June 5- Alliteration and Gather ye rosebuds

We worked on the following poetry technique: Alliteration. Follow the directions and then turn in to Schachter

Alliteration:  The repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.

Examples:

We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain-

We passed the Setting Sun

(Dickinson)

While I nodded, nearly napping

(Poe)

Behemoth, biggest born of earth, upheaved his vastness

(Milton)

Peter Piper picked peppers

But Run rocked rhymes

(Run DMC)

A normal life is boring, but superstardom's close to post mortem
It only grows harder, homey grows hotter

(Eminem)

Identify the alliteration:

Snakes slither slowly on the sidewalk

1.    Jumping Jennifer jammed Johnny’s jaw full of jellybeans.

2.   Silly Susan swims under the summer sun.

3.   Pretty Paula pounced on Penelope’s purple pancake.

Finish these sentences using alliteration.

1.    Terrific Tony __________________________________

2.   Lame Lunches __ _______________________________

3.   Black bears and brown bugs ______________________

Tongue twisters are built on Alliteration.

·       Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

·       Black bug’s blood.

·       Mrs. Smith’s Fish Sauce Shop.

·       Shy Shelly says she shall sew sheets.

·       Three free throws.

·       Knapsack straps.

·       Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?

Create three of your own tongue twisters using alliteration.

Alliteration can get kind of crazy.  See how long of a sentence you can create using alliteration.  The meaning of the sentences should make sense.

Example: The powers of prunes are prudent to provide potent palliative prophylaxis of potential pooper problems, priming you for purging.

Now pick an item around your house and write an 8-10 line poem about it using alliteration 

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We also read the following poem out loud in class:

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,

Old Time is still a-flying;

And this same flower that smiles today

Tomorrow will be dying.

The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun,

The higher he’s a-getting,

The sooner will his race be run,

And nearer he’s to setting.

That age is best which is the first,

When youth and blood are warmer;

But being spent, the worse, and worst

Times still succeed the former.

Then be not coy, but use your time,

And while ye may, go marry;

For having lost but once your prime,

You may forever tarry.

1. read the poem
2. Highlight Key words
3. Write on the poem's message alone (5 minutes)
4. Get with a partner to:

A. Write when this advice might be usefull

B. Write when this advice might not be usefull

June 4 - personification

We watched the following video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZENZnjk7Vfw

And then wrote our own poem using personification.

June 3rd internal rhyme

We worked on writing poetry with embedded rhyming. Students should write a poem of 8-12 lines, that rhyme at the end and also include 10-20 internal rhymes.

June 2nd- Young Goodman Brown story and questions

We read the short story "Young Goodman Brown" and then answered questions about it.:

Here's an online copy of the story:

http://www.eldritchpress.org/nh/ygb.html

And here is the worksheet for it:

Study guide questions for “Young Goodman Brown”

Pre-reading questions

This is a story about a man’s walk into the woods late one night. But it is really an analogy for something else. Remember this from The Crucible?

…the Salem folk believed that the virgin forest was the Devil’s last preserve, his home base and the citadel of his final stand. To the best of their knowledge the American forest was the last place on earth that was not paying homage to God. (P.5)

With this in mind, what might this man’s walk into the woods represent?

Another thing to know. The author, Nathaniel Hawthorne, was the grandson of Judge Hathorne-the spiteful judge from the Salem witch trials. But Nathaniel hated the puritans and everything they stood for so much that he changed his name to Hawthorne when he started writing books.

With this knowledge, what do you think he is going to say about the Puritan religion?

Reading questions

1.)  Which of the following best describes Goodman Brown’s conversation with his wife at the beginning of the story?

            A)  His wife wants to come with him into the forest, but Goodman Brown refuses.

            B)  His wife begs him to sleep in his own bed and not pursue his “errand.”

            C)  His wife tells him he’ll meet him in the woods later.

            D)  Young Goodman Brown wants his wife to accompany him, but she refuses.

2.)  Write three ways that the man in black is described (behavior or physical).

3.)  The man Goodman Brown meets is most likely…

            A) his father

            B) the ghost of his father

            C) a witch assuming the shape of the town minister

            D) the devil

4.)  What important news does the man have for Goodman Brown regarding the other members of the town (What does he have to say about the townsfolk)?

5.)  What reason does Goodman Brown give for not wanting the old woman to see him (91)?

6.)  What startling fact does Goodman Brown learn about this woman?

            A)  She hates the devil

            B)  She is a witch

            C)  Gives moral and spiritual guidance to youth.

           

7.)  Who does Goodman Brown think passes him by on horseback?

8.)  Explain the double meaning of Goodman Brown’s statement, “My Faith is gone!”

9.)  Does Goodman Brown recognize the people in the clearing?  Who are they?

10.)  Why doesn’t Goodman Brown kiss his wife?  What does he realize when he looks into her face?

11.)  What is the best way of interpreting the reality of what Goodman Brown experienced?

            A)  It clearly happened because of all he felt and saw

            B)  It was clearly a dream because of all the strange, unexplainable things            witnessed.

            C). It is unclear whether it was a dream or reality-Goodman Brown doesn’t even know.

12.)  How does the experience in the forest affect Brown’s relationship with other people?

            A)  He vows to be loyal to his wife forever more.

            B)  He retreats away from people, appalled at their hypocrisy.

            C)  He becomes older and wiser and more understanding of people’s faults.

            D)  He realizes he is no better than his fellow townsfolk.

