1. Lesson 10 1.Collect epitaphs 2.Epithet and Apostrophe ~ “Chicago” by Carl Sandburg OBJECTIVE: Students will analyze the effect epithet and apostrophe have on the poem “Chicago.”

2. Carl Sandburg’s “Chicago” "My Kind of Town"Chicago "My Kind of Town"

3. On the back of your poem… Draw a t-chart that takes up about ¼ the page. – Remember, a t-chart looks like this: On the left side, title it “Chicago Now” On the right, “Chicago Then”

4. On the left… Come up with as many things about Chicago as you can. When you think of Chicago, what comes to mind? – weather, people, the city, the suburbs, things to do, places, etc.

5. Now, let’s look at some pictures of Chicago from the early 1900s and fill in the “Chicago Then” column. As you view these pictures, write down on the right column, what you see, that would describe Chicago in the past.

17. Sooo……What do you think? How has Chicago changed over the century? Chicago NowChicago Then

18. Here’s what you need to know about Carl Sandburg… With his writing, "attempt[ed] to find beauty in modern industrialism."

19. “Chicago” "Chicago" Now, you will read it a second time. This time, as you read, annotate the poem to create meaning.

20. Now, let’s talk terminology. Simile – Comparison between two unlike objects, using like or as Personification – attributing human characteristics to something that is not human “with lifted head singing so proud” Epithet – a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing “Hog Butcher for the World” – representing Chicago Apostrophe – a direct address of an inanimate object, abstract qualities, or a person not living or present. Busy old fool, unruly sun, Why dost thou thus, Through windows, and through curtains call on us?

21. Now let’s find some examples! With a partner or by yourself, go back through the poem and find as many examples of these terms as you can. Highlight each example and then label either P (personification), E (epithet), S (simile), or A (apostrophe).

22. Now, on each colored Post-It note, choose your favorite example of each term and hand to me. - yellow = P, green = E, orange = A

23. CHICAGO HOG Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler; Stormy, husky, brawling, City of the Big Shoulders: They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys. And they tell me you are crooked and I answer: Yes, it is true I have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again. And they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: On the faces of women and children I have seen the marks of wanton hunger. And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them: Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning. Flinging magnetic curses amid the toil of piling job on job, here is a tall bold slugger set vivid against the little soft cities;

24. Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action, cunning as a savage pitted against the wilderness, Bareheaded, Shoveling, Wrecking, Planning, Building, breaking, rebuilding, Under the smoke, dust all over his mouth, laughing with white teeth, Under the terrible burden of destiny laughing as a young man laughs, Laughing even as an ignorant fighter laughs who has never lost a battle, Bragging and laughing that under his wrist is the pulse. and under his ribs the heart of the people, Laughing! Laughing the stormy, husky, brawling laughter of Youth, half-naked, sweating, proud to be Hog Butcher, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and Freight Handler to the Nation.

25. In the margin next the appropriate stanza, answer the following questions: What effect do the examples of EPITHET have in the first stanza? What effect do the examples of APOSTROPHE have in the second stanza? What effect do the examples of PERSONIFICATION have in the second part of the second stanza? What effect do the examples of the SIMILES have in the final stanza?

26. Your Turn For your assignment, you are going to write your own “Place I Love” poem. As your handout says, you should follow the same organization as “Chicago.” Use the poem as a model! – You are not limited to a city! You could write about your job, your treehouse, your car, your room, any PLACE you want!

27. Requirements List epithets describing the place Use apostrophe to say what others might say about it Defend it Use a simile to describe the place Personify the place, giving it human characteristics Close by repeating the epithets from the beginning (or a variation) Your poem must be AT LEAST 16 lines You must have a title (you can just call it something as simple as “Dunder Mifflin” or “Boise”) ***Before you turn in, you should label your epithets, apostrophe, simile, and personification. This shows me specifically that you used these techniques, and you know what they are.