Ten Things My Students Say… • I wasn’t talking.

• Are we doing something fun today?

• I didn’t know there was a test today!

• That’s not fair!

• I left it in my locker.

• What number are we on?

• Can I get a drink?

• I already handed that in

• What period is this?

• When is this class over?

Write a list poem: Ten things my parents say…

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Write a list poem:

Ten things my teachers say… 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Form: The way a poem

looks on paper

Line: A verse of Poetry

Stanza: Lines of a poem arranged in a group

Structured Form: Poem has a regular repeated

pattern of rhyme and/or rhythm

“Messy Room” by Shel Silverstein Whosever room this is should be ashamed! His underwear is hanging on the lamp. His raincoat is there in the overstuffed chair, And the chair is becoming quite mucky and damp. His workbook is wedged in the window, His sweater's been thrown on the floor. His scarf and one ski are beneath the TV, And his pants have been carelessly hung on the door. His books are all jammed in the closet, His vest has been left in the hall. A lizard named Ed is asleep in his bed, And his smelly old sock has been stuck to the wall. Whosever room this is should be ashamed! Donald or Robert or Willie or-- Huh? You say it's mine? Oh, dear, I knew it looked familiar!

Messy Room Poem

• What does your room look like? (10 lines)

TDA responses: Presenting evidence

Be specific when presenting text evidence:

Direct Quote:

1. Use quotation marks.

2. Begin with phrases such as:

The author says “

The text states “

For example, line four reads “ author says...

Paraphrase:

• Describe what is in the text in your own words. Be sure to describe something specific in the text.

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Direct quotes

Direct Quote:

Use quotation marks when you repeat a sentence, phrase, or even unique words from the text.

author says...

Examples:

• She (the speaker) asserts that “life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.”

• She urges her son not to “set down on the steps…”

• “Tacks” and “splinters” and “torn up” are images of pain.

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Paraphrasing

Restate a relevant part of the text in your own words. Make sure that you are referring to something specific in the text. says...

Examples:

The staircase represents life because the speaker keeps talking about climbing stairs throughout the poem as she talks about life.

In the final stanza, the speaker tells her son that it is important to keep climbing and never sit down just because life is hard.

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Analyze and explain evidence

Explain how the quote or paraphrased evidence supports your idea. Begin

with signal phrases such as: This shows…

. This means…

This reveals…

This illustrates…

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Evidence According to the speaker, her staircase in life has had “tacks” and “splinters” and “boards torn up” and “no carpet.”

Explanation This description of the speaker’s life in terms of a rundown staircase suggests that she has struggled in life. “Tacks” and “splinters” and “torn up” are images of pain. The lack of carpet implies poverty. The metaphor suggests that the speaker is as worn down from the trials of her life as a wooden staircase that has not been cared for.

“If I Can Stop One Heart from Breaking”

By Emily Dickinson

If I can stop one Heart from breaking

I shall not live in vain

If I can ease one Life the Aching

Or cool one Pain

Or help fainting Robin

Unto his Nest again

I shall not live in Vain

1. Set a purpose: What is Tupac’s philosophy of life?

2. Annotate the text

R.A.C.E. What does it does acronym stand for?

R: restate

A: answer

C: cite evidence

E: explain evidence

(R) Dickinson’s philosophy of life is (A) that it is important to help others. (C) In her poem, Dickinson says, “If I can stop one Heart from breaking I shall not live in vain.” (E) This tells me Dickinson doesn’t want to see others suffer and finds life more meaningful if she can help those in pain.

“In the Event of My Demise” by Tupac Shakur

In the event of my Demise when my heart can beat no more I Hope I Die For A Principle or A Belief that I had Lived 4 I will die Before My Time \ Because I feel the shadow's Depth so much I wanted 2 accomplish before I reached my Death I have come 2 grips with the possibility and wiped the last tear from My eyes I Loved All who were Positive In the event of my Demise

1. Set a purpose: What is Tupac’s philosophy of life?

2. Annotate the text

R.A.C.E. R: restate A: answer C: cite evidence E: explain evidence (R) Tupac’s philosophy is (A) to live life to the

fullest . In line eight of “In the Event of My Demise,” it states, (C)“so much I wanted 2 accomplish before I reached my Death…” (E)This tells me Tupac feels everyone should make the most of the time they have as well as enjoy the journey of life.

