AP Literature & CompositionWEEK 4: SEPTEMBER 21 S T- SEPTEMBER 25TH

Kick-off: Monday, September 21st 2015*QUIZ on these terms Friday!

Literary Term- AlliterationDefinition: the practice of beginning several consecutive or neighboring words with the same sound.

Alliteration typically uses consonants at the beginning of a word to give stress to its syllable.

Derived from Latin’s “Latira” – it means letters of alphabet

Example: The twisting trout twinkled below.

Example in poetry:

“His soul swooned slowly as he hear the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end…”

James Joyce, “The Dead”

“From forth the fatal loins of these two foes;

A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life.”

William Shakespseare, “Romeo & Juliet”

Introduction to Poetry Analysis Unit 1: Defining Truth – Devil and Salvation in the Details

Essential Questions: How do I communicate my experiences and my truths?

How does a writer create truth? WHY and HOW do readers determine meaning? How do language and form make meaning? What is the poem I will carry with me? What will my verse be?

Julie Gorlewski – Assistant Professor, School of Eduacation, State University of New York

“One spring, when teaching eleventh-grade English, I announced that our upcoming unit was …Poetry! My excitement was evidence, and should have been infectious. I knew these students well, having had some of them as ninth graders and having worked with them daily from September through April. They understood, I was pretty sure, that I cared about them and was committed to crafting lessons that were relevant, engaging, and fun. So their reaction to my announcement (Poetry!) surprised me: they were dejected, dismissive, and glum. The energy from the room – and from me.

The dilemma I faced boiled down to this: How could I teach poetry in a way that honored the discipline and, at the same time, fostered a disposition to appreciate - even love – at least one poem?...My attempt to resolve the issue is less important than the enduring nature of the issue itself: How can teachers ensure that poetry lives in, through, and with all the young people who will populate and lead our future generations? As literacies evolve, how can poetry illuminate, extend, amplify, and intensify our attempts to understand what it means to be human, to exist and coexist in our world today?

Julie Gorlewski – Assistant Professor, School of Eduacation, State University of New York

AP Literature & Composition Exam, May 6th, 2015 Poetry accounts for _____% of the exam

“Il test é una macchina pigra che necessita di essere atfivata.” – Umberto Eco

“The text is a lazy machine that needs to be activated.”

The World is too Much With Usby William Wordsworth Read Aloud (1 minute)

Think Aloud (15 minutes)

The World is too Much With Usby William Wordsworth •This poem is a sonnet. •A sonnet has 14 lines. •Italian sonnets (Petrarchan) divided into two parts•8-line octave = problem (ABBAABBA)•6-line sestet = resolution (CDCDCD)

The World is too Much With Usby William Wordsworth

Free Write (7 minutes) - Cast your ideas into coherent sentences - Exploratory answers “I wonder if….” “Maybe Wordsworth is thinking …”

Discussion (10 minutes) Wrap-Up (5 minutes)

Final Word

What is your lasting impression of this poem? orWhat does the title have to do with the meaning of this poem?

Homework Read the excerpt from Laurence Perrine’s “The Nature of Proof in the Interpretation of Poetry”

Answer the Guiding Questions in preparation for a graded discussion tomorrow. A student moderator will be leading…

Kick-off: Tuesday, September 22nd 2015*QUIZ on these terms Friday!

Literary Term- AssonanceDefinition: the repetition of the same vowel sounds in a series of words.

“cry” and “side” have the same vowel sound, so they are said to be in assonance

From Latin “sonus” meaning sound

Example: We light fire on the mountain.

I feel depressed and restless.

Example in poetry:

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze

A Word about Poetry Packets…• This is your one copy; if you lose it, you will need to print a new copy from the Wiki• Bring it home every night. • Bring it to class every day. • Take good care of it… • Mark it up! (Illustrate to cognate)

“The Nature of Proof” Discussion Expectations• Participate outside of your comfort zone today • Speak to one another, not to me. • Listen. Respond. Question!

“The Nature of Proof” Discussion Expectations Take five minutes to review your notes and annotations from your homework.

“The Nature of Proof” Discussion (25) • Participate outside of your comfort zone today • Speak to one another, not to me. • Listen. Respond. Question!

“The Nature of Proof” Wrap-Up (5) • The Devil is in the Details…

Dead Poet’s Society – again! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omveFR-2hmg

What will your verse be?

The Summer Dayby Mary Oliver Read Aloud (1 minute)

Think Aloud (15 minutes) TPCASTT – Discuss the title (twice), paraphrase Oliver’s poem, identify the shift.

Final Word

In your AP Lit Playbooks (Kick-off/Final word section)

What is Oliver’s attitude about the summer day in her poem? About life?

Homework

Kick-off: Wednesday, September 23rd 2015*QUIZ on these terms Friday!

Literary Term- ConsonanceDefinition: the repetition of a consonant sound within a series of words to create a harmonious effect.

Consonance is the repetition of a consonant anywhere (beginning, middle, end of a word)

Alliteration is the repetition of a consonant only in the beginning of the words.

Example: “All’s well that ends well”

The early bird gets the worm.

Example in poetry:

Let they boy try along this bayonet blade

How cold steel is, and keen with hunger of blood

Blue with all malice, like a madman’s flash

And thinly drawn with famishing for flesh.

“Arms & the Boy” –Wilfred Owen

Homework

Kick-off: Thursday, September 24th 2015*QUIZ on these terms Friday!

Literary Term- SimileDefinition: the comparison of two different things or ideas through the use of words “like” or “as”

It is a stated comparison, where the author says one thing is like another.

From Latin “similis” meaning “like”

Example: The warrior fought like a lion.

Example in poetry:

“What happens to a dream deferred?” – Langston Hughes

Does it dry up

Like a raisin in the sun?

Or fester like a sore –

And then run?

Does it stink like rotten meat?

Or crust and sugar over –

Like a syrupy sweet?

Homework

Kick-off: Friday, September 25th 20151) Complete the Literary Terms Quiz #1

2) Flip it over when finished. We’ll trade and grade after.

3) Read over your Book Club notes in preparation for your second meeting

Homework Book Club readings