Emily Dickinson & Her Poems

Far East ReaderBOOK 3 ,Lesson 6Emily Dickinson & Her Poems2007/12/4National Hsin Tien Senior High( 國 立 新 店 高 級 中 學 )Pearl Chang( 張 碧 珠 )

Introduction• Do more than just explain an idea ordescribe a scene.• Write without the usual rules• Don't care about logical order like in anessay.• Often try to emphasize images.• Use symbolism to get us to understandwhat they have to say.2007/12/4

I. Create BackgroundBackground of Emily Dickinson3QR Questions for Skimming and ScanningHere and now Look and search In One’s Head2007/12/4

• Many Great writers were active people who hadstrange experiences, traveled widely, and knew a lotof people. Do you think a woman who just stayedhome, hardly ever saw anyone, and only publishedseven poems during her lifetime could be a great poet?Well, Emily Dickinson was. In fact, she is consideredone of the greatest American poets of the nineteenthcentury. She was a rather unusual person. Sheseldom left her house, she never married, and shealways dressed in white. But she wrote wonderfulpoems about nature, love, life, and death. Her poemsare short and not hard to read, but they have deepmeanings. See if you can figure out the meanings ofthe poems that follow.2007/12/4

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Emily DickinsonWho is she and whatwas her life like ?What are the mainthemesin her poetry?How many poems did shehave published?When and wherewas she born?2007/12/4

2007/12/4Emily was born in America

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2007/12/4EDWARD DICKINSON & EMILY NORCROSS

II. Establish New Information• Based on the level of the students, theteacher is allowed to be flexible inchoosing poetic devise in the teaching;first have a review of the basic elements:rhyming words and rhyme patterns2007/12/4

If I Can Stop One Heart from BreakingIf I can stop one heart from breaking, (A)I shall not live in vain; (B)If I can ease one life the aching, (A)Or cool one pain, (B)Or help one fainting robin (B)Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain.(B)2007/12/4

How to Read the PoemWho is the speaker?How does the writer show her love to others?How does Emily think of the world around her?2007/12/4What is the main theme of the poetry?

Hope Hope is is the the Thing Thing with with FeathersHope is is the the thing thing with with feathersThat That perches in in the the soul, soul,And And sings sings the the tune tune without the the words,And And never stops stops at at all. all.And And sweetest in in the the gale gale is is heard;And And sore sore must must be be the the stormThat That could abash the the little little bird. bird.That That kept kept so so many warm.I’ve I’ve heard it it in in the the chilliest land, land,And And on on the the strangest sea; sea;Yet, Yet, never, in in extremity,It It asked a crumb of of me. me.2007/12/4

How to Read the PoemWhere does the hope live?What is hope like?HopeHow does hope act in life?Why is hope sovaluable?2007/12/4

2007/12/4I’m Nobody! Who Are You?I’m nobody! Who are you?Are you nobody too?Then there’s a pair of us?Don’t tell.They’d advertise, you know!How dreary to be somebody!How public—like a frog—To tell one’s name thelivelong-- JuneTo an admiring bog!

Modeling Comparing and ContrastLove: helping the weakand that makes life valuableLife: ironically having a sayabout some people arehypocritesTheme and main ideaHope: it is around us everywhere all the time,tuning life with melody in difficulties2007/12/4

PoemIf I Can Stop One Heartfrom BreakingI’m Nobody! Who Are You?Hope is the Thing withFeathersthemeimageTrue rhymeRepetitionVerbsTenseToneaddresses2007/12/4LanguageThree-syllablewords

III. Practice and Personalization• Without hand-in practice, it is hard togeneralize what we have learned.Combined structure practice with creativewriting, the teacher scaffolds the studentsin learning poetry2007/12/4

Sentence scrambling andCompound complex sentencesDirections: Sentence scrambling andcombination by using Brainstorming. First,ask the student to read the poem—Hopeis The Thing with Feathers. Second, askstudents how many sentences form eachstanza of the poem and how they aremade.2007/12/4

Step 1: Modeling learning by using the first stanzaas an exampleHope is the thingwith feathers.Hope perches inthe soul.Hope sings thetune without thewords.Hope never stopsat all.Hope is the thing with feathersThat perches in the soul,And sings the tune without thewords,And never stops at all.And never stops at all.2007/12/4

Giving a TryDirections: Write one- stanza poemHope are mybinocular.Hope danceseveryday.Hope makes dreamscome true.Hope offers ahealthy life.Hope are my binocularThat dances everyday,And makes dreams cometrue,And offers a healthy life.2007/12/4

Giving a TryDirections: Write one- stanza poemHope are mybinoculars.Hope danceseveryday.Hope makes dreamscome true.Hope offers an idealfuture.Hope are my binocularsThat dance in different angles,And makes dreams colorfulAnd offers an ideal future.2007/12/4

IV. Application• Learning by doing is the best way toevaluate the effectiveness of learning.Group poems offer a good chance forlearners to test your ability.2007/12/4

• 4.1 GrouppoemWritingDirections:Brainstormeight topics witheach groupchoosing onetopic andcreating a poem.2007/12/4

Shared and TakenDirections:1. Go the Web—Everypoet.com. pick up a poem fromthe four categories of LOVE, DEATH, NATURE andLIFE. Analyze the poem by using the above graphicorganizer and make comments as well as yourreflection.2. Use group work for sharing Emily Dickinson’s Poem byusing graphic organizers. The presentation shouldinclude four main items listed as follow.3. Keep in mind that each member is responsible for onepart of group work2007/12/4

• Title Slide• Should include group members, title of poem, author ofpoem, and graphic.• Poem Slide• Should include complete text of poem, highlighted andimportant words, literary terms, and graphics. You maybreak the poem down by stanza so there may bemultiple Poem slides.• Literary Term Focus• Should provide literary terms used in poem, definitions,and examples.• Dickinson’s Legacy• What was her contribution to American Literature?• How is this poem an example of her legacy?2007/12/4

Poem Presentation RubricThe project is graded during the presentation stage with the exception of the portion of the groupparticipation that took place during class time.CategoryAccuracy(Name of Presenter: ________)Clear explanation of images, literary elements, etc.Correct research of lines.Handout is correct.Thoroughness(Name of Presenter: ________)All lines are appropriate and clearly labeled.All lines explained.Handout is complete and neat.Points Possible3030Points EarnedCreativity(Name of Presenter: ________)Presentation shows thought and originality.Handout shows thought and creativity.Group Participation in classAll members of the group contributed to theresearch, planning, and writing.Group Participation during presentationAll members of the group participated in thepresentation.2007/12/4Total 100151015Total

The Soul of Emily Dickinson• This is my letter to the world,that never wrote to me, --The simple news that Nature told,with tender majesty.• Her message is committedTo hands I cannot see;For love of her, sweet countrymen,Judge tenderly of me!2007/12/4

Conclusion“Poetry is the human soul entire,Squeezed like a lemon or lime,Drop by drop,Into atomic words.”--Langston Hughes2007/12/4