March 10, 2015

Journal

Song of the Day: “Busy Man” by Billy Ray Cyrus. What epitaph will you never see? What is one rhyme from this song?

Quote

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.” – Robert Frost

Word of the Day

He was very sarcastic. Everything that he said sounded caustic and insincere.

Caustic (adjective)• Severely critical or sarcastic

Announcements/Reminders• Epitaphs are due

today!• Work day tomorrow.• How to do the

packet…

Narrative• Tells a story.• Sometimes, a narrative poem is the same length as a

book.

Ballad

• Similar to a folk tale or legend and often have a repeated refrain.

• A ballad is often about love and often sung. • A ballad is a story in poetic form.

BalladBorn on a mountain top in Tennessee, greenest state in the land of the free Raised in the woods so's he knew ev'ry tree, kilt him a b'ar when he was only

three Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier! 

Fought single-handed through the Injun War, till the Creeks was whipped an' peace was in store 

An' while he was handlin' this risky chore, made hisself a legend for evermore 

Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier!  He give his word an' he give his hand, that his Injun friends could keep their

land An' the rest of his life he took the stand, that justice was due every redskin

band Davy, Davy Crockett, holdin' his promise dear! 

He went off to Congress an' served a spell, fixin' up the Govern'ments an' laws as well 

Took over Washin'ton so we heered tell, an' patched up the crack in the Liberty Bell.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txcRQedoEyY

Ballad of Davy CrockettDavy, Davy Crockett, seein' his duty clear! 

He knew when he spoke he sounded the knell, of his hopes for White House an' fame as well 

But he spoke out strong so hist'ry books tell, an' patched up the crack in the Liberty Bell 

Davy, Davy Crockett, seein' his duty clear! When he come home his politickin' done, the western march had just

begun So he packed his gear an' his trusty gun, an' lit out grinnin' to follow

the sun Davy, Davy Crockett, leadin' the pioneer! 

His land is biggest an' his land is best, from grassy plains to the mountain crest 

He's ahead of us all meetin' the test, followin' his legend into the West 

Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier!

Allegory• A narrative having a second

meaning beneath the surface one - a story with two meanings, a literal meaning and a symbolic meaning.

Allegory• Examples: The Tortoise and the Hare, The Ant and the

Grasshopper.

The Walrus and the CarpenterBy Lewis Carroll

The sun was shining on the sea,Shining with all his might:

He did his very best to makeThe billows smooth and bright--

And this was odd, because it wasThe middle of the night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00WCEbKM_SE

Epic• Epic Poems are long, serious, poems that tell the story of

a heroic figure

The Odyssey • An epic poem• You’ll get to read it next year…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea_57mfHp9w

Storyboard• Like a comic strip, it outlines what is happening.• Get a piece of paper from the front (remember to put your

name and hour on it).• Draw a storyboard. I will accept stick figures with a decent

attempt to look nice.• Get a poem from the back.

• Don’t write on the poem.• Return it to the back when you’re done.

• *Note do Paul Bunyan or Casey at bat for one of these.