Class One

Class One

Welcome Video:

Course Rules and Expectations (See Policy and Procedure sheet)


Activity:

4) What are ten questions we can ask about a can of coke?

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5) What are ten answers we can come up with for those ten questions?

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6)What can these questions and anwsers tell us about our society and culture?

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We can approach literature by asking simple questions about it.

This can help us develop as critical thinkers.

Let’s look at William Carlos Williams' The Red Wheelbarrow

7) What kinds of questions can we ask about this poem?

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8) Now let's try to come up with some answers to those questions.

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Let's watch a video of The Red Wheelbarrow

8) What kinds of questions does this video raise?

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9) How are they different than the questions we just asked?

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Don’t approach poetry to know something concrete.
Rather, come to poetry expecting to ask questions,
And to leave a poem with some answers and more questions.

How do we read poems?

When you begin to think about a poem, you are beginning to interpret it.

Interpretation:

To interpret a poem, you need to focus on specific details, such as:

1) Sensory Details
2) Images
3) Detailed Descriptions of Things

Focus on Specific Details:

Let’s look at Robert Frosts’ “Stopping By Woods on A Snowy Evening”

10) What are the specific things that are being discussed?

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11) Why are these details in the poem, and what do they tell us?

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You will probably come up with more questions than answers.
That is always okay.

Read for next Class:

Emily Dickenson’s “I’m Nobody! Who are you?”
Edwin Arlington Robinson’s “Miniver Cheevy”
Walt Whitman’s “I Hear America Singing”

Watch These YouTube Videos For Next Class:

Video 1
Video 2

Write for Next Class:

Find the Lyrics to your favorite song, bring them in, and bring in a copy of the song, too, if you have one.