Week 3.3

1. Week 3.3

2. Emily Dickinson • Read her biography on p. 546 • Then read the poem “Because I could not stop for Death” on p. 548

3. Vocabulary • Quatrain • Half/Slant Rhyme • Words that do not exactly rhyme (“chill”/ “Tulle”) • Anaphora • Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses • Ex: Good food. Good cheer. Good times. • Paradox • a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth

4. Examples of Paradox • "I'm a compulsive liar." do you believe them or not? • Can someone be both a compulsive liar yet telling the truth at the same time? • You can save money by spending it. • I'm nobody. • "What a pity that youth must be wasted on the young."-George Bernard Shaw • "I can resist anything but temptation."-Oscar Wilde • “Cruel to be kind” – Hamlet

5. Upcoming Essay • How would you answer this question about the poem? • “In an essay, discuss the feelings of the speaker and the devices the poet uses to convey those feelings.” • Jot down ideas that would answer this question as you read other Dickinson poems

6. Read a few more of Dickinson’s poem from your textbook • Discuss them in your journal using our steps • Pay particular attention to mood and tone, figurative language, punctuation – how do these express feelings? • After you have read a few more poems: • Work on original poem • Work on standing RR assignments • Required: • Discuss a poem we have not read together • Discuss a song as poetry • Choose 1 more: • Compare something we’re learning to something you’re learning in another class • Write 2 pages on one of your writing territories • Write a creative piece

7. Robert Frost • “Acquainted with the Night” • Analyze with partner – 20 min • “In an essay, discuss the feelings of the speaker and the devices the poet uses to convey those feelings.”

8. Robert Frost • “The Road Not Taken” • “In an essay, discuss the feelings of the speaker and the devices the poet uses to convey those feelings.” • Analyze and relate to your life – 20 min • When have you had to make a choice between two paths? • As you near the end of high school, what choices will you have to make?

9. Sentence Corrections – for a shiny pencil… • Whom wrote the letter? • On who was the prank pulled?

10. Sentence Corrections • Who wrote the letter? • On whom was the prank pulled? • Who = subject of the sentence • Whom = object of the sentence

11. Trick for “who” and “whom” • Replace “who” with “he” • He wrote the letter. • (He/who is the subject) • Replace “whom” with “him” • The prank was pulled on him. • (Him/whom is the object)

12. Poetry Reading Requirements • 10 points – tempo/pacing and phrasing • (pause at appropriate places) • 10 points – pitch and volume • (variety in vocal highs and lows, appropriate volume) • 10 points – enunciation/clarity • (clearly pronounce words)

13. “In an essay, discuss the feelings of the speaker and the devices the poet uses to convey those feelings.” • Thesis: (Author) uses (poetic devices) to convey (feelings) about/towards (subject). • Paraphrase poem • Explain deeper meaning • Analyze poetic devices and how they create speaker’s attitude (feelings toward subject) • Quote the poem!