Collins Model Tupac Shakur and Emily Dickinson are very different, but they both want a meaningful life and have a clear philosophy of life. Dickinson finds purpose in helping other. She says, “If I can stop one heart from breaking I shall not live in vain.” This demonstrates that easing the suffering of others is fulfilling to Dickinson. Tupac’s philosophy of life is to live life to the fullest. In line eight of “In the Event of My Demise,” it states, “so much I wanted 2 accomplish before I reached my Death…” Tupac feels everyone should make the most of the time. Although these poets lived in different centuries, they both had a strong life’s code to follow.

NB entry: Write 10 lines/ 100 words

What is your life’s code or philosophy? How do you want to live your life? What do you value the most?

Free Verse: Poem has no pattern of rhyme or

rhythm

What can you say about this speak

“Mother to Son”

by Langston Hughes

Well, son, I’ll tell you.

Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.

It’s had tacks in it,

And splinters,

And boards torn up,

And places with no carpet on the floor-

Bare.

But all the time I’se been a-climbin’ on, And reachin’ landin’s, And turnin’ corners, And sometimes goin’ in the dark Where there ain’t been no light. So boy, don’t you turn back. Don’t you set down on the steps ‘Cause you finds it’s kinder hard. Don’t you fall now- For I’se still goin’ honey, I’se still climbin, And life for me ain’t been no

crystal stair.

“In the Inner City” By Lucille Clifton in the inner city or like we call it home we think a lot about uptown and the silent nights and the houses straight as dead men and the pastel lights and we hang on to our no place happy to be alive and in the inner city or like we call it home

Paragraph

My sister is like a dark cloud. She storms out of her bedroom every morning when Mom wakes her up,and casts a dark shadow over the breakfast table. Often, she rains tears down in angry bursts. My sister is like a dark cloud.

Free verse My sister is like a dark cloud. -line

She storms out of her bedroom every

morning when Mom wakes her up,

and casts a dark shadow over the breakfast

table. -stanza

Often, she rains tears down in angry bursts.

My sister is like a dark cloud.

Take this paragraph and write it in poetry form

A gentle breeze carries the scent of apples from the orchard. I can imagine the sweet, syrupy taste of the overripe apples that lay beneath heavy trees. When I was too little to pick an apple from the branch, I would sit in the shade and pick from the fallen fruit on the ground. Such a delicious memory of my boyhood.

A gentle breeze carries the scent of apples from

the orchard.

I can imagine the sweet, syrupy taste of the

overripe apples that lay beneath heavy trees.

When I was too little to pick an apple from the branch,

I would sit in the shade and pick from the fallen fruit on the ground.

Such a delicious memory of my boyhood.

Tone: writer’s attitude toward

subject. Is he serious, sarcastic

or playful? How does the

writer feel about his subject?

What is his purpose for the

poem?

“This is Just to Say” By William Carlos William I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold

“My Papa’s Waltz”

by Theodore Roethke

The whiskey on your breath

Could make a small boy

dizzy;

But I hung on like death:

Such waltzing is not easy.

We romped until the pans

Slid from the kitchen shelf

My mother’s countenance

Could not unfrown itself.

The hand that held my wrist

Was battered on one knuckle;

At every step you missed

My right ear scraped a buckle.

You beat time on my head

With a palm caked hard by dirt,

Then waltzed me off to bed

Still clinging to your shirt

TONE: Write a ten line poem (structured or free verse) with a particular tone. We will share and identify tone in your poems. Some possible tones include angry, excited, sad, frightened, sarcastic, loving, proud or patriotic. Be prepared to share so that others can identify the tone.

Some Possible Ideas:

•Angry (maybe about punishment you thought was unfair)

•Sarcastic (maybe about how much you love English class!)

Speaker: voice of poem; it may be the poet or a character he or she creates.

“Mother to Son”

by Langston Hughes

Well, son, I’ll tell you.

Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.

It’s had tacks in it,

And splinters,

And boards torn up,

And places with no carpet on the floor-

Bare.

But all the time I’se been a-climbin’ on, And reachin’ landin’s, And turnin’ corners, And sometimes goin’ in the dark Where there ain’t been no light. So boy, don’t you turn back. Don’t you set down on the steps ‘Cause you finds it’s kinder hard. Don’t you fall now- For I’se still goin’ honey, I’se still climbin, And life for me ain’t been no

crystal stair.

“I Never Said I wasn’t Difficult” By Sara Holbrook I never said I wasn’t difficult, I mostly want my way. Sometimes I talk back or pout and don’t have much to say. I’ve been known to yell, “So what,” when I’m stepping out of bounds. I want you there for me and yet, I don’t want you around. I wish I had more privacy and never had to be alone. I want to run away. I’m scared to leave my home.

