TH 8 GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS Mrs Piburn January

TH 8 GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS Mrs. Piburn January 18, 2018

Unit 1 Lesson 5 Objectives - Recognize the effect of setting or culture on a literary work. - Demonstrate knowledge of authors, characters, and events in works of literature. - Visualize or imagine events or ideas of a text while reading. - Recognize use of language to convey mood. - Identify and interpret the use of irony. - Recognize effect point of view has on literature. - Identify characteristics of narrative poetry. - Identify point of view. - Compare and contrast literary characters or selections. - Identify and interpret allusion. - Identify meter and describe its effect on poetry - Using evidence from the text, analyze how language conveys tone -Use textual evidence to compare and contrast similar themes or topics of texts in different forms or genres. Recognize the correct punctuation of sentences with adjective clauses. Recognize misplaced adjective clauses in sentences. Identify rhyme scheme. Identify adjective clauses in sentences. Identify meter and describe its effect on poetry. Identify puns.

Vocabulary for Unit 1 • ascribe • transcript • inscription • spectacle • prospect • aspect • contradict • dictate • jurisdiction • perspective • speaker • extended metaphor • voice • meter • irony • pun • simile • refrain • narrative poem • internal rhyme

Agenda for Today Ø Bell Ringer Ø Video: The Light Brigade Ø Class Activity: Discussion Question Ø Video: Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night Ø Class Activity: Polling Tool Exercise Ø Group Activity: Understanding the Rage This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

BELL RINGER Share your favorite Haiku or make one up and put it on the board. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BYSA

THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE By: Alfred, Lord Tennyson This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

• Is it noble to follow orders without asking questions? Did the poem make you see the issue differently? Class Discussion

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night By: Dylan Thomas

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas What does the speaker want to hear? Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. a) a sigh Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. b) a prayer Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. c) a curse d) a scream Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Whom is the speaker of the poem addressing? a) his friend b) his mother c) his brother d) his father

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. What should old age do according to the speaker? a) burn and rave b) bless and cry c) curse and blaze d) blaze and burn Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Whose eyes could "blaze like meteors" even though they are near death? a) wild men b) wise men c) grave men d) good men

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. What type of men does the speaker say know that "dark is right"? a) grave men Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. b) wild men Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. c) wise men d) good men Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. What kind of men have "caught and sang the sun in flight"? a) wild men b) wise men c) grave men d) good men

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas • Discuss how death is presented in the poem. Cite details from the poem in your description. . Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. • Explain what "wise" men realize before they die. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Group Activity • Cite three metaphors that are used for death. • Find an example of personification in the poem. • Find an example of a simile in the poem.

Lessons to Complete Due this Week • Lesson 5: 01/016/2018 • Lesson 6: 01/017/2018 • Lesson 7: 01/18/2018 • Deadline for STAR 360 Math and Reading Assessments in Renaissance Assignments to Complete • 1. 05 Quiz: The Ravages of War • 1. 07 Quiz: Daring and Dauntless • STAR 360 Math and Reading completion quiz in OLS

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