Name __________________
Date_______________
Hate That Cat
Part I
September 12 – Oct. 24
1. Sept. 12 Who is writing? ___________
How do you know? ___________________
What do you think is happening?___________________
2. When do you think this is taking place?
(20(22_)
(2) How did Ms. Stretchberry respond?_________________
How do you know? _________________________________
3) Why is Ms. Stretchberry still Jack’s teacher?
___________________________________________
4) Have you ever had a teacher to ‘understand your brain’? Discuss
w/ a partner.
6) What is onomato-something? P.7
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…alliter-something? ____________________________
5) p.9 Do you agree or disagree with Uncle Bill’s view of poetry?
_______
Why? _______________________________
7) Sept. 21 Why does Jack like to write short lines better than long
ones? ________________________________
8) Sept. 26 What does Ms. Stretchberry mean when she says that
sometimes too much figurative language can make a poem sound
‘purple’? P. 11
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Is ‘purple’ good or bad here? __________
Why? ___________________________________________
9) excerpt from This Is Just to Say – W. Carlos Williams
This Is Just to Say
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
This is Just to Say- ‘purple’
I have quickly eaten the perfect,
plump plums that were in the
cold as the Arctic icebox and which
you were probably saving for an
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
amazing breakfast or delicious
brunch. Forgive me they were as
sweet as lollipops and as cold as ice
cubes from Alaska.
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
purple poem above by AK
p. 147
9) Now take out the ‘purple’. How is it different?
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10) October 3 “You need to have something to write about.”
p. 13 What writing topics do you like?
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11) October 10 alliteration activity – Read Anamalia by G.
Base
Add some alliteration lines for the middle of the poem…
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12) October 12 What does this entry tell you about
Jack?_______________________________________
13) October 16 Why do you think Jack keeps writing about
the cat? pp. 17-18 _______________________________
The Red Wheelbarrow
by William Carlos Williams
so much depends
upon
a red wheel
barrow
glazed with rain
water
beside the white
chickens
14) Mr. Poe poem
The Bells https://sites.google.com/a/nebo.edu/leanne-hoffman/portfolio/hate-thatcat/poems-in-hate-that-cat
p.135
The Bells – Poe- YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=m75-812-sj4
TheBells*
byEdgarAllanPoe
IHearthesledgeswiththebells,
Silverbells!
Whataworldofmerrimenttheirmelodyforetells!
Howtheytinkle,tinkle,tinkle,
Intheicyairofnight!
Whilethestarsthatoversprinkle
Alltheheavens,seemtotwinkle
Withacrystallinedelight;
Keepingtime,time,time,
InasortofRunicrhyme,
Tothetintinnabulationthatsomusicallywells
Fromthebells,bells,bells,bells,
Bells,bells,bells-
Fromthejinglingandthetinklingofthebells.
II
Hearthemellowweddingbells,
Goldenbells!
Whataworldofhappinesstheirharmonyforetells!
Throughthebalmyairofnight
Howtheyringouttheirdelight!
Fromthemolten-goldennotes,
Andallintune,
Whataliquiddittyfloats
Totheturtle-dovethatlistens,whileshegloats
Onthemoon!
Oh,fromoutthesoundingcells,
Whatagushofeuphonyvoluminouslywells!
Howitswells!
Howitdwells
OntheFuture!howittells
Oftherapturethatimpels
Totheswingingandtheringing
Ofthebells,bells,bells,
Ofthebells,bells,bells,bells,
Bells,bells,bells-
Totherhymingandthechimingofthebells!
*firstandsecondstanzas
(14) Onomatopoeia activity: read Swish! B. Martin Jr.,
Car Wash -Steen
http://www.wordle.net/
Crash,Bang,Boom-Spier
http://www.tagxedo.com/
Create an onomatopoetic wordle/tagxedo.
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16) October 18 Why do you think Jack dislikes cats so
much? P. 23
_______________________________________________
17) October 18 Why do you think Jack keeps writing about
deaf people? ____________________________________
18) October 19 Jack’s Poe-inspired poem: The YIPS
How is it similar to Poe’s Bells poem?
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19) October 22 p. 25 What do you think of the poem?
Discuss with a partner.
Jack’s poem here tells you what about his progression as a
writer?
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20) October 24 p. 26 What did Ms. Stretchberry do?
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