Play the game 'Haiku Hero' (click the picture or the link).
Write the best haiku you make in the 'comments' section at the bottom of this post with your name. To do this you need to select 'name and url' from the options; type your name and click 'post'; then enter the key word. If you can't do this, write them in word and send to my work postbox.
Also:
For this haiku explain:
1) Some facts you've learnt about haiku; 2) Why you chose the words you did - "I chose the word ___ because______" - as much detail as possible;
3) If you had to change any words to fit the pattern.
Finally, as an extra challenge (for vivos!):
Write a haiku or any other type of poem about yourself - this will go in your file.
Post all homework in the comments section or submit on paper by Tuesday 25th January.
Also, here is a copy of The Wendigo by Ogden Nash if anyone want to read it again!
Read and watch the full version of Slough by Betjeman: Homework posted below.
Slough
Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough! It isn't fit for humans now, There isn't grass to graze a cow. Swarm over, Death!
Come, bombs and blow to smithereens Those air -conditioned, bright canteens, Tinned fruit, tinned meat, tinned milk, tinned beans, Tinned minds, tinned breath.
Mess up the mess they call a town- A house for ninety-seven down And once a week a half a crown For twenty years.
And get that man with double chin Who'll always cheat and always win, Who washes his repulsive skin In women's tears:
And smash his desk of polished oak And smash his hands so used to stroke And stop his boring dirty joke And make him yell.
But spare the bald young clerks who add The profits of the stinking cad; It's not their fault that they are mad, They've tasted Hell.
It's not their fault they do not know The birdsong from the radio, It's not their fault they often go To Maidenhead
And talk of sport and makes of cars In various bogus-Tudor bars And daren't look up and see the stars But belch instead.
In labour-saving homes, with care Their wives frizz out peroxide hair And dry it in synthetic air And paint their nails.
Come, friendly bombs and fall on Slough To get it ready for the plough. The cabbages are coming now; The earth exhales.
For your homework you are to practice writing a P.E.E. paragraph to answer the question:
Is Daffodils by Wordsworth an agrarian idyll or a poem about industrialism?
or
How does Betjeman feel about modern Britain?
Look under the poem (below) for further help.
Daffodils by William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company: I gazed--and gazed--but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.
Remember:
Step 1 - Point: Write a full sentence that answers the question:
Write: 'The poem Daffodils by William Wordsworth is ... '
Step 2 - Evidence: How do you know the answer? Find a part of the poem which back up your 'point'. Remember to use "quotation marks".
Step 3 - Explain (1): What does the quotation show? Write: 'This shows...' and use interesting vocabulary (you can look in a Thesaurus, or press Shift+F7 in Word)
Step 4 - Explain (2): Pick two key words and explain them further - what do they show? What do they make you think of? Write: 'The word "..." shows...'
POST YOUR P.E.E. AS A COMMENT ON THE BLOG BY FRIDAY 21st JAN.
(for a Caribbean island man in London who still wakes up to the sound of the sea)
Morning and island man wakes up to the sound of blue surf in his head the steady breaking and wombing
wild seabirds and fishermen pushing out to sea the sun surfacing defiantly from the east of his small emerald island he always comes back groggily groggily
Comes back to sands of a grey metallic soar to surge of wheels to dull north circular roar
muffling muffling his crumpled pillow waves island man heaves himself
Another London day
Grace Nichols
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Homework - due Friday 14th
1. Watch the video-clip (click the link below the video if it fails to load) 2. Read the poem/lyrics to the song (below) 3. Research meaning of certain words (more info below) 4. Answer the question at the bottom of the poem.
- post answers WITH YOUR NAME in the 'comments' section.
Read the lyrics to the song, 'England, Half English' by Billy Bragg (below)
What is Bragg referring to by 'red, white and blue', 'Hindustan', 'Bubble and Squeek', 'three lions', 'Morris dancing' and 'Morrisey'? Look them up!
ENGLAND, HALF-ENGLISH
My mother was half-English And I’m half-English too I’m a great big bundle of culture Tied up in the red,white and blue
I’m a fine example of your Essex Man And I'm well familiar with the Hindustan ‘Cos my neighbours are half-English And I’m half-English too
My breakfast was half-English And so am I you know I had a plate of Marmite soldiers Washed down with a cappuccino
And I have a veggie curry about once a week The next day I fry it up as ‘Bubble ‘N’ Squeak’ ‘Cos my appetite’s half-English And I’m half-English too
Dance with me To this very English melody From Morris dancing to Morrissey All that stuff came from across the sea
Britannia , she’s half-English She speaks Latin at home St. George was born in the Lebanon How he got here I don’t know
And those three lions on your shirt They never sprang from England’s dirt Them lion’s are half-English And I’m half-English too
Le-li Umma le-li-ya, le-li Umma le-li-ya Le-li Umma le-li-ya, bledi g’desh akh! le-li-ya Oh my country Oh my country Oh my country What a beautiful country you are.
Question:The phrase: "Le-li Umma le-li-ya, bledi g’desh akh! le-li-ya" is Algerian for "Oh my country / What a beautiful country you are" (the music to the song in the video is also Algerian in origin). How does England, Half English compare with The British (serves 60 million) by Zephaniah and Island Man by Nichols? What's the same? What's different? Answer in full sentences.
ALL ANSWERS (WITH YOU NAME!) POSTED IN THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS POST BY MONDAY 17th.
Type up the draft version of the character conversation you did in class into a complete, neat version. Does it use the terms: [adjective], [adverb], [noun], [verb] and [portmanteau/portmanteaux]? Make sure it does! Add extra details to make it into a more detailed story. About a page of type, so long as all the terms are used.
Small example from class:
------------ “The word ‘blaly’ is a portmanteau of two adjectives. It’s a cross between ‘black’ and ‘scaly’, you see”, said the old man after looking it up in his dictionary. “I see”, said the hero, “but what about ‘scathick’? Is it a noun?” “Why, it means ‘scaly’ and ‘thick’!” said the old man. “It’s another adjective; everyone knows that!”.
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Remember:
One portmanteau
Two portmanteaux
Remember:
"quotation marks(/speech marks)” for when people are talking and ‘word markers’ inside speech
POST YOUR COMPLETE VERSION (WITH YOUR NAME!) AS A COMMENT ON THIS POST (OR TO MY WORK-POSTBOX) DUE FRIDAY 14th.
