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January 7, 2014

January 7, 2014. Journal Song of the day: How You Remind Me by Nickelback Quote “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.” – Robert Frost Word of the Day He was very sarcastic. Everything that he said sounded caustic and insincere.

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January 7, 2014

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  1. January 7, 2014 Journal Song of the day: How You Remind Me by Nickelback Quote “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.” – Robert Frost Word of the Day He was very sarcastic. Everything that he said sounded caustic and insincere.

  2. Caustic (adjective) • Severely critical or sarcastic

  3. Review • Consonance • Assonance • Enjambment • Couplet

  4. How You Remind Me • What is an example of assonance from this song? • What is an example of consonance?

  5. Announcements/Reminders • Talking when I’m talking…and other things. • Grades are up to date. • Young Writers and Artists Fest

  6. Song Project • Requirements: Last page of notes in your packet. • Due Date: January 24 (this is subject to change) • Questions?

  7. Narrative • Tells a story. • Sometimes, a narrative poem is the same length as a book.

  8. Ballad • Similar to a folk tale or legend and often have a repeated refrain. • A ballad is often about love and often sung. • A ballad is a story in poetic form.

  9. Ballad Born on a mountain top in Tennessee, greenest state in the land of the free  Raised in the woods so's he knew ev'ry tree, kilt him a b'ar when he was only three Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier!  Fought single-handed through the Injun War, till the Creeks was whipped an' peace was in store An' while he was handlin' this risky chore, made hisself a legend for evermore Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier!  He give his word an' he give his hand, that his Injun friends could keep their land An' the rest of his life he took the stand, that justice was due every redskin band Davy, Davy Crockett, holdin' his promise dear! He went off to Congress an' served a spell, fixin' up the Govern'ments an' laws as well Took over Washin'ton so we heered tell, an' patched up the crack in the Liberty Bell. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txcRQedoEyY

  10. Ballad of Davy Crockett Davy, Davy Crockett, seein' his duty clear!  He knew when he spoke he sounded the knell, of his hopes for White House an' fame as well But he spoke out strong so hist'ry books tell, an' patched up the crack in the Liberty Bell Davy, Davy Crockett, seein' his duty clear!  When he come home his politickin' done, the western march had just begun So he packed his gear an' his trusty gun, an' lit out grinnin' to follow the sun Davy, Davy Crockett, leadin' the pioneer! His land is biggest an' his land is best, from grassy plains to the mountain crest He's ahead of us all meetin' the test, followin' his legend into the West Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier!

  11. Allegory • A narrative having a second meaning beneath the surface one - a story with two meanings, a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning.

  12. Allegory • Examples: The Tortoise and the Hare, The Ant and the Grasshopper.

  13. Epic • Epic Poems are long, serious, poems that tell the story of a heroic figure

  14. The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow By the shore of Gitchie Gumee, By the shining Big-Sea-Water, At the doorway of his wigwam, In the pleasant Summer morning, Hiawatha stood and waited. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MUuDFeoyvM

  15. Storyboard: Charge of the Light Brigade • We will read the poem and annotate it together. • Once we are done, you have a chance to make a comic strip for what is happening, also known as a story board. • This is due tomorrow!

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