January 27th, 2011
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Activity
Turn in Homework
Warm Up
Homework for Tonight
Poetry SLM Concept 3
Notes: Emulation / Spoof / Parody Poem
Write: Emulation / Spoof / Parody Poem
• Tennis Team tryouts are have been
rescheduled for Friday, 1.28 from 3:30-4 pm.
Warm Up (1.27.11)
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Volume-O-Meter: 0 (Silence)
Time: 5 Minutes
Share-Out: Shoulder Partners / Volunteers
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1. Let’s recall some definitions from Tuesday’s lesson:
what is the difference between alliteration,
consonance, and assonance? Give me an example
of onomatopoeia and paradox NOT from your
notes!
2. How would you rate your experience with the
poems from yesterday? This would include The
Bridgegroom, The Fish, and Danny Deever.
Transition
Student
Planner
Homework Log
Record in Student Planner:
Date Given
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Monday, 1.24
Assignment
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Thursday, 1.27
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Tier
Due Date
Work on Final poem; check
rubric for information on how to
pass this assessment.
You have 9 days remaining
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Friday, 2. 4
Finish emulation / spoof /
parody poem.
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Friday, 1.28
Transition
SLM
Unit Essential Question:
What is poetry…and is it worth studying?
Resources:
Poems
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Concept 1:
Concept 2:
Structure
Language
1. Must poetry have a set form in
order to make sense?
3. Do poets mean exactly what they
say?
2. How does the structure of poetry
contribute to its beauty?
4. How can knowing an allusion
deepen my understanding?
Vocabulary
Prose, poetry
Vocabulary
Metaphor, simile, hyperbole, allusion,
personification, paradox
Unit Essential Question:
What is poetry…and is it worth studying?
Resources:
Poems
Concept 3:
Concept 4:
Sound
Theme
5. How does sound affect a poem and
its meaning?
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Vocabulary
Rhyme scheme, repetition ,
onomatopoeia, alliteration,
consonance, assonance
Vocabulary
Transition
Notes
Emulation / Spoof / Parody Poem
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Emulation = an effort to equal the success of something
already created
Spoof = an imitation of something already created
Parody = an imitation that makes fun of something
already created
Emulation / Spoof / Parody Poem
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Goals:
1. Make a poem that emulates, spoofs, or makes a parody of
a poem we’ve already seen.
2. Match the “style” of the original as closely as possible
3. Have fun!
Example
The Raven (as seen by Poe’s cat)
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On a night quite un-enchanting, when the rain was downward slanting,
I awakened to the ranting of the man I catch mice for.
Tipsy and a bit unshaven, in a tone I found quite craven,
Poe was talking to a Raven perched above the chamber door.
"Raven's very tasty," thought I, as I tiptoed o'er the floor,
"There is nothing that I like more."
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Soft upon the rug I treaded, calm and careful as I headed
Towards his roost atop that dreaded bust of Pallas I deplore.
While the bard and birdie chattered, I made sure that nothing clattered,
Creaked or snapped or fell or shattered, as I crossed the corridor;
For his house is crammed with trinkets, curios and weird decor -Bric-a-brac and junk galore.
Example
The Raven (about a student?)
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Once upon a class so boring I was sleeping and loudly snoring,
Dreaming of my home and forgotten chores-While I slumbered, nearly drooling, suddenly I met the flooring,
I got up quickly to escape detection, detection by Mrs. Moore-"Oh my gosh" I muttered "I just fell onto the floor-only that and nothing more"
Ah, distinctly I recall there was laughing all down the hall
And each step she'd taken toward me made me ponder even more.
Eagerly I wished to die;--vainly I had to lie.
From my mind came a sigh, sigh for the knock on the door-for the quick and annoying rap which continued on the door-Sleepless here for evermore
Practice Time!
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Directions:
 Look through poems
 Choose poem to emulate /
spoof / parody.
 Look at what makes your
poem unique (sound,
language, structure, etc.)
 Try writing a poem that
emulates / spoofs / parody’s
this poem.
 “Lemons”
 “What men really want”
 “Get out, out—”