Complete the following statement as best you can:

“Young Goodman Brown is a story about a man who…”

“…and comes to discover…”

Essay on The Crucible and “Young Goodman Brown”

Abigail tells John, “I never knew what pretense Salem was, I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these Christian women and their covenanted men!” (p.24). It’s safe to say that Goodman Brown has similar feelings. How have each of these people changed after discovering the hypocrisy of the members of their community?

Give specific examples from the each text to support your argument by imbedding quotes into your essay.

June 1- fourth character Diary and imbed quotes

We've done four of the character diaries so far:

The Crucible - Character Diary Project

Assignment:

Before you begin, it is important for you to realize that writing - other than religious poems and praises - was not allowed by the Puritans. It was considered a sin, and punishable as an offense. What if one of the characters in The Crucible kept a "forbidden diary," detailing their thoughts and insights on the events happening around them? Most importantly, this diary would reveal much about this person's inner feelings, motives, and reactions. 

This project will allow you to "become" one of these people, and demonstrate to me your expert understanding of his or her character.

Now that we have completed reading Act I, II, and III we have been introduced to most of the major characters in The Crucible.  Here is your task for this project:

1.      Pick one character that intrigues you

2.      Create a personal diary or journal for that character, which depicts the major events happening in the story - both "seen" and "unseen" in the play itself. You are writing as if you are that character, from their viewpoint and perspective, in the first person narrative form.  

Here are the types of entries:

A descriptive entry, using strong visual and sensory images to create a 

lasting impression on your reader.  Anything can be vividly described - a room, a place, an object, a person, or an event which was significant to your character.

A narrative entry, detailing a short story of a significant event including setting, characters, time sequence, brief plot, and dialogue.

A persuasive entry - this entry will reflect your character's wishes for something (an action or person), and how they might write to obtain their wish. For example, what might Abigail write to John Proctor to convince him that she is his one an only true love? What might Reverend Hale (or any number of people) write to an authority figure, to convince them to stop the trials?

A reflective entry - describing in detail what a significant event has 

meant to your character personally, how it has changed him or her personally, what important lesson did he or she learn from it, how will they apply it later in life?

·    You must write 6 entries-one each of: descriptive, narrative, persuasive, reflective-plus two other entries of any combination of those types

·    Each entry should be 200 words or longer

We also worked on embedding quotes:

Multi-part assignment

Choose two quotes

1. Explain what they mean (1-3 sentences)
2. Explain whether you agree or disagree (1-3 sentences)
3. Make a statement about life, imbedding one of Franklin’s quote into your statement.

EXAMPLE

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

1. This quote is explaining how to live a healthy, wealthy and wise life.  All you need to do is go to bed early and wake up early.
2. Yeah, I don’t really agree.  I think that some people are morning people and some are night people.  I do think that he might be talking a bit about partiers.  If you go to sleep early, you aren’t tempted to go out at night-something which makes being healthy, wealthy, and wise a bit more difficult.
3. While some people may think that the only way to enjoy life is to party all night, I’ve always felt that, “early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never well mended.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write something worth reading or do things worth the writing.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

Old boys have their playthings as well as young ones; the difference is only in the price.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

Fish and visitors smell in three days.

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May 29- embeding quotes

We did another character diary and worked on embedding quotes:

Multi-part assignment

Choose two quotes

1. Explain what they mean (1-3 sentences)
2. Explain whether you agree or disagree (1-3 sentences)
3. Make a statement about life, imbedding one of Franklin’s quote into your statement.

EXAMPLE

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

1. This quote is explaining how to live a healthy, wealthy and wise life.  All you need to do is go to bed early and wake up early.
2. Yeah, I don’t really agree.  I think that some people are morning people and some are night people.  I do think that he might be talking a bit about partiers.  If you go to sleep early, you aren’t tempted to go out at night-something which makes being healthy, wealthy, and wise a bit more difficult.
3. While some people may think that the only way to enjoy life is to party all night, I’ve always felt that, “early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never well mended.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write something worth reading or do things worth the writing.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

Old boys have their playthings as well as young ones; the difference is only in the price.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

Fish and visitors smell in three days.

First Quote:

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May 27- 114-123

We did another character diary and also worked on the following worksheet for the Crucible:

Act 4 worksheet

Read pages 114 (“good morning, Excellency)-123 (Parris goes out) with or four or five others.

Large parts: Danforth, Parris, Hale, Narrator

Small parts: Herrick, Cheever, Hathorne, Elizabeth

Proctor, Goody Proctor and Goody Nurse are all soon to be hung.  Does that mean they have or haven’t confessed to witchcraft?

Hathorne says that Parris, “has a mad look these days.”  What is Parris doing that makes Hathorne say this?

Why might he be acting this way?

What did Abigail do?  How does this affect the Salem Witch trials?

P. 117 they discuss news from Andover.  What is the important news from Andover and how does it affect Salem?

Why does Parris say that it is so important that they get Proctor, Goody Proctor or Goody Nurse to confess to witchcraft?

Why won’t Danforth postpone the executions?

Although not directly stated in the play, there is a simple explanation for cattle wandering the streets, orphans wandering from house to house and rotting crops everywhere.  What is it?

Again we have a character (this time it is Hale) using vivid imagery to get his point across.  P. 121 “I come to do the Devil’s work.  I come to counsel Christians they should belie themselves (they should lie).  There is blood on my head!  Can you not see the blood on my head!!”

What does Hale mean when he says that he is counseling Christians to lie? 

What does he mean when he says “There is blood on my head!”?

Explain how Hale’s belief has changed over the course of this trial.

What do Hale and the others want Elizabeth to do?