01.31.2011EXILE POETRY

English IV H | Mr. Smith

Warm-up: “Exile”

Exile is defined as the expulsion, banishment, or separation of a person from his/her home, country, family, or other group.

Describe a time when you were exiled or took part in exiling someone. (Bear in mind that exile can happen in ways large and small.) Explain what you thought and felt during the experience.

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Vocab procedure

Monday New list given and posted online Homework: meaningful sentences

Tuesday – homework: visual vocab Thursday

Vocab review Homework: study (optional: make flashcards)

Friday – QUIZ

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1. manifest – visible; evident George’s pain from the papercut was manifest due

to his loud scream.2. conventional – common; customary

It is conventional to eat turkey, watch football, and take long naps on Thanksgiving Day.

3. partisan – one who supports a particular person, cause, or idea

Mr. Smith is a partisan for the UNC Tar Heels.

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4. contentious – argumentative; quarrelsome The teen driver became contentious with the police

officer after being ticketed for driving while texting.5. lament – to mourn

Funerals are held so that families can lament the passing of a loved one.

6. allusion – an indirect reference to something else (especially in literature)

Mr. Smith’s students are usually too young to understand the allusions he makes to TV shows and movies from his youth.

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7. arbiter – one who decides; a judge Mr. Smith is the final arbiter of your English grade.

8. inherent – part of the essential nature of something

Writing is an inherent part of any English course.9. paradox – a seemingly sound statement that

actually contradicts itself One problem with the theory of time travel is the

paradox of travelling before one’s own date of birth.

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10. cynic – one who deeply distrusts human nature; one who believes people are motivated only by selfishness

The cynic found it hard to believe that anyone would help him solely out of kindness.

11. exposition – comprehensive description of an idea or theory

Karl Marx is famous for his exposition on Communism.12. consensus – unanimity (or near unanimity)

Congress is unable to come to a consensus on health care reform.

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13. comprehensive – covering or including everything Erin and Boris stayed up all night studying for their

comprehensive Physics final.

14. sagacious – possessing wisdom gained from experience or learning

In movies, kung-fu masters are often portrayed as old, sagacious men.

15. precipitate – to cause to happen abruptly or suddenly Hubert’s outburst of profanity in the middle of the lecture

precipitated his immediate removal from class.

Unit 1 Historical Background

Presentations

Each group member should take part in presenting Audience members should take brief notes on

each section other than their own (at least three items per section)

Presenters should take any questions at the end

7 Habits of Effective Readers

What are the 7 habits?

Visualizing Questioning Making connections Predicting Inferring Determining importance Synthesizing

Visualizing

Form a mental image or other picture Sample statements:

“I can see…” “I imagine…” “That gives me a picture of…”

Questioning

Ask questions about what you don’t understand or aren’t sure of – what happened, why characters did certain things etc.

Sample statements: “I wonder…” “What if…” “Why…” “I don’t get…”

Making connections

Think about how the text relates to other texts (text-to-text), to you (text-to-self), and to the world (text-to-world)

How do these connections help you better understand the text or its characters?

Sample statements: “This reminds me of…” “This part/character is like…” “I have a connection to…”

Predicting

Based on your reading, think about what will happen next.

As you continue to read, see if your predictions were correct or not.

Sample statements: “I predict that…” “Since this happened, I think that…” “I bet…”

Inferring

Draw conclusions about the text based on what you read (“reading between the lines”)

Details from the text should support your inferences

Sample statements: “Because of this, I know…” “I can tell that...because…” “This detail shows me that…”

Determining importance

Decide which characters, events, or other ideas are most important to the text

Knowing what’s important allows you to effectively summarize

Sample statements: “This is important because…” “This part is key because…”

Synthesizing

Synthesizing means creating new knowledge Effective synthesis shows you truly understand the

text Sample statements:

“The point of this is…” “The theme of this text is…” “The central idea of this text is…”

Anglo-Saxon Poetry

Key poetic features

Lines with regular rhythm, usually four strong beats Caesura – rhythmic breaks in the middle of each line,

where the reciter could pause for breath Kennings – two-word poetic renamings of people,

places, and things (e.g. “whale’s home” = ocean) Assonance – repetition of vowel sounds in unrhymed,

stressed syllables (e.g. “batter these ramparts”) Alliteration – repetition of initial consonant sounds in

stressed syllables

“The Seafarer”

Procedure

Popcorn reading of the poem Complete reading questions on your own Share responses with your neighbor Discuss questions with the class

Homework

For tonight:

Vocab List 01 meaningful sentences Micro-research write-ups due tomorrow