Monday, October 26
Do Now:
SSR- 10 min
Objective:
• I will take notes over summarizing
and paraphrasing to use on “The
Raven” poem.
• I will explore the internet to find
information about Edgar Allan Poe
and Ravens.ubric.
Today you will need:
• Independent Reading Novel
• Reader’s AND Writer’s Notebook
• Pen or Pencil
Homework:
✓ Vocabulary Word Study (Quiz
on October 29th)
Motivational Monday
Persisting: Stick to it! Persevering in a
task through completion; remaining
focused
Perseverance
will allow me
to succeed!
What do you DO to persevere through difficult tasks? I CAN DO
THIS!
(Think projects, papers, difficult homework)
Fan Fiction Activity
Google.com/classroom
View and comment on the effectiveness and
interest of at least 2 classmates’ fan fiction pieces.
Your comments must be thoughtful, specific, and
two sentences long.
Eventzee
1. Download the app – eventzee
2. Click “I have an account”
3. I will tell your table what your login is
4. Scan this code to join :
Eventzee
1. You will need to read the clue, and find the answer on the
internet.
2. When someone in your group has found the answer, the
person with the app loaded needs to take a picture of the
answer.
3. Zoom in as close to the answer as you can get.
4. EVERYONE will copy ALL answers onto a sheet of
notebook paper FOR A GRADE! – Winners gets 5 bonus
pts.
Tuesday, October 27
Do Now:
SSR- 15 min
Objective:
• I will use Level Up to complete
notes and an activity over Poetic
devices.
• I will learn about different types of
clauses to apply in my own writing.
Today you will need:
• Independent Reading Novel
• Reader’s AND Writer’s Notebook
• Pen or Pencil
Homework:
✓ Vocabulary Word Study
(Quiz on October 29th)
Tricky Tuesday
Raven Vocabulary Activity
You will follow the directions on the handout, and put the
words, definitions, and parts of speech in your Reader’s
Notebook.
Fill in the box with EVERY and ANY
thing you might know about POETRY!
Building Background Knowledge:
Level Up
PLUG IN YOUR HEADPHONES
Go to this website
http://preview.tinyurl.com/leveluppoetry
Go through the tutorial and fill out your notes as
you do!
Definition of Poetry
A type of literature in which words are chosen and
arranged in specific ways to create an effect! A
type of writing in which the author uses figurative
language, imagery, style, and rhythm to create
meaning and invoke emotion in the reader.
The way to school is d
o
w
n
W I D E streets
I
Love to ‘blade
Along Venice Beach
In the middle of the day
Because people are
friendly and get out of
your way.
Full of BIG people!
Back and forth the dancer whirled
A butterfly with wings unfurled
Study
Classrooms
Hallways
Opportunities
Or
Late assignments
Winter
Icy, cold
Piercing, chilling, freezing
Changing greenness into
white
Winter
Poetry Features
Stanza
Instead of having
paragraphs, poems have
stanzas. These are groups
of lines in a poem.
Toboggan (an excerpt)
by: Benjamin Franklin King
Down from the hills and over the snow
Swift as a meteor's flash we go,
Toboggan! Toboggan! Toboggan!
Down from the hills with our senses lost,
Jealous of cheeks that are kissed by the frost,
Toboggan! Toboggan! Toboggan!
Poetry Features
Rhyme Scheme
The pattern of rhymes
in a poem.
Usually follows a
pattern labeled with
capital letters: A B C D…
Toboggan (an excerpt)
by: Benjamin Franklin King
Down from the hills and over the snow
Swift as a meteor's flash we go,
Toboggan! Toboggan! Toboggan!
Down from the hills with our senses lost,
Jealous of cheeks that are kissed by the frost,
Toboggan! Toboggan! Toboggan!
Poetry Features
Refrain
A line that is repeated
throughout the poem
Toboggan (an excerpt)
by: Benjamin Franklin King
Down from the hills and over the snow
Swift as a meteor's flash we go,
Toboggan! Toboggan! Toboggan!
Down from the hills with our senses lost,
Jealous of cheeks that are kissed by the frost,
Toboggan! Toboggan! Toboggan!
Analyzing Poetry
Title- What is the meaning of the title? Prereading; In your mind create expectations of what
is to come!
Analyzing Poetry
Paraphrasing- Begin reading the poem and put it
into your own words as you go
DO NOT READ INTO THE POEM! Only read on
surface level!
Analyzing Poetry
Devices- Now read the poem a second time, looking for devices
and what they suggest in terms of meaning. They have a
PURPOSE!
Figurative Language
Sound Devices
Structure
Diction
Analyzing Poetry
Attitude-Look for the Author’s TONE
How does the speaker feel about the subject?