I’m too tired to be responsible. I wish I were boss. I want to blaze new trails. I’m terrified that I’ll get lost. I wish an answer came every time I asked you, “Why?” I wish you weren’t a know-it-all Why do you question when I’m

bored? I won’t be cross-examined. I hate to be ignored. I know, I shuffle messages like cards, some to show and some to hide. But, if you think I’m hard to live

with you should try me inside.

“Little Sister” by Nikki Grimes little sister holds on tight. My hands hurt from all that squeezing, but I don’t mind. She thinks no one will bother her when I’m around, and they won’t if I can help it.

And even when I can’t I try ‘cause she believes in me.

Speaker: Someone else’s shoes:

Write ten lines (structured or free

verse) from the point of view of one of your family members, i.e., dad, mom, sister, brother, pet. We will share poems and discuss the speaker of your poem and what we can tell about him or her.

Mood Definition: The overall feeling or emotion

created by the author’s words. Ask yourself: how does the work make you feel? Happy? Uplifted? Sad? Fearful? On edge?

Example: The silly, whimsical scenes during the opening song “Shrek" suggest a light, humorous mood.

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Brainstorm: come up with methods creating mood. Think Pair Share.

• How is mood established in film?

• How is mood established in music?

• How is mood established in art?

• How is mood established in writing?

Mood: listen to the following songs and think of the best adjective to describe the mood: uplifting, happy, optimistic, hopeful, pessimistic, gloomy, mournful, suspenseful, eerie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa-ae6_okmg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOqk_q4NLLI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEs8QSjxT9I

Mood in Film: lighting, sound, setting

Mary Poppins trailer

http://www.youtube.com/movie/mary-poppins

Mary Poppins trailer recut as a horror film http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2T5_0AGdFic

Forrest Gump trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPIEn0M8su0

Forrest Gump trailer recut as a horror film http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paXCXnaiUlA

Mood in Art: color and line

Mood in literature: words!

• Bouncing into the room, she lit up the vicinity with a joyous glow on her face as she told about her fiancé and their wedding plans. Mood?

• Bursting through the door, the flustered mother screamed uncontrollably at the innocent teacher who gave her child an F.

Mood?

Task

• Write a sentence describing someone entering a room and try to establish your assigned mood in the reader:

• Your sentence should make the reader feel:

– Peaceful (row a)

– Suspenseful (row b)

– Mysterious (row c)

– Sorrowful (row d)

– Romantic (row e)

– Cheerful (row f)

Mood: write ten lines to describe the following

• being home alone when the lights go out

• a small child lost in a crowded train station

• food fight in the cafeteria

• the last day of school

Be prepared to share and discuss the mood of your poem!

Poetry presentations!

Theme: an big idea that is expressed through a work of art. A landscape painting might express beauty. A song might be about love. The story "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" portrays the author's idea about honesty.

Possible literary subjects • Ambition

• Death

• Peace

• War

• Friendship

• Jealousy

• Beauty

• Loneliness

• Betrayal

• Love

• Loss

• Courage

• Loyalty

• Perseverance

• Fear

• Prejudice

• Freedom

• Suffering

• Happiness

• Truth

• Duty

• Patriotism

Theme is never one word!

Beauty

Possible themes:

• beauty is in the eyes of the beholder

• beauty cannot last forever

• Inner beauty is far more important than outer beauty

“Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost

Nature's first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf's a flower;

But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay

“Sympathy” by Paul Laurence Dunbar I know what the caged bird feels, alas! When the sun is bright on the upland

slopes; When the wind stirs soft through the

springing grass, And the river flows like a stream of

glass; When the first bird sings and the first

bud opes, And the faint perfume from its chalice

steals-- I know what the caged bird feels! I know why the caged bird beats its

wing Till its blood is red on the cruel bars; For he must fly back to his perch and

cling When he fain would be on the bough a-

swing;

And a pain still throbs in the old, old scars

And they pulse again with a keener sting--

I know why he beats his wing! I know why the caged bird sings, ah me, When his wing is bruised and his

bosom sore,-- When he beats his bars and he would

be free; It is not a carol of joy or glee, But a prayer that he sends from his

heart's deep core, But a plea, that upward to Heaven he

flings-- I know why the caged bird sings!

