1. APRIL 8 TH, 2013 English 10

2. Silent Reading Last week as a class you read 426 pages! That’s 177 pages a day!

3. Top Readers for the Week in no Particular Order Jordan Cooling Miradi Gashi Symon Hoyt Michael Ross Issac Staples

4. Silent Writing What does “poetry” mean to you? What has your past experiences with poetry been like?

5. Warm-up: Scategories Try to think up a word that matches the category and letter. Bonus points for alliteration. S Things in a purse

6. Scategories GRT Things in a purse Things in a classroom Things in a kitchen

7. Today’s Schedule Silent Writing Warm-Up Activity Polaris Music Prize Activity Results Poetry Analysis

8. Polaris Music Prize – Top Four in no Particular Order Ron Sexsmith The Weeknd Hey Rosetta! Arcade Fire

9. Before the Results… We are going to analyze the songs in greater detail by looking at their lyrics. Each group will get a different set of lyrics. Your job is to: a) Read the song (individually) b) Complete the questions (as a group) c) Briefly explain to the class what the song was about and what you discussed in your groups. (nominate one person from your group) * Don’t forget the phrases we learned last week!

10. Polaris Music Prize Giving Reasons for Your ViewsAsking for a Reason This is because… The reasons for this are… (semi- formal) This is due to… (formal) This is on account of (ultra formal) What makes you say that? Why do you say that? How come you think that? Giving ExamplesAsking for an Example For example… For instance… Such as… For example? For instance? Such as? AgreeingDisagreeing I totally agree. I couldn’t agree more. You’re absolutely right. Maybe, but don’t you think...? I hear what you’re saying, but the way I see it... That’s one way to look at it, but from my point of view...

11. Results Before Analyzing the Lyrics 10. Braids 9. Austra 8. Colin Stetson 7. Destroyer 6. Timber Timbre 5. Galaxie 3. (tie) Arcade Fire / Hey Rosetta! 2. Ron Sexsmith 1. The Weeknd

12. Mr. Harvey’s Top 10 1. Arcade Fire 2. Timbre Timber 3. The Weeknd 4. Ron Sexsmith 5. Colin Stetson 6. Austra 7. Destroyer 8. Braids 9. Hey Rosetta! 10. Galaxie

13. Discussion Questions Did your opinion of the songs change after reading/hearing about their lyrics? Which songs did you think were better? Worse? Did the music always match the lyrics? If not, what songs?