Smart Start

Place your completed project on the top right hand corner of your desk.

Take out a clean piece of notebook paper. DO NOT WRITE ON THE NOTEBOOK PAPER YET.

Take the next 3 minutes to silently study for your Week 1 Vocabulary Quiz.

Quiz Preparation

Write your first/last name, class period, and the date (Sept. 8).

Title the paper, “Week 1 Vocabulary Quiz”.

Fill in the blank with the vocabulary word that best completes the sentence.

Week 1 Vocabulary Quiz

1. Questions raised during the press meetings will cause _____________

2. Albert Einstein is most known for his Theory of Relativity, he is considered a _______________ of science.

3. The size of the ________________determines how much light will enter the camera.

4.Dangerous suspects are immediately _______________whenever they are arrested.  

5. The remains of Egyptian Kings and Queens were often buried in___________________.

Vocab Words: catacomb, fetter, aperture, clamor, connoisseur

Week 1 Vocab Quiz (Answers)

1. Questions raised during the press meetings will cause clamor.

2. Albert Einstein is most known for his Theory of Relativity, he is considered a connoisseur of science.

3. The size of the aperture determines how much light will enter the camera.

4.Dangerous suspects are immediately fettered whenever they are arrested.  

5. The remains of Egyptian Kings and Queens were often buried in catacombs.

Week 1 Vocab Quiz (Pre-AP)

1. Outspoken individuals are considered________________.

2. Athletes find ____________participating in games they love to play. 

3. The student’s ________________ or sneaky behavior made the teacher suspicious. 

4. Grammy award winning singer Whitney Houston was a__________ vocalist.

5. Do not let a ______________of failures prevent you from achieving your goals.

Vocab Words: nirvana, litany, glib, gregarious, Machiavellian

Week 1 Vocab Quiz (Pre-AP Answers)

1. Outspoken individuals are considered gregarious.

2. Athletes find nirvana participating in games they love to play. 

3. The student’s Machiavellian or sneaky behavior made the teacher suspicious. 

4. Grammy award winning singer Whitney Houston was a glib vocalist.

5. Do not let a litany of failures prevent you from achieving your goals.

Objective

SWBAT identify and analyze the graphical elements of the poem "Dreams" by Langston Hughes.

Announcements

Week 2 Vocabulary Quiz on 9/15.

Homework

Define Week 2 Vocabulary. (Due Tuesday 9/9)

Smart Start Cont.

On a piece of notebook paper, SILENTLY complete the following:

Write out the lyrics to the chorus of your favorite (and school appropriate) song. How many times is the chorus repeated in the entire song? 

You have 5 minutes to complete this task

Songs are like poems with music. The chorus is similar to a refrain.

Refrain: the repetition of whole words, phrases, lines or groups of lines, according to some fixed pattern, like a song chorus.

A refrain is a graphical element of a poem.

Graphical Elements

Stanza: a group of lines that are set off and form a division in a poem and are sometimes linked with other stanzas by rhyme.

Rhyme: repetition of sounds.

Refrain: the repetition of whole words, phrases, lines or groups of lines, according to some fixed pattern, like a song chorus

Line: a cluster of words in a poem

** Take 2 minutes to work with a partner to point out each one of these graphical elements in your favorite song chorus**

“Dreams” by Langston HughesHold fast to dreams

For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams 

For when dreams go 

Life is a barren field

Frozen with snow.

How many stanzas is this poem?

Is there a rhyme scheme?

Is there an example of refrain?

What is the line length? Why does it change?

Is there any figurative language?

What is the poem trying to say?

“Dreams” Answers

This poem is 2 stanzas.

Yes, there is a rhyme scheme. In stanza 1, “die” and fly” rhyme. In stanza 2, “go” and snow” rhyme.

The line length changes but does not exceed 5 words per line. I believe Langston Hughes changes the line length to place emphasis on the broken-winged bird’s ability to fly or soar toward dreams.

This poem has examples of metaphors (life is a broken-winged bird, life is a barren field), personification (“that cannot fly” refers to life. This gives a human like characteristic (flying) to life.

The poem is trying to say that it is important to hold on to your dreams and to never stop dreaming. I know this because Langston Hughes includes the line “for if dreams die life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly”. 

Exit Ticket

Name and list graphical elements. What are graphical elements? How do graphical elements change poetry?