Dickinson Day 217 April 2013Miss Rice

Warm-UpWhat is personification?

How is death typically personified in books or movies? Examples?

AgendaVocabulary

“Because I Could Not Stop for Death”

“I Heard a Fly Buzz”

Dickinson Style Writing Assignment

CP Objectives 4/17To review vocabulary words.

To analyze Emily Dickinson’s poetry for style, theme, and literary devices.

To write in the style of Emily Dickinson.

Vocabulary Unit 5HW due tomorrow

Quiz Friday

Vobackulary You can use your lists today

Lit. Terms: End RhymeWords 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

Lit. Terms: RhythmThe flow or feeling in a piece of poetry

The way words come together

The pace of the poem

Cadence

Lit. Terms: Word ChoiceThe types of words authors choose to put in a

piece

Vivid verbs Loaded words

Lit. Terms: StyleThe method which a poet uses to convey

meaning, tone, and emotion in his/her poem Word choice Sentence structure

“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

“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?

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

HomeworkResearch 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)

In class tomorrow we will:review vocab. finish our poems share our poems take the open-note Whitman/Dickinson quiz