Happy Friday everyone!
Please make sure that you use this class wisely! Items to complete: - Free writes - all of them! - Canadian poetry questions for the following poems. I'll count 2 for marks...not telling you which ones yet! 1. Ice Palace 2. Night Market 3. Dante's Ikea 4. Becoming a Writer 5. Mercy I dislike wasting paper, so here are the electronic versions of your poetry booklets and accompanying questions. I'm missing "Equal Opportunity" because I only photocopied it. Vancouver Poetry Presentations
- Lucia Nguyen - Julia Banco Canadian Poetry booklet questions - Night Market - Ice Palace - Dante's Ikea Free Writes due next class! What you will do next class: - You will write a synthesis essay. - Objectives: (1) Identify a common theme between TWO poems. These poems must come from your Canadian poetry booklet and East Van poetry booklet. (2) Use textual evidence to support your ideas. - At least 2 quotes from each poem Items to prepare next class: 1. Recipe card with synthesis essay thesis 2. Your free writes booklet (with completed free writes) 3. Canadian Poetry booklet 4. East Van Poetry booklet Making Connections Paragraph + Dante's Ikea questions Questions/Writing Prompts: Choose ONE from the options below 1. How has Asa Boxer mimicked the writing style and format of Dante Alighieri's Inferno in his poem "Dante's Ikea"? How does this aid storytelling? 2. Is "Dante's Ikea" a parody of or homage to Dante's Inferno. Explain. *homage: is a show or demonstration of respect or dedication to someone or something, sometimes by simple declaration but often by some more oblique reference, artistic or poetic. The term is often used in the arts for where one author or artist shows respect to another by allusion or imitation; this is often treated and pronounced as the French hommage. 3. In what ways is a trip to Ikea a punishing experience? How does it compare to Dante's Inferno? - Please provide at least FOUR quotations (in total) for textual evidence. - TWO from Inferno - TWO from "Dante's Ikea" Youtube clips Hello students,
Anytime you need to send me a Google document or slideshow, make sure you send it to my Google e-mail account: [email protected] You should see this profile pic. Bitmoji version of me aka. "Shinmoji" Outline of the day:
1. Finish original Vancouver poetry presentations 2. Go over questions for Ice Palace and Night Market 3. Read "Becoming a Writer" and complete the questions for HW If time... Incorporating quotes (from poetry) in writing. Richard Cory BY EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Whenever Richard Cory went down town, We people on the pavement looked at him: He was a gentleman from sole to crown, Clean favored, and imperially slim. And he was always quietly arrayed, And he was always human when he talked; But still he fluttered pulses when he said, "Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked. And he was rich--yes, richer than a king-- And admirably schooled in every grace: In fine, we thought that he was everything To make us wish that we were in his place. So on we worked, and waited for the light, And went without the meat, and cursed the bread; And Richard Cory, one calm summer night, Went home and put a bullet through his head. Today we...
- Finished Cross Grades - Re-read and discussed "Ice Palace" and "The Night Market" - Went over original Vancouver poetry assignment *I will not be in class on Tuesday October 10th, so you can work on any of the HW items below. HW items: Due Thursday October 12th 1. "Ice Palace" and "The Night Market" questions (Canadian Poetry) 2. Sadu Binning poetry free writes (East Van poetry) You should have finished the following free writes - Pauline Rankin - Michael Turner = All free writes for East Van poetry will be due October 27th 3. Original Vancouver poetry - these will be presented on October 12th Today we worked on our first cross grades of the year.
Writing prompt: People can be influenced by their environment. HW: 1) Free write for Michael Turner poetry. Please write in your writing logs (aka. spirit animal books). Identify a common theme in Turner's poetry and explain how it is applicable to real life as well as the poems. 2) Reading logs. Register any new books. |
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