Come into the room quietly Quickly find your seat Smile Then…Write down a list of poetic techniques: e.g. 1) Metaphor 2) Then, in the front of your book (on a new page), write today’s date and the title: ‘Desert Poems’ Then stick in the poem in the centre of the page. Take out your hwk Turn to the back of your book
We are now going to read/listen to a poem called : ‘To The Desert’
“To The Desert” BY BENJAMIN ALIRE SÁENZ I came to you one rainless August night. You taught me how to live without the rain. You are thirst and thirst is all I know. You are sand, wind, sun, and burning sky, The hottest blue. You blow a breeze and brand Your breath into my mouth. You reach—then bend Your force, to break, blow, burn, and make me new. You wrap your name tight around my ribs And keep me warm. I was born for you. Above, below, by you, by you surrounded. I wake to you at dawn. Never break your Knot. Reach, rise, blow, Sálvame, mi dios, Trágame, mi tierra. Salva, traga, Break me, I am bread. I will be the water for your thirst.
“To The Desert” BY BENJAMIN ALIRE SÁENZ I came to you one rainless August night. You taught me how to live without the rain. You are thirst and thirst is all I know. You are sand, wind, sun, and burning sky, The hottest blue. You blow a breeze and brand Your breath into my mouth. You reach—then bend Your force, to break, blow, burn, and make me new. You wrap your name tight around my ribs And keep me warm. I was born for you. Above, below, by you, by you surrounded. I wake to you at dawn. Never break your Knot. Reach, rise, blow, Sálvame, mi dios, Trágame, mi tierra. Salva, traga, Break me, I am bread. I will be the water for your thirst.
In your teams, you will read the poem. Decide who will say which words/lines Think about varying your volume Think about your tone Think about the intonation you use Think about emphasis
And keep me warm. I was born for you. Above, below, by you, by you surrounded. I wake to you at dawn. Never break your Knot. Reach, rise, blow, (Sálvame, mi dios, [Trágame, mi tierra]. Salva, traga), Break me, I am bread. I will be the water for your thirst [A saying in Chile when something terrible happens and you want to disappear from the face of the earth. ] (Save me, my God and remove me from the earth, Save, Swallow) Just for information……. What does the ‘Spanish Section’ mean?
Just for information……. On the left are branding irons On the right is a ‘branded’ horse. What is branding & why is it used? We are now going to annotate the poem
Annotation
Think about the following: What is happening in the poem? Who is speaking/being spoken to? What is the author feeling? What relationship does the author have with the desert? How does the author depict the desert? Why use another language at the end? Which poetic techniques are used? Write a 60 word summary to describe the poem. (Use the points above & annotations to help you)
Exam Question: Poem A 1) How does the author depicts the desert environment? [2 Marks] 2) Describe how the author may be feeling in the poem [2] Poem B 3)Give 2 pieces of evidence that suggest that the desert is extreme [2] 4) Identify one poetic technique that is used [2] Comparison 5) Which poem better describes the hot desert as an extreme environment. Explain your answer [4 Marks]
1) How does the author depict the desert environment? [2 Marks] - 1 Mark – refers to 1 key point or example - 2 nd Mark – gives second point or significant explanation about the first point 2) Describe how the author may be feeling in the poem [2] - 1 Mark – suggests a feeling (beyond ‘Sad’, ‘excited’) - 2 nd Mark – Gives evidence from poem to support the pt 1 3)Give 2 pieces of evidence that suggest that the desert is extreme [2] - 1 Mark – gives one piece of evidence from the poem - 2 nd Mark – Gives a second piece of evidence from poem 4) Identify one poetic technique that is used [2] - 1 Mark – correctly identifies 1 technique - 2 nd Mark – refers to the example where it occurs 5) Which poem better describes the hot desert as an extreme environment. Explain your answer [4 Marks] Poem B- best describes - 4 Separate 1 mark per point. Points to be explained/have supporting quotes from the poem. Key ideas include: Isolation, lost/navigation, hearses – death etc, where is the well = water, arid, thirst.ack of water, arid,