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Dickinson Day 2

Dickinson Day 2. 17 April 2013 Miss Rice. Warm-Up. What is personification? How is death typically personified in books or movies? Examples?. Agenda. Vocabulary “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” “I Heard a Fly Buzz” Dickinson Style Writing Assignment. CP Objectives 4/17.

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Dickinson Day 2

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  1. Dickinson Day 2 17 April 2013 Miss Rice

  2. Warm-Up • What is personification? • How is death typically personified in books or movies? • Examples?

  3. Agenda Vocabulary “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” “I Heard a Fly Buzz” Dickinson Style Writing Assignment

  4. CP Objectives 4/17 To review vocabulary words. To analyze Emily Dickinson’s poetry for style, theme, and literary devices. To write in the style of Emily Dickinson.

  5. Vocabulary Unit 5 • HW due tomorrow • Quiz Friday • Vobackulary • You can use your lists today

  6. Lit. Terms: End Rhyme Words at the ends of lines of poetry that rhyme with each other Slant rhyme: Words that almost rhyme with one another AKA near rhyme or half rhyme Farm and yard (The stressed syllable have the same sound) *Sight rhyme: Words that look like they should rhyme Said and paid

  7. Lit. Terms: Rhythm The flow or feeling in a piece of poetry The way words come together The pace of the poem Cadence

  8. Lit. Terms: Word Choice • The types of words authors choose to put in a piece • Vivid verbs • Loaded words

  9. Lit. Terms: Style • The method which a poet uses to convey meaning, tone, and emotion in his/her poem • Word choice • Sentence structure

  10. “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” • Review warm-up • Read “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” together • Annotate independently: 1 example of each… • Personification • Capitalization • Content: what is really being talked about here? • First impressions? The look of the poem and how to read it • Literary devices • In groups: • What is the poem about? Why? • What is the theme • One group member presents your response to the class

  11. “CXXVIII” • Read as a class • First impressions? • Complete the worksheet with a partner • Class discussion • Rhyming • Imagery • Summary • Fly • Literary devices • How does this poem compare and contrast with the first one we read? • How is death personified in each?

  12. Writing Assignment • Write in the style of Emily Dickinson • Imagine that you are afraid to leave your house • Write a poem to describe your feelings • Isolated? Content? Afraid? Secure? … • Your poem must include: • Numbered title (when in your career did you write this?) • 8-12 lines • Imagery: simile, metaphor, personification highlighted and labeled • Slant rhyme highlighted and labeled • Style • Reflection

  13. Homework In class tomorrow we will: review vocab. finish our poems share our poems take the open-note Whitman/Dickinson quiz • Research paper due Thurs. or Fri. • “Yes” test • Highlighting • Bolding, underlining, or highlighting thesis • All materials • Folder • Vocab. unit 5 HW due tomorrow • Vocab. unit 5 quiz Friday • Whitman/Dickinson test tomorrow (open note)

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