What details/ images/ word choice suggest
this?
Analyzing Poetry
Shifts-Look for shifts in TONE
How does the shift affect the poem?
Analyzing Poetry
Title-Re-evaluate the title as it pertains to the poem- now
that you have looked closer, does the title have additional
significance?
Analyzing Poetry
Theme-What does the poem mean? What is it saying?
Video Intro
Definition:
Words that contain a subject and a verb
which must always agree.
Two types of clauses:
● Independent Clause
● Dependent Clause
●
Independent Clauses
● An independent clause MUST HAVE a subject and a verb which
agree. (they COULD stand alone as a sentence)
Example:
The frustrated, irritated teachers finally understood the basic
grammar concepts.
● All the words in an independent clause can act alone as a
sentence.
● They are a complete thought.
● The subject and verb agree, but the words CANNOT stand alone as a
complete sentence.
● also known as subordinate clause or relative clause
● Examples:
◦Since the teachers seek proficiency in grammar
◦Which sheltered the children from the storm
Dependent Clauses : Adjectival
1) THAT
2) WHO
4) WHOSE
3) WHOM
5) WHICH
The dog who lives by me is nice.
The show that I watch is good.
Jerry Spinelli is the author who wrote Maniac McGee.
Dependent Clauses: Adverbial
after
until
although
as
because
before
in order that
when
since
so that
whenever
than
where
though
Examples of Adverbial Clauses:
1. After I danced,
2. Because he was hungry,
3. Until I get an A+,
4. When I get my new pony,
5. Since I love SpongeBob,
●
Clauses can be joined with:
1.
Coordinating conjunctions (join two independent clauses)
- AKA “FANBOYS” for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
2. Subordinating conjunctions (join dependent clause to independent
clause)
Some examples:
- if, since, because, with, when, whether, while
3. Relative Pronouns
- who, whose, whom, which, that
Coordinating conjunction:
- The busses lumbered along the boulevard, and the children eagerly
looked for the first sight of Disneyland.
Subordinating conjunction:
● The busses lumbered along the boulevard while the children eagerly
looked for the first sight of Disneyland.
Relative pronoun:
- The busses, which were slowly lumbering along the boulevard, were
filled with eager children looking for their first sight of Disneyland.
●
●
●
WHO OR WHOM?
WHO: used as the subject of a clause
WHOM: used as an object
⚫ Direct object
⚫ Indirect objects
⚫ Object of a preposition
●
While the frustrated teachers were industriously
taking notes, they relaxed, and the light bulbs
went off in their brains, which indicated miraculous
understanding of the grammar concepts.
BrainPOP Practice Quiz
Wednesday, October 28
Do Now:
Library
Objective:
•
I will use paraphrasing skills to
better understand “The Raven.”
• I will create antonym flashcards for
my word study words.
Homework:
✓ Vocabulary Word Study
(Quiz on October 30th)
Today you will need:
• Independent Reading Novel
• Reader’s AND Writer’s Noteboo
• Pen or Pencil
Wicked Word Wednesday
On your flashcards, pick an ANTONYM for each
vocabulary word.
You may use a dictionary or the internet to help
you.
Title
Box 1: TITLE
What does the title suggest?
Round 1
Just listen!
https://soundcloud.com/olyfantastique/the-raven-byedgar-allan-poe
Round 2
Stanza by Stanza
Paraphrasing- Do not read into the poem! Only
read on surface level!
Complete your paraphrasing on a separate sheet
of paper!
Stanza 1
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
" 'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door;
Only this, and nothing more."
The speaker is reading about dozing at midnight
when there comes a knock on the door.
Stanza 2
Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow, sorrow for the lost Lenore;
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore,
Nameless here forevermore.
He is reading to get his mind off of his lost love
Lenore.
Stanza 3
And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me---filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating,
" 'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door,
Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door.
This it is, and nothing more."
The speaker is frightened by the rustling of the
curtains and reassures himself that it is just a visitor.
Stanza 4
Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
"Sir," said I, "or madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;
But the fact is, I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,
That I scarce was sure I heard you." Here I opened wide the door;--Darkness there, and nothing more.
He finally gets the courage to open the door only
to discover no one is there.
Stanza 5
Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before;
But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word,
“Lenore?”This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word,
"Lenore!"Merely this, and nothing more.
He begins to be frightened again and fears it
might be the ghost of Lenore. He calls her name.
Stanza 6
Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,
Soon again I heard a tapping, something louder than before,
"Surely," said I, "surely, that is something at my window lattice.
Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore.
Let my heart be still a moment, and this mystery explore.
" 'Tis the wind, and nothing more."
