Bell Ringer 1/17

1. Bell Ringer 1/17 • Please get out your books and turn to pg. 910. • We will be watching a short video and then answering the following question: • What factors made Harlem the ideal place for a “rebirth” of African-American literature? • Pd. 1

2. Bell Ringer 1/17 • Please come up with a definition for the following literary term: • Imagery • Be ready to discuss this when class begins. • Pd. 2

3. Bell Ringer 1/17 • Please sit with your partner and get out your paragraph response to the following prompt: • Does Ezra Pound actually create the kind of poetry he describes in “A Few Don’ts by an Imagiste?” • Write a thorough paragraph that answers the question. • Give at least 3 pieces of evidence from the poem (including explanation) to support your answer. • You will also need to use some material from “A Few Don’ts by an Imagiste.” • Pd. 3

4. Bell Ringer 1/16 • Please get out your Imagist Poetry Packet so that we can pick up with our discussion. • Make sure you have completed all the sections for the poems (at least the ones we got to with our partners). • Pd. 4, 7, 9

5. English III • EQ: How can we give strong and thorough evidence for our inferences and conclusions about the poetry of the Harlem Renaissance? • Agenda • Bell Ringer/Discussion • Agenda/EQ • The Rise of the Harlem Renaissance (video) • The Harlem Renaissance (pg. 910) • Dust Tracks on a Road by Z.N. Hurston

6. EQ Vocabulary • Inference: a conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning. • Conclusion: a judgment or decision reached by reasoning.

7. English III • EQ: How can we use strong and thorough textual evidence to support what imagist poetry says both explicitly and implicitly? • Agenda • Bell Ringer • Agenda/EQ • Imagist Poetry • The River Merchant’s Wife: A Letter • Examining Other Imagists • William Carlos Williams, H.D.

8. Imagist Poetry Criteria List • Direct treatment of the “thing” • Use no word that does not contribute to presentation (all words reveal something) • Compose in sequence of the musical phrase, not a metronome • The rhythm should flow from one line to the next • Give feelings of liberation or sudden growth • Use concrete images, no abstractions • Avoid writing philosophic poetry • Present the image, don’t describe • Use surprising rhyme • Find the exact word that will achieve your goal

9. The River Merchant’s Wife: A Letter • With your group members, read “The River Merchant’s Wife: A Letter” • Using our list of Imagist Poetry Criteria, answer the following question: • Does Ezra Pound actually create the kind of poetry he describes in “A Few Don’ts by an Imagiste?” • Write a thorough paragraph that answers the question. • Give at least 3 pieces of evidence from the poem (including explanation) to support your answer. • You will also need to use some material from “A Few Don’ts by an Imagiste.”

10. Bell Ringer 1/17 • Please get out your Pacing Prompt Response so that I can check it.

11. Creative Writing • EQ: How do authors use pace and sequence to build a vivid, engaging, coherent story that works towards a particular tone and outcome? • Agenda • Bell Ringer • Agenda/EQ • Pacing Prompt • Sharing Responses

12. Pacing Prompt • Have a character experienceor witness a crime. • Choose a small time crime (no violence); it could be as simple as someone accidentally short-changing a customer. • But perhaps a character sees this, overreacts, and vows to avenge the cheated customer by doing something drastic. • How will the character react? Does the character meet the criminal at all? Does she follow the criminal? Does the victim ever play a role? Ask lots of questions. • Write a 1 page, front & back story that includes the crime and the main characters reaction, you must have 1 section that is deliberately fast paced (the crime) and 1 section that is deliberately slowed down (the scene before or after the crime).

13. Pacing Prompt Peer Review • Name of Partner: • Story Summary (1-2 sentences): • Fast Paragraph • What did they do to speed it up? • What could they to make it faster? • Slow Paragraph • What did they do to slow it down? • What could they do to make it slower?