Theme: -write a ten line poem (structured or free verse) that explores any of the following topics for themes: death, peace, friendship, jealousy, loneliness, love, courage, prejudice, truth. -Place your name, period, and date in the upper left-hand corner of your paper -Title the poem, “Theme Poem” -Write the theme statement before you write the poem (NOT ONE WORD!) -Write a poem that is at least 100 words (10 words a line)

Describe and compare themes of “Video” and “I Don’t Want to Be.” Use two examples from EACH song to support your opinion.

Ten Things My Students Say… • I wasn’t talking.

• Are we doing something fun today?

• I didn’t know there was a test today!

• That’s not fair!

• I left it in my locker.

• What number are we on?

• Can I get a drink?

• I already handed that in

• What period is this?

• When is this class over?

Imagery and Figurative Language: similar to special effects in a movie, they grab attention and help create mental pictures and moods. Poems rich in imagery appeal to the senses to help the reader experience the text.

Imagery

Sensory details: words and phrases that appeal to one or more of five senses Image: picture or sensation reader forms in his or her mind Imagery: Collection of sensations or images.

Imagery Definition: Words that appeal to the five senses

and enhance the reader’s experience.

Example: Ernestine (a dolphin) nuzzled in beside me and laid her pectoral fin on my back. I couldn’t resist her. Without conscious thought, my hand reached up and stroked her side. It felt smooth, soft, and firm, like the inside surface of a hard-boiled egg.

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What sense is this imagery appealing to ?

Ernestine (a dolphin) nuzzled in beside me and laid her pectoral fin on my back. I couldn’t resist her. Without conscious thought, my hand reached up and stroked her side. It felt smooth, soft, and firm, like the inside surface of a hard-boiled egg.

What sense is this imagery appealing to ?

None of the divers had air tanks. Each diver breathed through a thin yellow air hose leading up to the surface, where it was plugged into a brass outlet on an air compressor. I noticed the strange shape of the bubbles as they left my regulator and wobbled to the surface. They were not round but dome-shaped, flat on the bottom, and they changed as they rose toward the mirrorlike surface twenty feet above.

What sense is this imagery appealing to ?

I heard the crash of the surface as it broke apart and thumped shut above me…As the dolphin charged, I heard a roar of cavitation (the sudden formation of bubbles) as the very water tore, breaking into hydrogen and oxygen…heard the klonk that I knew signaled aggression.

Write a paragraph rich with imagery

Row a and b: appeal to sense of sight Row c: appeal to sense of sound Row d: appeal to sense of touch Row e: appeal to sense of smell Row f: appeal to sense of taste

Describe this picture using imagery:

Write a sentence for each sense: sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch (5 sentences!)

“Preludes” excerpt By T.S. Elliot The winter evening settles down With the smell of steaks in passageways. Six o'clock. The burnt-out ends of smoky days. And now a gusty shower wraps The grimy scraps Of withered leaves about your feet And newspapers from vacant lots; The showers beat On broken blinds and chimneypots, And at the corner of the street A lonely cab-horse steams and stamps. And then the lighting of the lamps.

“A Dream Deferred”

By Langston Hughes

What happens to a dream

deferred?

Does it dry up

like a raisin in the sun?

Or fester like a sore--

And then run?

Does it stink like rotten

meat?

Or crust and sugar over--

like a syrupy sweet?

Maybe it just sags

like a heavy load.

Or does it explode?

Figurative Language Definition: This cannot be taken literally because it is written to

create a special feeling or effect. The most common figures of speech are simile, metaphor, hyperbole, and personification.

Describe this photo using one of the above forms of figurative language.

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Literal language

Words that are used according to their dictionary definition. Examples: • I graded papers on Saturday. • My grandmom bakes delicious cakes. I

Figurative Language

Words used in imaginative ways to express ideas by comparison or suggestion rather than literal, concrete meanings.

Examples of figurative language:

Similes

metaphors

Hyperbole

Personification

Simile

Imaginative comparison using like or as.

Examples:

• The lanterns bobbed like lightning bugs in the wind.

• The July day was as lovely as a sunflower.

