Sonnet (14 lines; 10 syllables per line) DUE Wed. Nov. 4 (18 marks)
Fri. Nov. 6, 2015
- Complete all four poetry blogging assignments
-When your blogging tasks are finished, send your blog for marking by going to the top of your published blog page. Click "More". Select "Share By Email."
--- In the email box, type en8a@yahoo.ca
---In the message box, type your full name.
---Hand in your blog assignment marking sheet with your name on it.
Thurs. Nov. 5, 2015
- Finish the "Found Poems" and the "Privacy Poem" assignments.
- Start the "Video Poem" assignment.
- Find a short video from Wikimedia Commons to upload to DotSub.com.
- Caption a poem(s) over at least 30 seconds of video to complement the visual imagery. Include at least four identified literary techniques.
- Embed the video poem on your blog.
See an example. This poem has alliteration (Bear Brothers); metaphor (snowy mat); personification (They speak in bear); repetition (Be patient / Be prepared / Be ferocious):
Wed. Nov. 4, 2015
- Start work on the "Privacy Poem" assignment according to the instructions.
Privacy Poem Example (abcb rhyme pattern)
Private Living
Give up civilized life for a cave
Prepare for your social life deep freeze
Get used to your time in the cold
Nothing online for people to save
On Ebay you’ll never be sold
“I’m off the grid” now you can wheeze
Instead of a Tweet you’ll give ‘em a wave
‘cause e-mail is even too bold
ID protection will be a real breeze
Hacking thieves can’t ever take hold
If it’s privacy you frequently crave
Guess it’s a sign that you’re old
Disconnected life’s as fun as you please
By computers you can’t be controlled
Privacy by Robert W. Service
Oh you who are shy of the popular eye,
(Though most of us seek to survive it)
Just think of the goldfish who wanted to die
Because she could never be private.
There are pebbles and reeds for aquarium needs
Of eel and of pike who are bold fish;
But who gives a thought to a sheltering spot
For the sensitive soul of a goldfish?
So the poor little thing swam around in a ring,
In a globe of a crystalline crudity;
Swam round and swam round, but no refuge she found
From the public display of her nudity;
No weedy retreat for a cloister discreet,
From the eye of the mob to exempt her;
Can you wonder she paled, and her appetite failed,
Till even a fly couldn't tempt her?
I watched with dismay as she faded away;
Each day she grew slimmer and slimmer.
From an amber that burned, to a silver she turned
Then swiftly was dimmer and dimmer.
No longer she gleamed, like a spectre she seemed,
One morning I anxiously sought her:
I only could stare - she no longer was there . . .
She'd simply dissolved in the water.
So when you behold bright fishes of gold,
In globes of immaculate purity;
Just think how they'd be more contented and free
If you gave them a little obscurity.
And you who make laws, get busy because
You can brighten the lives of untold fish,
If it's sadness you note, and a measure promote
To Ensure Private Life For The Goldfish.
(Though most of us seek to survive it)
Just think of the goldfish who wanted to die
Because she could never be private.
There are pebbles and reeds for aquarium needs
Of eel and of pike who are bold fish;
But who gives a thought to a sheltering spot
For the sensitive soul of a goldfish?
So the poor little thing swam around in a ring,
In a globe of a crystalline crudity;
Swam round and swam round, but no refuge she found
From the public display of her nudity;
No weedy retreat for a cloister discreet,
From the eye of the mob to exempt her;
Can you wonder she paled, and her appetite failed,
Till even a fly couldn't tempt her?
I watched with dismay as she faded away;
Each day she grew slimmer and slimmer.
From an amber that burned, to a silver she turned
Then swiftly was dimmer and dimmer.
No longer she gleamed, like a spectre she seemed,
One morning I anxiously sought her:
I only could stare - she no longer was there . . .
She'd simply dissolved in the water.
So when you behold bright fishes of gold,
In globes of immaculate purity;
Just think how they'd be more contented and free
If you gave them a little obscurity.
And you who make laws, get busy because
You can brighten the lives of untold fish,
If it's sadness you note, and a measure promote
To Ensure Private Life For The Goldfish.
Tues. Nov. 3, 2015
- The lab is booked for work on the poetry blogging assignment today.
- In the computer lab, set up your blog at Blogger.com (sign in with your Google Docs username and password. Do not
make a new account). You can customize your blog's privacy and comment
moderation settings through your Blogger Dashboard "settings" and
"comments" tabs.
- Follow the instructions for assignment 1 on the poetry blogging assignment.
- See found article poem and found Twitter poem examples below:
- Follow the instructions for assignment 1 on the poetry blogging assignment.
- See found article poem and found Twitter poem examples below:
Article Found Poem
on April 8 oil spilled
approximately 2,700 litres
highly toxic
viscose
thick
Can't contain all with the booms
cleanup continues
oil globs wash up on
oil globs wash up on
English Bay Beach, Sunset Beach, Second Beach, Third Beach, Siwash Rock
Crab Park, New Brighton Park, Inner Coal Harbour
beaches north of False Creek remain closed
there needs to be a plan
it's quite toxic
"It's a nasty kind of fuel," and will keep washing up on beaches
Wording source: Vancouver oil spill was small but 'nasty' and spread quickly Apr. 14, 2015
Twitter Found Poem
The pipeline protest draws more demonstrators; heavy police presence
livefeed by Sea Shepherd
Crowd chanting Protect the people, not Kinder Morgan
eight arrests today, so that's 61 total so far
SFU molecular biology professor @LynneQuarmby, Author J. B. MacKinnon and Tamo Suzuki got arrested
Dr Alejandro Frid arrested 4 defending his daughter's future.
11yr old was released
"The RCMP are glorified security for a Private Company..it has to stop" (Tamiko Suzuki)
Notice which journalists save all of their snark & really hard questions for protesters, not corporations
#Burnaby said NO to Kinder Morgan (AKA Enron) pipeline expansion
proud of my city for taking a stand
Bus from #Victoria arrived 2 #Burnabymountain
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Wording Source: Twitter #burnabymountain Nov. 22-23, 2014Mon. Nov. 2, 2015
- Shakespearean sonnets: Today we'll review the characteristics of a sonnet.
- Review the sonnet lesson.
- Start writing your own 14 line sonnet.
- Read Ozymandias and view / listen to this sonnet read by Bryan Cranston in the context of Breaking Bad. This poem was written by Percy Bysshe Shelley, and it was inspired by an ancient Egyptian statue of Ramses II. Shelley wrote the poem for a sonnet competition he was having with friends.
- View the video of David Gilmour, the voice and guitar of Pink Floyd, singing Shakespeare's Sonnet 18
