher Rousseau felt that European societies were complicated and industrial. The ‘Noble Savage’ was seen to be innocent, free and not corrupted by modern life. By referring to Native American Indians as ‘ignorant savages’ what is being said about Pocahontas and her people? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 25 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. What effect do you think the use of the allusion “ignorant savage” has on the audience? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. What effect do you think the use of the metaphors “blue corn moon”, “grinning bobcat” and “voices of the mountains” has on the audience? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 10. What effect do you think the use of the imagery “wolf crying to the blue corn moon” has on the audience? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 26 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 11. What do you feel about this poem? Does the emotional appeal work? Why? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Lesson 6 Learning Goal To be able to identify repetition in a poem and explain its effect on the reader. To be able to identify an allusion in a poem and explain its effect on the audience. To be able to identify the emotion being appealed to and the effect on the reader. To be able to identify similarities and differences between the uses of repetition across different poems. 1. What is an allusion? How do they work? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ New Information Repetition The use of repetition in a poem is when something which has already been said or written is repeated a number of times. This draws attention to the item and emphasises its importance. Often the 27 repetitions made in poems are of particular phrases (a small group of words which present an idea) or images (to make them stand out more) e.g. Because I’m happy ( https://youtu.be/ZbZSe6N_BXs ) Pharrell Williams - Happy You are better now ( https://youtu.be/-yHoa4MR0W4 ) Post Malone – Better Now 2. The title of this poem is “God Help the Outcasts” (page 12 of poem booklet). Based on the title, what do you think the poem is about? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Read and annotate the poem. 4. Can you see any repetition of words, phrases or ideas? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What is the repetition in this poem? What is it highlighting about people? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Identify an allusion or identify the emotion that is being appealed to in the text. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 28 7. Now, listen to your teacher read the poem. What is the poem actually about? What is the author asking for? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEEpavnk7Uw 9. From whom are they asking for help? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 10. What do you call this? (When you ask God for help). ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 11. What is the main emotion the person is displaying in this poem? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 12. What emotional appeal do you think the author is making? Why? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 13. What impact does this emotional appeal have on you as the reader? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 29 14. Who is the “You” the author is referring to? Why do they always have a capital letter? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 15. How is this an allusion? What are they referring to? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 16. What impact does the allusion have on you as the reader? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 17. Compare the repetition in “God Help the Outcasts” to the repetition in “This is me”. What phrase/words are being repeated in each text? God Help the Outcasts This is me 30 18. Do they have the same impact on the audience? Why/why not? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 19. Highlight the comparative conjunctions in each sentence frame. Function Sample Sentence Frames Similarities ___ and ___ both have ___. Both ___ and ___ are ___. ___ and ___ are the same because ___. ___ also has ___. ___ is like ___ because ___. Similarly, ___ is ___. ___ is similar to ___ in many ways because ___ and ___. Whereas ___ is ___, ___ is ___ and ___. ___ and ___ are alike because ___. ___ is just as difficult as ___ because ___. Differences ___ is ___different than ___ because ___. ___ is ___, but ___ is ___. Although ___ has ___, ___ has ___. ___ is ___. However, ___ is ___. ___ is ___. On the other hand, ___ is ___. Even though ___ has ___, ___ has ___. ___ and ___ differ because ___. ___ is unlike ___ because ___. ___ has ___, yet ___ has ___. ___ is ___. On the contrary, ___ is ___. Despite having ___, ___ is different because ___. One variation between ___ and ___ is that ___ has ___. 31 20. Choose three comparative sentence starters to explain the similarities and differences of the use of repetition in “God Help the Outcasts” and “This is me”. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ LESSON 7 Lesson Goal Identify REPETITION in a poem and EXPLAIN its EFFECT on the audience Identify the EMOTION being APPEALED to and the EFFECT on the reader Identify and EXPLAIN the impact the use of IMAGERY has on the audience Define and describe JUXTAPOSITION WHAT WE ALREADY KNOW: Repetition The use of repetition in a poem is when something which has already been said or written is repeated a number of times. This draws attention to the item and emphasises its importance. Often the repetitions made in poems are of particular phrases (a small group of words which present an idea) or images (to make them stand out more) Emotion A strong feeling coming from one's circumstances, mood, or relationships with others e.g. Imagery love jealousy joy frustration hate anger despair Visually descriptive or symbolic language, especially in a literary work: e.g. He fumed and charged like an angry bull. The eerie silence was shattered by her scream. She could hear the footsteps of doom nearing. 