English Language ArtsLevel 8 Lesson 25

Mrs. Morrisey

Grammar Grabber

If he try hard enuf Bill can become a actorsomeday

Grammar Grabber

If he tries hard enough, Bill can become an actor some day.

Quickwrite: (5 min.)

Tell me your life story in seven

lives or less?

Quickwrite: (5 min.)

Tell me your life story in seven

lines or less.

Lesson ObjectivesNarrative Poetry

What is Narrative Poetry?(a poem that tells a story)

More about Narrative Poetry?Has many elements of Short Story (i.e. plot, setting, characters, conflict)

Examples: ballads, epics, lays

Papa’s Fishing Hole

I place my tiny hand in his as we walk to Papa’s Fishing Hole. I hand him a wiggling night crawler fighting for his life.

Papa’s Fishing Hole

The deadly hook squishes through the worm’s head, and I watch the brown guts ooze out. Papa throws the pole’s long arm back and then forward.

Papa’s Fishing Hole

The line lands in a merky spot along the reedy shore. Now I get to reel it in. Nothing yet, he says. He casts again. I reel it in. Still nothing.

Papa’s Fishing Hole

Three time’s a charm, he says. He casts. A strike. We turn the crank together. The fish jumps from the water and his colors form a rainbow

Papa’s Fishing Hole

as he arches his body above the reeds. My Papa handles him with the skill of a master as I stop helping to watch him work.

Papa’s Fishing Hole

A stiff jerk, a quick reel, a stiff jerk again. The fish doesn’t have a chance, I yell. I know. I know. I know, he says.

Elisabeth Babin

Papa's Fishing Hole Questions

1. Who are the characters in the poem?

2. What do you know about the speaker in the poem?

3. What is the setting of the poem? (time and place)

4. What types of conflicts occur in the poem? (hint: there is more than one)

5. What is the mood of the poem?

Papa's Fishing Hole Questions

1. Who are the characters in the poem?

2. What do you know about the speaker in the poem?

3. What is the setting of the poem? (time and place)

4. What types of conflicts occur in the poem? (hint: there is more than one)

5. What is the mood of the poem?

Papa's Fishing Hole Questions

1. Who are the characters in the poem? Child & Grandfather

2. What do you know about the speaker in the poem?

Excited & happy about fishing with Grandfather

3. What is the setting of the poem? (time and place)

Fishing Hole, late 20th Century

Papa's Fishing Hole Questions

4. What types of conflicts occur in the poem? (hint: there is more than one)

Man v. Self -boy is anxious Man v. Nature- boy/grandfather v. fish

5. What is the mood of the poem?Warm & Exciting

1. Definition of Narrative Poetry2. Example of Narrative Poetry3. Papa's Fishing Hole/Questions

What did we learn in

this lesson?

Read “Charge of the Light Brigade”

Write a narrative poem of your own.