1. DO NOW – 1/8/16 Answer the questions below in your CN: 1)Take out Essay #4 assignment (if you don’t have it, see me). 2)Begin reading the handout today “Background...” 3)How would you answer this question: - can the legacy of slavery ever be forgiven? 1)Take out Essay #4 assignment (if you don’t have it, see me). 2)Begin reading the handout today “Background...” 3)How would you answer this question: - can the legacy of slavery ever be forgiven?

2. Topic / Objective & Essential Question Topic / Objective: 1) To explore background information for Essay #4 poems – begin developing drafts. Essential Question: 1) How does knowing the history of colonialism in America help understand the central ideas in the poems by Walcott and Alexie? Topic / Objective: 1) To explore background information for Essay #4 poems – begin developing drafts. Essential Question: 1) How does knowing the history of colonialism in America help understand the central ideas in the poems by Walcott and Alexie?

3. Announcements ESSAY #4 is on the school website, www.gilpp.org. www.gilpp.org Final exam is on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Poetry analysis will be reflected in multiple choice questions, short answer questions, and an essay

4. RHYME how those sounds reinforce or support meaning In poetry (and other art forms like song writing), writers use rhyme to emphasize the sounds of words, and how those sounds reinforce or support meaning.

5. Rhyme and Rhyme Scheme(s) Most typical types of rhyme in ENGLISH POETRY: End rhyme 1) End rhyme (occurs at the end of a line) Internal rhyme 2) Internal rhyme (occurs within the line) rhyme scheme or pattern If a poem contains rhyme, it is mostly used with a rhyme scheme or pattern. we denote rhyming sounds with letters To document rhyme in a poem, we denote rhyming sounds with letters, i.e. abba, cdcd, abba, etc. Most typical types of rhyme in ENGLISH POETRY: End rhyme 1) End rhyme (occurs at the end of a line) Internal rhyme 2) Internal rhyme (occurs within the line) rhyme scheme or pattern If a poem contains rhyme, it is mostly used with a rhyme scheme or pattern. we denote rhyming sounds with letters To document rhyme in a poem, we denote rhyming sounds with letters, i.e. abba, cdcd, abba, etc.

6. Rhyme Scheme closed form Poets can use a rhyme scheme in combination with a meter to create a closed form poem. most famous closed formTHE SONNET In English literature, the most famous closed form poem is THE SONNET = 14 rhyming lines. The most important type of sonnet IS: The Shakespearean Sonnet (the English Sonnet) The Shakespearean Sonnet (the English Sonnet)

7. Sonnet 130 We analyzed the rhyme scheme and found the following pattern: abab, cdcd, efef, gg We analyzed the rhyme scheme and found the following pattern: abab, cdcd, efef, gg All SHAKESPEAREAN sonnets will follow this rhyming pattern. All SHAKESPEAREAN sonnets will follow this rhyming pattern.

8. Wrap-Up (on handout) 1)Ultimately, what is the speaker trying to say about his lover (hint: make sure to analyze the last two lines)? A: Although it seems like the speaker is insulting his lover, by the end of the poem, his truth about her looks shows that his love is more real when compared to other men who would lie to her in order to earn affection.

9. Walcott & Alexie In order to successfully analyze and write about the Essay #4 poems, you will need some background information. TURN AND TALK (2 MIN) Q: When you hear the word “colonial”, what associations come to mind?

10. Walcott – “A Far Cry...” 1)Read the “A Far Cry from Africa” by Derek Walcott. As you read, record questions, ideas, phrases/words that stick out... Annotate the text. 2)Share out observations.

11. Read “Background” 1)After reading as a class, find a partner. 2)Discuss with a partner – how does an understanding of the history of colonialism help to support the themes in “A Far Cry...”?

12. YOUR TURN 1)Take Essay #4 and “Background...” and find a computer (or stay at your desk). 2)Begin drafting an essay in preparation for Essay #4 and the Final Exam.