Monday, 3/14 Plan Mood review “I Sit and Look Out” analysis Analysis of Linkin Park’s “What I’ve Done” Comparisons between Whitman and Linkin Park If there is time left, independent reading

Try on your own! Then see answers on next page. MOOD PRACTICE "The Raven" excerpt by Edgar Allan Poe:  "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary... Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow, sorrow for the lost Lenore,. For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore, Nameless here forevermore.“ 1. Which of the following best defines the mood of the passage? A. hostile B. playful C. confident D. grim   2. Highlight two words/phrases as proof. Try on your own! Then see answers on next page.

1. Which of the following best defines the mood of the passage? MOOD PRACTICE: "The Raven" excerpt by Edgar Allan Poe:  "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary... Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow, sorrow for the lost Lenore,. For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore, Nameless here forevermore.“ 1. Which of the following best defines the mood of the passage? A. hostile B. playful C. confident D. grim   2. Highlight two words/phrases as proof.

Try on your own! Then see answers on next page. Excerpt from Sleeping Beauty, just after the birth of the princess, Aurora:   "At last, however, the Queen had a daughter. There was a very fine christening; and the Princess had for her godmothers all the fairies they could find in the whole kingdom (they found seven), that every one of them might give her a gift, as was the custom of fairies in those days. By this means the Princess had all the perfections imaginable." 3. What best defines the mood of the passage? A. heartbroken B. celebratory C. nervous D. mellow 4. Highlight two words/phrases as proof. Try on your own! Then see answers on next page.

3. What best defines the mood of the passage? A. heartbroken Excerpt from Sleeping Beauty, just after the birth of the princess, Aurora:   "At last, however, the Queen had a daughter. There was a very fine christening; and the Princess had for her godmothers all the fairies they could find in the whole kingdom (they found seven), that every one of them might give her a gift, as was the custom of fairies in those days. By this means the Princess had all the perfections imaginable." 3. What best defines the mood of the passage? A. heartbroken B. celebratory C. nervous D. mellow 4. Highlight two words/phrases as proof.

I Sit and Look Out By Walt Whitman

Try on your own! Then check in with seat partner. Then see answers on next page.

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DIRECTIONS: While Whitman was writing in the mid-1800s about the sorrows of the world, more current artists address the same issues. For instance, Linkin Park made a 2009 song/video called “What I’ve Done, which has many similarities to Whitman’s piece. Look to your sheet and the villains/tragedies chart. As you view the video, WATCH; you can write down later. But be thinking about what villainous figures/tragedies the video portrays.

After viewing the video once, fill in the chart:

Next, count off by 7s to form groups Next, count off by 7s to form groups. Move into those groups, share what you noted in the chart, and then watch the video again to see what you may have missed the first time. Talk again with your group, then see some ideas on the next slide.

Global warming Poaching Pollution Oil spoil War Nuclear explosion/bomb detonation Racism Police brutality Famine/starvation Eating disorders Drug addiction 9/11 Holocaust Saddam Hussein Poachers Polluters Hitler Nazis Castro Stalin KKK

COMPARE/CONTRAST of Whitman and Linkin Park BOTH LINKIN PARK

COMPARE/CONTRAST of Whitman and Linkin Park BOTH WHITMAN Terrorism Oil spoils Poaching Nuclear war Drug addiction Eating disorder Ends on a positive note with the grass re-growing—things can be fixed LINKIN PARK Pestilence Sailors at sea Mother misused Ends on a pessimistic not with speaker feeling overwhelmed/ helpless Famine Racism War Tyranny suffering