Category: 9 ENG 11

Collage Poetry and Poetry Analysis

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Warm Up

Explain why it is shortsighted to pretend that climate change isn’t as much of an issue as it is.

Today

Collage Poem

  • Read the text from the novel ‘Boys Life’ by Robert McCammon
  • 25 lines or bits of lines
  • Write out the lines you have highlighted in a order that seems appealing to you

Example

Why did I do it?
It’s not for me the thrill of the kill
Or to see the heart beat stagger.
The unchained curiosity
Helped compromise my nature.
Inside my thoughts
There is
A frame
Sewn from bloody truth.
A hornets’ nest,
Forged with pieces and patches
Of encounters and circumstance.
I breathe in my fantasies,
The real world?
A tough blend
Samples of talking to people,
Foul mouth
From people who had crossed God.
I am not a werewolf or lawbreaker
No silver bullet could track me
That is why I kill.

Poerty Analysis

  • Read the poem ‘My Father Began as a God’
  • Answer the questions

Poetry Analysis and Writing

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Warm Up

Teenagers of today have been referred to as ‘Generation Like;’ how is this an an approrpriate was to describe young people today?

 

Today 

  • Listen to example of spoken word
  • Read My Father Began as a God
  • Begin writing first original poem/continue brainstorming ideas

 

Poetry and English Basics

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Warm Up

List 10 things that you could write a poem about.

Today

Period 1

  • Choose a topic and create a mind map for your first poem.
    • Write the topic in the middle of the page
      • Eg. Hate
    • Draw a series of roads and laneways out from the center of the page
    • In, on and around each road/laneway you need to write ideas or draw images that you associate with your topic.
      • Eg. a dark cloud
    • Decide on a voice/perspective you will write from
      • Eg. An adult looking back on their childhood and remembering what it was like growing up in a home with lots of fighting between family members
  • The mind map needs to be ready for next lesson

Period 2

  • Finish off English Basics (ch. 7, 13 or 21)
  • English Basics Test on these chapters will be happening in the last week of term.

Practice: Writing a Conclusion

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Warm Up

Use the notes you have taken over the last few lessons to help you write a concluding pargraph for the following essay question: Miley Cyrus is a positive role model to young girls. Do you agree?

Today

Finish and sign off essay plan

Essay Question, Intro v Conclusions

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Warm Up

What is the best way to establish your ‘voice’ (unique perspective) in a test response essay?

Your contention is where you have the opportunity to establish your unique ‘voice.’ Your opinion on an essay question, if it is complex and follows the ‘Yes, but/ No, but’ format, is how your unique interpretation of the text should become obvious. Remember, no two people have the same ‘..but’

 

Today

Today we are going to explore the differences between an introduction and conclusion in a five-paragraph essay.

INTRODUCTION CONCLUSION
Background

  • State the title
  • Say who the author is
  • Give one sentence synopsis of text
 Re-state contention

  • Remind the reader of your opinion
Contention/question

  • Clear state opinion
  • Make it clear what the question is
 Synthesise new meaning

  • Suggest a deeper meaning
  • Speculate on the author’s message
Signpost

  • Clear state your main ideas

Let’s look at the following examples below. Can you tell what the question they answer?

 

INTRODUCTION

The world famous Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is about a romance between two young lovers that are on different sides of a long running feud. The play is definitely about love but this is not the only theme. The play also explores the themes of hate and haste.

 

CONCLUSION

Given haste and hate are explored through the actions of a number of characters, it is clear that we can not say that it is a play that is just about love. It is also clear that Shakespeare gives a warning about the negative consequences of both hate and haste. Perhaps, Shakespeare wants his audience to understand that being in love is not the only thing that matters when deciding whether to marry someone and that taking your time and communicating with your family is also important.

Complete a Lotus Diagram for the following question (this is for the essay you will be writing in class on Thurday):

How far is human action responsible for the tragic death of Romeo and Juliet?

Your plan should include:

  • Quotes
  • Implied and higher order questions

You will only be allowed to bring the plan in with you if I have signed it.

If you finish you plan before the end of the lesson, try writing an introduction and/or conclusion for your essay. You can’t bring any pre-written paragraphs in with you by you will benefit from the practice.

Planning a Text Response

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Warm Up

Read Diagramming Compound Sentences and have a go at drawing out the three sentences below:

1. The little kitty in the basket meowed, and the small girl smiled.
2. He drove across town, but she walked.
3. Have you tried, or did you just ask for help?

Today

We are going to review how to use a Lotus Diagram to plan your essays. I will show you using the question below and then you will practice on other questions.

  • The feud between the families seems to be an ever-present concern for the characters. How does the feud drive the action of the play. How do the various characters manifest the feud?
  •  Shakespeare makes the plot of Romeo and Juliet rely on the delivery of crucial messages. Explain the importance of these various messages and the problems with the messengers.
  • “Romeo and Juliet is a play about two silly, immature teenagers who lack common sense. Therefore, the play expresses the danger of a love in which two people become the whole world to one another.” Do you agree?
  • “The lesson of Romeo and Juliet is that children should not deceive their parents.” Do you agree?

Embedding Quotes

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Warm Up:

Find one rule for punctuating direct speech.

Embedding Quotes:

It is essential that you begin to embed your quotes in your writing rather than lumping them at the beginning or at the end of a sentence. Embedding quotes creates a sophistication and fluency in your writing and is something you should start practicing now in preparation for VCE.

This is what embedding a quote looks like:

Shakespeare suggests that the supernatural is an evil force not to meddled with. Banquo recognises this when he refers to the Witches as ‘instruments of darkness’. This implies that the Witches embody darkness and are completely wicked. Furthermore, Shakespeare is suggesting that like music, the Witches’ evil nature will echo throughout Shakespeare’s tragedy.

This is what we don’t want:

Lump it in:

Shakespeare suggests that the supernatural is an evil force not to meddled with.‘Instruments of darkness’. This suggests that the Witches represent evil.

or

Repeating words:

Shakespeare suggests that the witches are agents of darkness by referring to them as ‘Instruments of darkness.’

Today

  • I will give you back the contentions you wrote last class
    • Find a quote that supports the one of the contentions you wrote last class.
    • Think about how you will explain your quote

Writing Complex Contentions

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Warm Up

What is a contention and what will writing a good contention do for you (the person writing the essay) and your audience (the person reading your essay)? Write a paragraph to explain your thoughts.

Today

We are going to practice writing a complex contentions. Lots of notes will be written on the board today, so make sure you get them all down.

 

Diary Entry

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Imagine you are Lord Capulet, what do you think would be running through your head the day after Juliet’s suicide? Write a single paragraph diary entry. Imagine you are writing this at the breakfast table the day after the tragic event. What would you be feeling? What would you say? Write at least a page.

Finish Chapter 21 of English Basic including the writing task at the end

Most Important Scene and English Basics

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Warm up

  • If you had to choose which scene is most important in R&J, how would you do it? What would make you think one scene is more important than any other? Write a paragraph to explain your answer.

Period 1

  • Get into pairs
  • Create a Prezi (you will have to download the Prezi app from the AppStore) that explains which scene you and your partner think it the ‘most important’
  • Use quotes and evidence to justify your choice

 

Period 2

  • If you finish your Prezi before the end of the double, complete chapter 21 of your English Basics book.