Literature lesson #4

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 4

Thursday, March 14th

Programme

- Dagopening

- Anything we need to revisit from lesson #3?

- Lesson #4: The Art of Metaphor

- Explore the differences between metaphors, similes and analogies

- Write an extended metaphor

Dagopening: Bijzonder

Coriovallum

Robert Frost - The road not taken

Any questions on the materials/ exercises we discussed or did last Tuesday?

Literature lesson #4:

The art of metaphor

www.ted.com

Reader page 24: Now we can easily answer the questions on differences between figures of speech!

Close reading

Make groups of 4.

Read the selected poems and fragments on page 25 - 27 and consider the message each writer is trying to convey.

Then, identify all the instances of metaphor, simile and analogy.

Write down your answers.

Close reading

Cocktail time - how realistic is that idea? 

analogy (simile (similar to that ...))

Absences - about memories and the unability to stay in a moment forever.

simile (i.e. this sound of falling (...) like the memory of ...)

Sootfall and fallout - about the dangers of atomic weapons.

analogy (simile (i.e. a nation (...) is like a knight whose armour has grown so heavy ...))

Close reading

The base stealer - describes a basketball player who, during the game, is reflecting on whether or not to steal a base. It may refer to any experience in which a person may feel ‘pulled both ways’ – hovering between feelings of excitement, hope and anxiety. 

Full of similes (see line 2, 4 and 8 for examples)

Neuromancer - dark, grey

analogy (metaphor)

Find the poet within yourself

In pairs, write a(n) (extended) metaphor.

Alternate turns providing an object and its comparison.

Make the comparisons as elaborate, eccentric and unusual as possible!

Decide on your best work (to be shared with the rest of the class).

Please share your best idea with the rest of the class.

Finish up!

Work on your journal entry (page 29/30) and anything from lessons 1 - 4 that you haven't been able to finish yet.

Next week

- Answer the questions in your journal entry (p. 29 + 30)

- Be ready to share your metaphor/ simile with the rest of the class

- Bring your Literature reader to class