When I am Dead, my dearest

By Christina Rossetti

When I am dead, my dearest, 
Sing no sad songs for me; 
Plant thou no roses at my head, 
Nor shady cypress tree: 
Be the green grass above me 
With showers and dewdrops wet; 
And if thou wilt, remember, 
And if thou wilt, forget. 

I shall not see the shadows, 
I shall not feel the rain; 
I shall not hear the nightingale 
Sing on, as if in pain: 
And dreaming through the twilight 
That doth not rise nor set, 
Haply I may remember, 
And haply may forget.

Some sample commentary poems to practice on...

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

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Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. And you, my father, there on that sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

The answer sheets to your last package are up on the website:
www.ibenglish.weebly.com

I've been having trouble with my scanner, so please drop by the classroom tomorrow to pick up your worksheets for Tuesday.

I said you had handouts to complete but you can just ignore that part of your homework. Just complete your presentations - 1 minute presentation, 1 example, 1 question/quiz for the class.

Homework for next mon/ties:

Watch A Small Act and answer the following questions: 

1. How does the film maker create sympathy for either Ruth or Kimani? Choose one child and cite all the examples you can. 

2. List the two story arcs in the movie? What are the climaxes for each? 

3. Explain how this film shares a similar theme with Lives of the Saints using examples. This should be a full paragraph. (think back to the very first chapter of the book). 

All answers are due typed, mla, next class. 

Due next class for your essay: your intro paragraph including approved thesis statement, typed, double-spaced, MLA. You also need to show your three topic sentences.

Also due are presentations. Be prepared. You with have NO prep time!

Read ch. 7-10 and take notes on the three page folded bookmark. for next class. And bring your Midsummer book to next class!

Read ch. 11-14 as well. Answer the following questions, typed, double-spaced, mla, with quotations from the text as supports:

JOURNAL QUESTIONS

Give EACH chapter a title and explain your reasoning.  

 

CHAPTER 11:  Have you ever befriended a "bad influence" (or been one, perhaps)?  Have you ever had an experience that you knew was wrong or going to get you trouble, but you went along with it anyway?  How did you feel?  How did others around you feel?  Why do you think people choose to "take a walk on the wild side"?

 

CHAPTER 12:  Have you ever experienced or a witnessed a clash between generations?  What in your life do you consider traditional and what do you consider modern?  What are some "old world" traditions that you hold dearly and what are some modern "new world" factors in your life that you are grateful for?  Comment on the idea of old world and new world using Vittorio's experiences along with your own (use references from the book – note the use of light and dark imagery).

 

CHAPTER 13:  How might this chapter be a turning point?  How do you interpret the line, "the town a kind of inferno, its people ghosts"?  Who do you relate to the most in this chapter and why?

 

CHAPTER 14: Pathos is the quality or power of evoking a feeling of pity or compassion, in our case, through literature.  Where is the pathos in this chapter?  In what ways does Nino Ricci successfully create pathos (think literary power words!)

Read chapters 4,5&6 of LoS. Quiz next class.

Note the rhyme scheme for each of the three poems handed out in class and identify what kind of sonnet it is.

See "poetry" on the class website For your rubric.

Homework:

1. Look up and print the poems "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll and "The One Beside the Door" by Peter Benoit.

2. Analyze the poem by using the 3 steps we learned in class.

3. Find a ballad (but not a song), a villanelle, or a sonnet which you will use for your YouTube video. I will ask for titles next class.

 

Instructions for YouTube Video:

a) Select a ballad, villanelle or a sonnet (your ballad cannot be a song because we already did songs in our previous presentation).

b) Create a YouTube video of yourself as you recite the poem. Make the video as creative as you can with music, art, drama etc. (You may use other classmates as extras in your video, although you must be the one reciting the poem as the assignment will be graded individually; therefore, each one of you must make your own video.)

c) Videos will not be performed in front of the class. You will provide me with the link of the video on the respective due date (see below) and I will grade your video as I watch it online. Make sure you follow the rubric as you work on the activity, which is also available on the blog.

d) On your first class back after the break you will provide me with the title of the poem you have chosen.

 

Important dates for grade nines:

-Friday, March 25, 2011 or Monday, March 28, 2011 (depending when you have class) Poem analysis test You will have 75 minutes (the whole period) to analyse a specific poem using the steps we learned in class.

 

-Wednesday, March 30, 2011 or Thursday, March 31, 2011 (depending when you have class) YouTube Video due You will provide me with the link of your video during class.

Read the analysis of Do Not Go Gentle.

Then write your own villanelle (remember to use iambic pentametre).

Listen to the song Hurricane by Bob Dylan.

Write your own ballad. Your ballad will document a monumental event that has happened in your lifetime. (ex.sept 11--you can't do that one though). Roughly 1-2 pages long, with stanzas and rhyme scheme.

Typed up. Due space.

Be prepared to present your ballad in your group for next class.

Look up one of the poems listed in class (with the exception of How to Eat a Poem) and print it off.

Find a song that would classify as a ballad ( if you don't remember what that is, look it up), and print off the lyrics.

Due next class.

You creative song is due this Wednesday. Please have a copy of your lyrics typed up with all of your group members' names on it.

Midsummer skits:

Next class is rehearsal. The class after that (wed/thurs) is performance day. You need the following:

- Lines converted into modern English.
- 5 significant quotations, read verbatim, and write in clear lettering on large paper or board-held up as they are said during your performance.
- large names on each character so we know who you are
- costumes
- props (music, lighting, staging etc)

Homework for next class (after the weekend):

1. Design a costume for the fairy you have been assigned. Include written details pointing out different parts of the costume. In colour on a plain piece of paper.

