Thanksgiving 1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2

Thanksgiving

The pilgrims

The pilgrims

• Puritans
•  Mayflower
• 1620
• Native Americans
• Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving meal

How will we celebrate?

• On the 25th of November 
• 1st and 2nd period
• Breakfast
• Ode

Ode

Keat's Ode to Autumn

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness

Close bosom friend of the naturing sun,

Conspiring with him how to load and bless

With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eaves run

To bend with apples the mossed cottage-trees,

And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;

To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells

With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,

And still more, later flowers for the bees,

Until they think warm days will never cease,

For summer has o'er brimmed their clammy cells.

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness

Close bosom friend of the naturing sun,

Conspiring with him how to load and bless

With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eaves run

To bend with apples the mossed cottage-trees,

And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;

To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells

With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,

And still more, later flowers for the bees,

Until they think warm days will never cease,

For summer has o'er brimmed their clammy cells.

What is an ode?

• Two definitions
• A classical poem that has a specific structure and is aimed at an object or person.
• Any work of art or literature that expresses high praise. This could include a best man’s speech praising the groom, or an emotional eulogy at someone’s funeral.
  

In formal contexts, it’s best to avoid the loose definition and only use the word “ode” if you’re talking about classical poetry. If you’re talking about a work of art that expresses high praise but isn’t a classical ode, use the words “homage,” “encomium,” or “panegyric” instead.

Write an 11 line ode about the person sitting next to you. Try to think of all their wonderful qualities and get them on paper. During the Thanksgiving breakfast you will hand your ode over to the person you wrote it for. Challenge yourself in your use of idiom and make it as if it were a gift.

Finish your ode before the 17th of November and hand it in through the assignment in teams. ALSO: make a physical copy of your ode and make it into a present for the person you wrote it for. You give this to them on the 25th of November at the Thanksgiving breakfast.

REMEMBER!

17th of November:

• Slang words
• Sign language

24th of November:

• Romania
• Japan