He thinks the rapping is now coming from the
window and goes to check it out.
Stanza 7
Pallas- goddess of wisdom
Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a stately raven, of the saintly days of yore.
Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;
But with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door.
Perched upon a bust of Pallas, just above my chamber door,
Perched, and sat, and nothing more.
He opens the window. In comes the raven and it perches
upon the bust of Pallas above the chamber door.
Stanza 8
Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,
"Though thy crest be shorn and shaven thou," I said, "art sure no craven,
Ghastly, grim, and ancient raven, wandering from the nightly shore.
Tell me what the lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore."
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."
The raven charmed him into smiling with his stern
expression and the speaker asks his name. The bird
replied, “Nevermore.”
Stanza 9
Much I marveled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly,
Though its answer little meaning, little relevancy bore;
For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being
Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door,
Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door,
With such name as "Nevermore."
He was surprised to hear the bird speak so
clearly and imagines no one else has ever
experienced this.
Stanza 10
But the raven, sitting lonely on that placid bust, spoke only
That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.
Nothing further then he uttered; not a feather then he fluttered;
Till I scarcely more than muttered, "Other friends have flown before;
On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before."
Then the bird said, "Nevermore."
He welcomes the bird and is afraid he will be
gone in the morning.
Stanza 11
Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken,
"Doubtless," said I, "what it utters is its only stock and store,
Caught from some unhappy master, whom unmerciful disaster
Followed fast and followed faster, till his songs one burden bore,--Till the dirges of his hope that melancholy burden bore
Of "Never---nevermore."
The man knows the bird doesn’t speak from
wisdom but has been taught by some
unhappy master.
Stanza 12
But the raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling,
Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door;
Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore -What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore
Meant in croaking "Nevermore."
The man smiles and pulls up a chair
wondering what the bird meant by
“Nevermore”.
Stanza 13
Thus I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing
To the fowl, whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core;
This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining
On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamplight gloated o'er,
But whose velvet violet lining with the lamplight gloating o'er
She shall press, ah, nevermore!
He sits in Lenore’s chair and is reminded of her.
Stanza 14
Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer
Swung by seraphim whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor.
"Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee -- by these angels he hath
Sent thee respite---respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore!
Quaff, O quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore!"
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore!"
He thinks God has sent the raven to help
him forget Lenore.
Stanza 15
"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil!--prophet still, if bird or devil!
Whether tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,
Desolate, yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted-On this home by horror haunted--tell me truly, I implore:
Is there--is there balm in Gilead?--tell me--tell me I implore!"
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."
He asks if there is relief from his pain and
suffering.
Stanza 16
"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil--prophet still, if bird or devil!
By that heaven that bends above us--by that God we both adore-Tell this soul with sorrow laden, if, within the distant Aidenn,
It shall clasp a sainted maiden, whom the angels name Lenore--Clasp a rare and radiant maiden, whom the angels name Lenore?
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."
Speaker asks the raven if he will be able to
hold Lenore after his death.
Stanza 17
"Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!" I shrieked, upstarting-"Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore!
Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!
Leave my loneliness unbroken! -- quit the bust above my door!
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!"
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."
Speaker tells raven to leave and leave no trace
that he has been there.
Stanza 18
And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming.
And the lamplight o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted---nevermore!
The raven stays, his shadow shows on the
floor. The raven will leave him “Nevermore!”
Thursday, October 29
Do Now:
SSR-10 min
Objective:
• I will use paraphrasing skills to
better understand “The Raven”
and apply my knowledge of
TPDASTT.
• I will apply my knowledge of my
word study words to complete
my quiz.
Today you will need:
• Independent Reading Novel
• Reader’s AND Writer’s
Notebook
• Pen or Pencil
Homework:
✓ Vocabulary Word Study
(Quiz on October 30th)
WORD STUDY QUIZ
Do your best!
Select the best answer!
Turn in and pick up a Flashback Friday (no school
tomorrow) to fill out at your desk.
Tipster Thursday
Paraphrasing:
In your table groups, paraphrase
what paraphrasing is!!!!
Devices:
Round 3
Figurative Language: Independent
Sound Devices- Think rhyme scheme, assonance, repetition,
alliteration.
Structure- rhyme scheme
Diction- Author’s Word Choice (Connotation vs. Denotation)
Round 4
Attitude: Author’s TONE
See handout
Shifts: Look for shifts in tone
Key words (but, yet, nevertheless, however, although)
Punctuation
Stanza Divisions
Sharp contrast in word choice
Title: After reading the poem, what is the significance of the title?
HAVE A WONDERFUL 3 DAY
WEEKEND!
Be smart!
Be kind!
HAVE FUN!