32 New Information Juxtaposition When two things are seen or placed close together with contrasting effect - This act compares and contrasts the two elements and can show irony, humour or sadness. e.g. beauty and ugliness good and bad hot and cold success and failure young and old weakness and strength despair and hope A study of the poem: “You’ll Be In My Heart” from page 14 of the poem booklet 1. Based on the title, what do you think the poem might be about? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Listen to the teacher read the poem and follow along with the text. What do you think the poem is about? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Now read and annotate the poem for yourself. Can you identify any repetitions, metaphors or imagery? What about juxtapositions? 4. What examples can you give to support your idea of what this poem is about? (i.e. repetitions, allusions, metaphors and juxtapositions) ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 33 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Watch this YouTube video ( https://youtu.be/RYzy8RMGaL0 ) What emotion do you think the author is appealing to? Give examples to support your answer? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Why do you think this “poem” was chosen/created for the film? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 34 7. What effect do you think the use of the repetition of “you’ll be in my heart” has on the audience? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. What effect do you think the juxtaposition between weakness and strength “for one so small, you seem so strong” has on the audience? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. What effect do you think the use of the imagery “when destiny calls, you must be strong” has on the audience? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 10. What do you feel about this poem? Does the emotional appeal work? Why? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 35 Lesson 8 Lesson goals To be able to describe symbolism. To be able to identify symbols in a poem. To be able to identify juxtaposition in a poem. To be able to identify the effect juxtaposition has on the audience. To be able to identify an allusion in a poem and explain its effect on the audience. To be able to identify imagery in a poem and explain the impact the use of imagery has on the audience. 1. What is symbolism? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Vwek28P9Gk An apple represents __________________ in the story of Adam and Eve. In the story of Snow White, it represents _________________. To Isaac Newton is represented his discovery of __________________________________________. Symbolism is a ________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________. Authors use symbolism to ___________________ deeper ideas without having to _______ them. 2. Read the story below on William Tell. What might the apple represent in this story? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ On 18 November 1307, Tell visited Altdorf with his young son. He passed by the hat, but publicly refused to bow to it, and was consequently arrested. Gessler was intrigued by Tell's famed marksmanship, but resentful of his defiance, so he devised a cruel punishment. Tell and his son were both to be executed; however, he could redeem his life by shooting an apple off the head of his son Walter in a single attempt. Tell split the apple with a bolt from his crossbow. Gessler then noticed that Tell had removed two crossbow bolts from his quiver, so he asked why. Tell was reluctant to answer, but Gessler promised that he would not kill him; he replied that, had he killed his son, he would have killed Gessler with the second bolt. Gessler was furious and ordered Tell to be bound, saying that he had promised to spare his life, but would imprison him for the remainder of his life. 3. Now read the poems Heaven’s Light and Hellfire (pages 16 and 17 of the poem booklet). Can you identify the symbols for love and lust? Love: __________________________________________________________________________ Lust: __________________________________________________________________________ 36 4. The symbol for love appeared in which poem? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Therefore, the symbol for lust appeared in ______________________________. 6. Review: What is juxtaposition? ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. Watch the video, how are the two poems juxtaposed in this film? (Video on T-Drive/Clickview/Youtube) ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. How does this make you feel about each character? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. Now, re-read the two poems. What impact does the juxtaposition have on the audience? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Review: What is an allusion? _____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 11. Re-read the poem Hellfire. In the ninth stanza, it says “Don’t let this siren cast her spell.” What do you think a siren is? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 37 12. In Greek mythology, the Sirens were dangerous creatures, who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and singing voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island. Based on this definition, what do you think the author is alluding to when they say “Don’t let this siren cast her spell.”? What do they not want to happen? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 13. What effect does this allusion have on the audience? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 14. Review: What is imagery? _______________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 15. How is imagery used in this poem? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 16. What effect does it have on the audience? ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ 38 Lesson 9 Extension Lesson Goals To identify examples of each literary technique from every poem. To write comparative sentences discussing similarities and differences between the use and effect of the literary techniques. 1. Fill in the table with an example of each literacy technique from each poem. Technique Gift of a Friend If I Never Knew You This is me Loser like me Colours of the Wind God help the Outcasts You’ll be in my heart Heaven ’s light / Hellfire Metaphor Repetition Imagery 39 Allusion Rhyme Symbolism 40 Emotional Appeal Juxtapositio n 41