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Mrs. Raprich’s Bellwork The Schwa Was Here
Week 1
Week of 1/13-1/17
LA and Pre-AP-Monday 1/13- Read the poem by Emily Dickinson. Write your interpretation
of its meaning in at least three sentences.
I'm nobody! Who are you?Are you nobody, too?
Then there's a pair of us -don't tell!They'd banish us, you know.
How dreary to be somebody!How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong dayTo an admiring bog!
Dickinson, Emily. The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson. Boston: Little, Brown, 1924; Bartleby.com, 2000. www.bartleby.com/113/. [1/13/2014].
Analyze the following commentary and then write your own poem claiming to be somebody or nobody using imagery to describe yourself.
Commentary- Ironically, one of the most famous details of Dickinson lore today is that she was utterly un-famous during her lifetime—she lived a relatively reclusive life in Amherst, Massachusetts, and though she wrote nearly 1,800 poems, she published fewer than ten of them. This poem is her most famous and most playful defense of the kind of spiritual privacy she favored, implying that to be a Nobody is a luxury incomprehensible to the dreary Somebodies—for they are too busy keeping their names in circulation, croaking like frogs in a swamp in the summertime. This poem is an outstanding early example of Dickinson’s often jaunty approach to meter (she uses her trademark dashes quite forcefully to interrupt lines and interfere with the flow of her poem, as in “How dreary— to be—Somebody!”). Further, the poem vividly illustrates her surprising way with language. The juxtaposition in the line “How public—like a Frog—” shocks the first-time reader, combining elements not typically considered together, and, thus, more powerfully conveying its meaning (frogs are “public” like public figures—or Somebodies—because they are constantly “telling their name”— croaking—to the swamp, reminding all the other frogs of their identities).
LA- Tuesday 1/14 The Schwa Was Here VocabularyCopy the word and definition
1. schwa- the faint vowel sound in many unstressed syllables in the English Language. Ex: the e in overlook, a in forgettable- sounds like “uh”2. mannequin- a usually life-size model of the human body used to display or fit clothes3. capische- slang for “Do you understand?”4. persistence- the quality of continuing steadily despite problems or difficulties5.Teflon- a plastic with nonstick properties used to coat cookware
LA- Tuesday, 1/14
1. What are three similarities between Cinderella and Cinder Edna? 2. What are three differences between the two? 3. Which do you think you would most like to be friends with and why?
LA Wednesday, 1/15
1. What do you think it would be like to be famous? 2. What possible negative effects could fame have? 3. Think of a famous person who has had trouble dealing with fame. What do you think some solutions to this person's problems might be?
LA Wednesday, 1/15
• Read “Does Fame Make you Nuts?” • http://www.scholastic.com/scopemagazine/P
DFs/SCOPE-102212-PairedTexts.pdf• Write a thesis sentence for a persuasive essay.
Does fame make you nuts? Remember your thesis should contain: TOPIC+OPINION+3REASONS
LA Bell Work Thursday 1/16
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuIyGo1URvk
1. What is the complaint of the singer? 2. What is wasted? 3. What is the tone of this song? 4. What is the mood of this song?
LA Bell Work 1/17
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p_wNe9OtG8
1. Choose one of the similes from the beginning of the song and explain its meaning.
2. According to Katy Perry, what should you do if there is spark in you?
3. According to Perry, what should you do if you’re the reason why the doors are closed?
LA Bell Work 1: 1/17
•http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ruta+sepetys+between+shades+of+gray+book+trailer&FORM=VIRE5#view=detail&mid=B63247C87DB12F829E15B63247C87DB12F829E15• Read from your own book and create 2
dialectical journals.
LA Bell Work 1/17
• http://www.amazon.com/The-Habits-Highly-Effective-Teens/dp/076241474X#reader_076241474X
1. Write the seven habits of highly effective teens.