“Be Like the Bird”

By Victor Hugo

Be like the bird, who

Halting in his flight

On limb to slight

Feels it give way beneath him,

Yet sings

Knowing he hath wings

Personification: a description of an object, animal, place or idea, as if it were human or had human qualities

• “ Sleeping in the Forest” by Mary Oliver • • I thought the earth • remembered me, she • took me back so tenderly, arranging • her dark skirts, her pockets • full of licens and seeds. I slept • as never before, a stone on the riverbed, nothing • between me and the white fire of the stars • but my thoughts, and they floated • light as moths among the branches • of the perfect trees. All night • I heard the small kingdoms breathing • around me, the insects, and the birds • who do their work in the darkness. All night • I rose and fell, as if in water, grappling • with a luminous doom. By morning • I had vanished at least a dozen times • into something better.

“The City is So Big” By Richard Garcia The city is so big Its bridges quake with fear I know, I have seen at night The lights sliding from house to house And trains pass with windows shining Like a smile full of teeth I have seen machines eating houses. And stairways walk all by themselves And elevator doors opening and closing And people disappear.

Hyperbole

Definition: An exaggeration used to emphasize a point.

Example: I am so hungry, I could eat a horse.

Hyerbole Jeopardy: Yes or No?

http://www.superteachertools.com/jeopardy/usergames/Nov201144/game1320160231.php

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Task:

• Dorney Park is opening a new rollercoaster. Name it and describe it in terms of hyperbole. (5-7 lines)

Metaphor

Definition: A comparison of two unlike things that does NOT use the words “like” or “as.”

Example: “Greta is a ray of sunshine.”

“After lunch, John is a sleepy bear.”

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Metaphors are everywhere! In Poetry

• Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul…

Excerpt from “Hope” by Emily Dickinson

In Art

Your Heart

Your heart

Even in speech!

http://blog.flocabulary.com/extended-metaphor/

Metaphors are everywhere!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQL-wEe03hc

Task: Create an unusual metaphor and avoid worn out comparisons. Cliche: The rain came down like cats and dogs. Fresh: The rain came down in long knitting needles.

The sun =

Your enemy’s heart =

Dress =

A face =

Piece of fruit or an body part

A landscape

Any sound

Household appliance or machine

Some inspiring examples The sun = piece of fruit or body part

The sun glared at me, a critical eye following me down the street, making me want to hold my head down to avoid the scrutiny.

A friend or enemy’s heart = a landscape

His heart was a lifeless desert after the loss of his wife, a barren hopeless place.

Dress = a sound

Sarah’s gaudy prom dress shouted across the room at me, its brash colors screaming all at once for my attention.

A face = household appliance or machine

I stare at my girlfriend’s face, trying to figure her out, but she is a wall clock that is too far away to read.

Examples The sun glared at me, a critical eye following me down

the street, making me want to hold my head down to avoid the scrutiny.

His heart was a lifeless desert after the loss of his wife, a barren hopeless place.

Sarah’s gaudy prom dress shouted across the room at me, its brash colors screaming all at once for my attention.

I stare at my girlfriend’s face, trying to figure her out, but she is a wall clock that is too far away to read.

• “Ode to enchanted light” by Pablo Neruda • • Under the trees light • has dropped from the top of the sky. • light • like a green • latticework of branches, • shining • on every leaf, • drifting down like clean • white sand. • • A cicada send • its sawing song • high into the empty air • • The world is a glass overflowing with water. •

Extended metaphor: metaphor that is extended through a stanza or entire poem, often by multiple comparisons of unlike objects or ideas

• “Scaffolding” by Seamus Heaney • • Masons, when they start upon a building, • Are careful to test out the scaffolding; • • Make sure that planks won’t slip at busy points, • Secure all ladders, tighten bolted joints. • • And yet all this comes down when the job’s done • Showing off walls of sure and solid stone. • • So if, my dear, there sometimes seem to be • Old bridges breaking between you and me • Never fear. We may let the scaffolds fall • Confident that we have built our wall.

“Identity” by Julio Noboa Polanco Let them be as flowers, always watered, fed, guarded, admired, but harnessed to a pot of dirt. I'd rather be a tall, ugly weed, clinging on cliffs, like an eagle wind-wavering above high, jagged rocks. To have broken through the surface of stone, to live, to feel exposed to the madness of the vast, eternal sky. To be swayed by the breezes of an ancient sea, carrying my soul, my seed, beyond the mountains of time or into the abyss of the bizarre.

I'd rather be unseen, and if

then shunned by everyone, than to be a pleasant-smelling flower, growing in clusters in the fertile valley, where they're praised, handled, and plucked by greedy, human hands. I'd rather smell of musty, green stench than of sweet, fragrant lilac. If I could stand alone, strong and free, I'd rather be a tall, ugly weed.