2. Read act 3, scene 1 on your own.

3. Review the scenes we read in class for quotations.

Weekend Homework:
Reread Act I, scene i and start to collect quotation for the various topics and themes we discussed in class.

Also, watch the film posted below.

In preparation for our play, please watch this thought-provoking video on the world's favourite topic - love. 

Why do we crave love so much, even to the point that we would die for it? To learn more about our very real, very physical need for romantic love, Helen Fisher and her research team took MRIs of people in love -- and people who had just been dumped.

http://www.ted.com/talks/helen_fisher_studies_the_brain_in_love.html

Interpret scene from play into modern language and setting. Next class is another rehearsal period. Performance will happen the class after that.

Listen to songs and the radio and start to identify songs that focus on true love, unrequited love, and infatuation. What are the songs saying about each? You just have to think about this, not write it down.

Once you recognize themes in other songs, write your own poem/song on one or all of the above topics. The poem/song should be a minimum of 18 lines long.

Due next class. Not MLA.

Your final essays are due via email on Tuesday by midnight. Please email your essays in MLA and double spaced to price.english@gmail.com.

You should include your revised intro, your three body sections, and an attempt at a conclusion. Keep ALL of your rough work and bring it in in the new year.

May the force be with you!

For friday, type up your essay with your intro, three body sections and an attempt at a conclusion. The essay will be typed double spaced.

For next class: a hard copy of your intro if you emailed it to me.

AND

A rough draft of the body section on situational archetypes. The body section will probably be one paragraph but can be more. It will probably be a page to two pages. Follow the SEEES paragraph format. Your topic sentence will be "The situational archetype present in Star Wars help classify it as a modern myth." You will want to remind your readers that Joseph Campbell wrote about the Hero's Quest.

This is a rough draft but should still be typed and double spaced.

The heroic pattern note is up on the class website under the mythology tab.

The rubric for the myth article paragraph is also up there.

Homework: you must EMAIL you paragraph to Mr.Cohen when he told you (different deadlines for different classes). Be sure to include MLA format info (ie. Your name and course section ex. ENG 1D7-02)

1. How does a myth differ from a normal story?

2. Has technology inspired new mythology?

Write a triple burger SEEES paragraph for both.

Also, look up "orientalism". Who coined the term? What does it mean?

Your homework for next class is to read the Times Article (go to our class website to download).

You also have to write two SEEEEEES paragraph. One on war: is war necessary or not. The second one should explain why a celebrity represents the characteristics of a certain god from your list of gods and celebrities. Do ONE paragraph on ONE celebrity ONLY.

Look up the artist Banksy. Just for interest's sake.

One more reminder...
You also have the mythology celebrity sheet to hand in next class. Find YOUR OWN picks to identify which celebrities would represent the list of gods you were given in class and mount their pictures on an 8x11 sheet.

So three things due next class:
- skit
- Times article
- celebrity mythology sheet

See posts below for more info.

If the link doesn't work, go to www.ibenglish.weebly.com

Your homework is posted on our class website under the mythology tab. You are required to finish the "Greek Mythology Skit" and the "Myth Online Article".

Read both mythology stories that were handed out in class. Take notes on the stories (using double entry journal method or another note-taking style of your choosing). Include in your notes ONE sentence of summary and ONE sentence of universal meaning. Due next class.

For next class:

Research the following info on the Olympian god you were assigned in class.
- what is your god the god of
- symbols associated with your god
- relations to your god (other gods)
- two interesting facts/stories about your god

You will be presenting this info next class.

No homework. Happy Halloween!

Brand Creation Story: you are assigned a brand in class. Write a 2-3 page creation story. Typed, double spaced, MLA format.

Your story should involve the creation of earth or humanity, and should involve gods or divine beings.

You also have to create a picture on 8x11 paper to show what your mythical word looks like. You can do collages, comic style, etc.

Rubrics given out next class.

Due next week: Tuesday or Wednesday depending when I have you.

Short story test on Monday and Tuesday respectively. Please have paper and pens, as well as all your double entry journals out of your binders. Good luck!

Complete double entry journal on The Stolen Party.

Complete the two sentences for each journal - one plot summary sentence and one message summary sentence.

Read and complete double entry journals for As The Buffaloes Bathed, the Magic Chalk, and Man with Enormous Wings. Due on Friday/Monday (depending when you have my class).

Read and complete double entry journals for Three Thieves and Appearances. Due next class.

Day of the Butterfly assignment due on Tuesday before Tamakwa.
1. Each group of three must hand in ONE assignment. Your group is responsible for submitting three content, three personal response and three analytical questions and answers. Each person in the group will write one question for each section. Your analytical response will include at least one reference with page number to support your answer.

This assignment will be MLA, typed and double-spaced.

Content is worth two marks each.
Personal Response us worth 9 marks each.
Analytical is worth 15 marks each.

- read and compete double entry journal for Day of the Butterfly

And make a gmail account with a proper name. Use this account to store your homework.

- finish reading Sucker.
- complete double entry journal.

ENGLISH

- read Big Brother
- complete double entry journal. two pages. at least three major points in after reading section.
- in my head due next class

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Correction: In My Head is due on Tuesday/Wednesday.

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