REPRESENTING SOCIAL ISSUES YEAR 10 POETRY

SOCIAL ISSUES “A social issue (also called a social problem or a social illness) refers to an issue that influences and is opposed by a considerable number of individuals within a society. It is often the consequence of factors extending beyond an individual's control and local geographical environment.” Name 3 issues that you think are currently affecting Australian citizens.

CURRENT AUSTRALIAN SOCIAL ISSUES Google: ‘Social Issues in Australia’ Click on australia.gov.au website: community/social-issues community/social-issues Here you will see a list of various social issues currently affecting Australian citizens with fact sheets providing information.

CURRENT AUSTRALIAN SOCIAL ISSUES As a group, you will be given one of these social issues. You will need to give a brief verbal account of this issue by answering the following questions: 1.What is the issue affecting Australians? 2.Why does your group believe this is a current issue for Australians? 3.How does this affect society? (think about how it affects personal interactions, costs associated with issue, stigmas/prejudice and access to services) 4.What strategies are currently being used to overcome this issue? Do you think there is a better way?

POETRY + SOCIAL ISSUES How can poetry be used to talk about these issues? How can song be used to talk about these issues? How can songwriters influence change?

POETRY RECAP… ContextMessageMoodForm Poetic Devices

POETRY RECAP How will you be able to identify the message of the poem? Understand the context, read the poem, examine the lexical set of the poem – topic words, judgemental phrases (+ or -), consider the poem as a whole How will you be able to identify the mood of the poem? Examine the lexical set of the poem – topic words, judgemental phrases (+ or -), identify and examine each poetic device, consider the poem as a whole

POETRY RECAP Poetic Forms/TypesPoetic Devices

LYRIC POETRY Lyric Poetry consists of a poem, such as a sonnet or an ode, that expresses the thoughts and feelings of the poet. The term lyric is now commonly referred to as the words to a song. Lyric poetry does not tell a story which portrays characters and actions. The lyric poet addresses the reader directly, portraying his or her own feeling, state of mind, and perceptions.

HISTORY OF LYRIC POETRY Google ‘Lyric Poetry Song’ Open ‘Poetry Through the Ages’ g_examples.html g_examples.html Groups will receive an era, with an accompanied poem. You will share what you read of this historical period of lyric poetry to the class.

HISTORICAL TIME PERIODS 1.The Ancient Ones 2.Underground 3.Oh, baby! 4.Champion of Lyricism 5.Negro Influence 6.Musical Revolution 7.Love or Something Like It 8.New Folk Movement Read the information Read the poem What issues were current for this time period? Describe the overall significance of lyric poetry in this time.

EXAMPLES OF LYRIC POETRY Sonnet 18 – William Shakespeare Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date. Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimmed, And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed.

EXAMPLES OF LYRIC POETRY I Felt a Funeral in my Brain – Emily Dickinson I felt a Funeral, in my Brain, And Mourners to and fro Kept treading - treading - till it seemed That Sense was breaking through - And when they all were seated, A Service, like a Drum -Kept beating - beating - till I thought My Mind was going numb -

EXAMPLES OF LYRIC POETRY Continued… And then I heard them lift a Box And creak across my Soul With those same Boots of Lead, again, Then Space - began to toll, As all the Heavens were a Bell, And Being, but an Ear, And I, and Silence, some strange Race Wrecked, solitary, here - And then a Plank in Reason, broke, And I dropped down, and down - And hit a World, at every plunge, And Finished knowing - then -

PERFECT SOCIETY Is there such thing as a perfect society?

PERFECT SOCIETY: ‘IMAGINE’ BY JOHN LENNON Listen to the song and read the lyrics 1.How does John Lennon see a perfect society? 2.What things are needed to make this perfect society? 3.Comment on the poetic choices of this song - what is used to express this perfect society?

PERFECT SOCIETY: ‘WHERE IS THE LOVE?’ BY THE BLACK EYED PEAS Listen to the song and read the lyrics 1.What do ‘The Black Eyed Peas’ think is wrong with society? (What social issues are mentioned?) 2.What do they think is needed to overcome these issues? 3.Comment on the poetic devices used to show this meaning.

PERFECT SOCIETY? What is your ideal perfect society ? What things would your society be free from? What would you see people doing in your society? Represent your perfect society – a paragraph of prose, a short poem, a picture…