Rhyme: repetition of identical or similar sounds

Rhyme Scheme: pattern of rhyme in a poem. Assign each line of a stanza a letter of the alphabet, starting with “a” for the first line; assign the same letter to lines that rhyme.

There was an old man who supposed a

That the street door was partially closed; a

But some very large rats, b

Ate his coats and his hats, b

While that futile old gentleman dozed. a

“The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow

wood And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I

could To where it bent in the

undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair And having perhaps the better

claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing

there Had worn them really about the

same,

And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden

black. Oh, I kept the first for another day! Yet knowing how way leads on to way, I doubted if I should ever come

back. I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and

I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the

difference.

Onomatopoeia: the use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning like buzz, hiss, and clap

“The moan of doves in immemorial elms,

And murmuring of innumerable bees.”

(From “The Princess: Come Down Oh Maid” by Tennyson)

The rusty spigot sputters, utters a splutter, spatters a smattering of drops, gashes wider; slash, splatters, scatters, spurts, finally stops sputtering and plash! gushes rushes splashes clear water dashes. by Eve Merriam

Alliteration: the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

• “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would not take the garbage out!”

• by Shel Silverstein • • Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout

Would not take the garbage out! She'd scour the pots and scrape the pans, Candy the yams and spice the hams, And though her daddy would scream and shout, She simply would not take the garbage out. And so it piled up to the ceilings: Coffee grounds, potato peelings, Brown bananas, rotten peas, Chunks of sour cottage cheese. It filled the can, it covered the floor, It cracked the window and blocked the door With bacon rinds and chicken bones, Drippy ends of ice cream cones, Prune pits, peach pits, orange peel, Gloppy glumps of cold oatmeal, Pizza crusts and withered greens, Soggy beans and tangerines, Crusts of black burned buttered toast, Gristly bits of beefy roasts. . .

• The garbage rolled on down the hall,

It raised the roof, it broke the wall. . . Greasy napkins, cookie crumbs, Globs of gooey bubble gum, Cellophane from green baloney, Rubbery blubbery macaroni, Peanut butter, caked and dry, Curdled milk and crusts of pie, Moldy melons, dried-up mustard, Eggshells mixed with lemon custard, Cold french fried and rancid meat, Yellow lumps of Cream of Wheat. At last the garbage reached so high That it finally touched the sky. And all the neighbors moved away, And none of her friends would come to play. And finally Sarah Cynthia Stout said, "OK, I'll take the garbage out!" But then, of course, it was too late. . . The garbage reached across the state, From New York to the Golden Gate. And there, in the garbage she did hate, Poor Sarah met an awful fate, That I cannot now relate Because the hour is much too late. But children, remember Sarah

Alliteration Hip-Hop Alliteration Example:

“I’m a twenty ton terror on top of Tokyo towers with two titanium tentacles” –NoCanDo

“Furious, phat, fabulous, fantastic/flurries of funk felt feeding the fanatics”" -Blackalicious

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvPnM2Q1nwU

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Task

• If you were a hip hop artist, how would you describe yourself? Write two lines that feature alliteration.

• Now create two lines of rap that feature alliteration to describe your favorite celebrity.

Have fun and be prepared to share!

Lyrics Presentations!

Imagery: creates strong mental pictures

"It's only fair to warn I was born with a set of horns And metaphors attached to my darn umbilical cord The warlord of rap that'll bash you with a 2x4 board And smash into your Honda Accord with a 4-door Ford But I'm more toward dropping an a capella To chop a fella to mozzarella worse than a helicopter propeller!“

Sound: consonance and assonance

We touch I feel a rush We clutch it isn't much But it's enough to make me wonder whats in store for us It's lust, it's torturous You must be a sorceress 'cause you just Did the impossible Gained my trust don't play games it'll be dangerous

From “Space bound” by Eminem

The use of simile

“…some of us cannibals Who cut other people open like cantaloupes…”

“The Real Slim Shady”

By Eminem

The use of metaphor

“…maybe our relationship isn’t as crazy as it seems maybe that’s what happens when a tornado meets a volcano…”

“Love the Way you Lie” by Eminem

Ten Things My Students Say…

Ten Things Teachers Say

You get a green slip Go outside Stop talking Do you need to go to the office? Where is your homework? That was due today! Spit out your gum. This is your warning. You do it now.

Can I see you out in the hallway? This is your yellow warning card. Feet first entry Band head here Stop calling out Stop turning around No warnings; this is a new marking period Don say the 3 S’s