Monday, November 19th, 2007

Mrs. Navejar

Literacy For Your Future

Make and BreakYou will match questions with the

appropriate answers1. Break into groups2. Group leader, pick up one strip

each for your group3. Pick up handouts for each member

of your group

Make and Break Directions

Read each question and look for the strip (paragraph) that best answers the question.

Handout (white sheet of paper) Write your name on the top Write each answer under the question Put handout in your folder

English 10/ Grammar- page 272

Hard to find subjects Practice

Identify the verb and the subject in the following sentences

Am I a spy in the land of the living?

In the place of an arm, there grew a wing.

English 10/ Grammar- page 272

Hard to find subjects Practice

Identify the verb and the subject in the following sentences

v s Am I a spy in the land of the living?

In the place of an arm, there grew a wing.

Grammar- page 272

Hard to find subjects Practice

Identify the verb and the subject in the following sentences

v s Am I a spy in the land of the living?

v In the place of an arm, there grew a

wing. s

English 10/ Reader’s Log

Turn to page 264 Review Data Analysis findings

We need to focus on Grammar Comprehension Reading Strategy Literary analysis

Reader’s Log

Connect Write down one song that makes you feel

“something”. How does this song make you feel?

Background Read the paragraph Write down one sentence that is important

Literary Analysis Tone Musical Devices

Reading Strategy Respond to the images and ideas

Immersed in Words Chart

Conscientious Objector, by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Turn to page 266 Before you read

In “Conscientious Objector,” the proud, determined speaker refuses to cooperate in any way—passive or active—with the forces of death. Through allusions and figurative language, Millay communicates a timeless portrait of an individual who accepts that evil forces exist in the world but refuses to surrender to them.

Read the poem 3 times Decide what “instrument” could best express its

rhythm, content and tone. Support your ideas with details from the text.

Conscientious Objector, by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Identify the way s that the poet immediately establishes a serious, determined tone.

Conscientious Objector, by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Identify the ways that the poet immediately establishes a serious, determined tone.

The directness of the statement and the use of the word “shall” give the opening line a very serious tone, as if the speaker is making a proclamation.

A Man,by Nina Cassian

Turn to page 267 Read the poem three times Consider the following questions

What was the man doing when he lost his arm?

A Man,by Nina Cassian

Turn to page 267 Read the poem three times Consider the following questions

What was the man doing when he lost his arm?

The man was fighting for his country What does this suggest about the

kind of person he is?

A Man,by Nina Cassian

Turn to page 267 Read the poem three times Consider the following questions

What was the man doing when he lost his arm?

The man was fighting for his country What does this suggest about the kind of

person he is? It suggests that he is a brave and selfless man.

Review and Assess- Group

In “Conscientious Objector,” what are two things the speaker will not do?

Why do you think the speaker will not tell the whereabouts of others?

Review and Assess- Group

In “Conscientious Objector,” what are two things the speaker will not do? The speaker will not help Death locate

or conquer its victims. Why do you think the speaker

will not tell the whereabouts of others?

Review and Assess- Group

In “Conscientious Objector,” what are two things the speaker will not do? The speaker will not help Death locate or

conquer its victims. Why do you think the speaker will

not tell the whereabouts of others? The speaker won’t tell where they are because

he or she does not believe in cooperating with death.

Review and assess- Group

What does the man who lost his arm now “set himself to do”?

What does the poet suggest about him in saying that his arm was replaced by a wing?

Review and assess- Group

What does the man who lost his arm now “set himself to do”? He sets himself to do everything with

twice as much enthusiasm. What does the poet suggest

about him in saying that his arm was replaced by a wing?

Review and assess- Group

What does the man who lost his arm now “set himself to do”? He sets himself to do everything with twice as

much enthusiasm. What does the poet suggest about

him in saying that his arm was replaced by a wing? The poet suggests that he has transcended

his injury. Transcended means to go beyond a limit or

range

The Weary Bluesby Langston Hughes

About this selection Hughes captures the languid repetition

and syncopation of the blues by using long sentences punctuated with sorter one. The repeated o and oo sound echo the crooning of the blues singer. Like a story within a story, the poem conveys the “blues” of the life of a blues musician.

Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit”

Listen to Billie Holiday sing, “Strange Fruit” Read along as she sings What is she singing about What is the tone of the poem? Pick a few words Holiday sings that influences the tone.

Southern trees bear strange fruit,Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.

Pastoral scene of the gallant south,The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth,Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh,Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.

Here is fruit for the crows to pluck,For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop,Here is a strange and bitter crop.

The Weary Bluesby Langston Hughes

Turn to page 268 Listen to Muddy Waters sing “Take the

Bitter with the Sweet” as you Read “The Weary Blues” three times

Describe the tone of the poem. Identify the words in this passage that help to convey this tone. The tone of this poem is relaxed and sad.

Words such as poor piano, moan, rickety stool, and sad raggy tune help to convey this tone.

Review and Asses- Group

What words does Hughes use to describe the way the man plays the piano?

Based on these descriptions, how would you describe the personality of the piano player?

Review and Asses- Group

What words does Hughes use to describe the way the man plays the piano? Hughes uses words such as drowsy,

syncopated, moan, sad, and raggy. Based on these descriptions,

how would you describe the personality of the piano player?

Review and Asses- Group

What words does Hughes use to describe the way the man plays the piano? Hughes uses words such as drowsy, syncopated, moan, sad, and raggy.

Based on these descriptions, how would you describe the personality of the piano player? The piano player is probably easy-going

and melancholy.

Jazz Fantasiaby Carl Sandburg

Turn to page 270 Listen to “When the

Saints Go Marching In” Read “Jazz Fantasia”

3 times Identify a few words

in the poem that indicates Sandburg's enjoyment of jazz music

Word from poem

Indicates Sandburg’s enjoyment of music

Ooze

Jazz Fantasiaby Carl Sandburg

Tone Compare the tone

of this poem with that of “The Weary Blues.”

“The Weary Blues” “Jazz Fantasia”

Review and Assess

Turn to page 271 Answer questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, and

10

Grammar page 272

Identify the verb and the subject

Under the gas light swayed the musician

What did the jazzmen play?

Grammar page 272

Identify the verb and the subject V

Under the gas light swayed the S

musician.

What did the jazzmen play?

Grammar page 272

Identify the verb and the subject V

Under the gas light swayed the S

musician.

What did the jazzmen play?

Verb

Subject