Week 14 - Unit 8 - Lesson 3/4/5 - Nov. 18th/20th

SDI English 9
Week 14 - U8 - Lesson 3/4/5 - Nov. 18th/20th

Objectives

• I can define words related to poetry and plays.

• I can identify the parts of a play.

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• Structure -The way a poem or piece of writing is organized, including its form, length, and how it is divided into parts (like stanzas).

• Prose - NORMAL speech. the ordinary form of written or spoken language, without the structured pattern of verse or poetry. It includes everyday writing, such as novels, short stories, essays, articles, and even dialogue in plays or movies.

• Stanza - Groups of lines in a poem, similar to paragraphs in prose.

• Refrain - A line or group of lines that is repeated at regular intervals in a song or poem, often at the end of a stanza.

  Example - Good 4 U by Olivia Rodrigo

  "Good for you, I guess you moved on really easily,

  You found a new girl and it only took a couple weeks..."

​Stanza

Paragraph

​New Vocabulary

• Meter - The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.

  Does it rhyme? Then the emphasis is on the rhyming words. “The cat sat on the mat.”

• Rhyme Scheme - The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem.

​New Vocabulary

Match

Match the following

• Structure

• Prose

• Stanza

• Refrain

• Syllable

How a piece of writing is organized

Normal speech - no rhyming

Group of lines in poetry

A group of lines that is repeated

How many sounds the word makes

• How a piece of writing is organized

• Normal speech - no rhyming

• Group of lines in poetry

• A group of lines that is repeated

• How many sounds the word makes

​How good to lie a little while

And look up through the tree!

The Sky is like a kind big smile

Bent sweetly over me.

​'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,

In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;

​“I cannot go to school today,"

Said little Peggy Ann McKay.

“I have the measles and the mumps,

A gash, a rash and purple bumps.
My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,
I'm going blind in my right eye.

Tell me not, in mournful numbers,

Life is but an empty dream!—

For the soul is dead that slumbers,

And things are not what they seem.

​The fisherman goes out at dawn

When every one's abed,

And from the bottom of the sea

Draws up his daily bread.

RHYME SCHEME PRACTICE

• Haiku - A type of Japanese poem that has three lines, with 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second, and 5 in the third. It is often about nature.

  • Example:

    An old silent pond…

    A frog jumps into the pond—

    Splash! Silence again.

​New Vocabulary

• ​Rondeau - (pronounced RON-DOE)- A form of poetry with 15 lines, using a specific rhyme scheme and a repeating refrain. Does it rhyme? Then the emphasis is on the rhyming words. “The cat sat on the mat.”

Match

Match the following:

• How many lines does a Rondeau have?

• How many lines does a Haiku have?

• How many syllables are in the word "battle"?

15

3

2

• 15

• 3

• 2

MORE New Vocab

• ​Enjambment - When a sentence or thought in a poem runs over from one line to the next without a pause or break.

  • I wandered lonely as a cloud

    that floats on high o'er vales and hills,

    when all at once I saw a crowd.

  Here, the thought doesn’t end after "cloud," but stretches into the following line to complete the meaning.

• Diction - The choice of words and style of writing used by a writer.

  • Example:

Using formal diction, a writer might say "I shall not go," while in casual diction, they might say "I won't go."

This is similar to texting vs. writing an email

MORE New Vocab

• ​Prologue - A part of a story or play that comes at the beginning, before the main action starts. It often gives background information or sets the scene for what's to come. Think of it as a preview.

• Epilogue - A section at the end of a story or play that provides closure or explains what happens to the characters after the main events have finished. Opposite of a prologue.

• Stage Directions - is a written instruction in a play or script that tells the actors how to move, speak, or act, as well as how to set up the scene. Stage directions also describe the setting, lighting, and sound effects, helping to create the mood or atmosphere. They are not spoken by the actors, but are meant to guide the performance.

  • "Enter Romeo and Juliet, holding hands, as they meet at the balcony."

    Stage directions can also describe how an actor should say a line, such as:

    "Juliet, angrily: 'You did this to me!'"

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