1. Bell Work 1/22 Write a list of at least 5 problems you’re facing in your life. Feel free to make them as personal or impersonal as you’d like. Pick one problem and write a paragraph about it. You will share this paragraph with me. *Indent at the beginning *Use commas, apostrophes, and punctuation as needed

2. Quiz There is a quiz on the poetic terms tomorrow. A few questions will be identification, while the others will be matching. It should be an easy quiz! Make flash cards on gflash or quizlet to study!

3. The Blues

4. Read: “A Brief History of the Blues” http://www.allaboutjazz.com/a-brief-history-of- the-blues-by-ed-kopp.phphttp://www.allaboutjazz.com/a-brief-history-of- the-blues-by-ed-kopp.php (EDMODO)

5. Answer the questions (Yes, use full sentences.) 1.What is the blues? 2.Who invented the blues and why? 3.From where did the blues originate? 4.Use context clues to determine the meaning of the word seminal. 5.Quote the example of personification from paragraph 7. 6.List instruments people use to play the blues. 7.Explain the purpose of this article.

6. Goals for this Activity 1.To find your voice!- Have no fear! Everyone else is doing it, too. 2.To start working toward becoming a master poet! 3.To learn how to sing/write about your emotions and struggles. 4.To work with groups. 5.To perform.

7. The Formula Step 1: – Find a common problem to sing about with your group. Step 2 Line one Repeated The third line ends with a rhyme

8. The Group Lyricist- Person who directs and records the writing of the poem Producer- Person who keeps the group on task. In charge or introducing the group and making a good name Choreographer- Creates a dance/movement for the group M/C- Lead vocals

9. Wide River by Langston Hughes My baby lives across da river And I ain’t got no boat. She lives across the river. And I ain’t got no boat. I ain’t a good swimmer. And I don’t know how to float. Wide, wide river ‘Twixt my love and me Wide, wide river, ‘Twixt my love and me I never knowed how Wide a river can be.

10. Track https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le2WZQ xjeF0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le2WZQ xjeF0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tiq7- F4VdA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tiq7- F4VdA

11. Sit by your group and independently review for your quiz

12. Po Monkey’s Lounge

13. You and your group will rate each performance! 1- Relevancy: Is their problem real and relatable? Is it a problem at all? 2- Lyrics: Do their lyrics rhyme in appropriate places? 3- Presentation: Were they interesting to watch? Did they move together and have a presence? 4- Confidence: Were the members of the group confident? Did they stand up straight and look up from their papers? 5-Choreography: Did their dance rock?

14. Make sure you are judging appropriately. If your team gives all 10’s it will negatively effect your grade.

16. Bell Work 1/28 Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole. When, in 1864, a factory established by Alfred Nobel to manufacture nitroglycerin blew up, the scientist discovered that the explosive was as ------- as it was powerful, ------- to detonate without warning. (A) dormant.. ready (B) fickle.. unlikely (C) volatile.. liable (D) unprecedented.. intended (E) inactive.. designed

17. Bell Work 1/29 President Eisenhower was a strong supporter of the Interstate Highway System. What is the meaning of the word interstate? A. not a state B. within one state C. between states D. beyond states *Write a sentence to explain why you knew.