Transcript COMPARE/CONTRAST of Whitman and Linkin Park

Monday, 3/14 Plan
1.Mood review
2.“I Sit and Look Out” analysis
3.Analysis of Linkin Park’s “What I’ve Done”
4.Comparisons between Whitman and Linkin Park
5.If there is time left, independent reading
MOOD PRACTICE
"The Raven" excerpt by Edgar Allan Poe:
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary...
Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow, sorrow for the lost Lenore,.
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore,
Nameless here forevermore.“
1. Which of the following best defines the mood of the passage?
A. hostile
B. playful
C. confident
Try on your own!
D. grim
2. Highlight two words/phrases as proof.
Then see answers
on next page.
MOOD PRACTICE: "The Raven" excerpt by Edgar Allan Poe:
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary...
Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow, sorrow for the lost Lenore,.
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore,
Nameless here forevermore.“
1. Which of the following best defines the mood of the passage?
A. hostile
B. playful
C. confident
D. grim
2. Highlight two words/phrases as proof.
Excerpt from Sleeping Beauty, just after the birth
of the princess, Aurora:
"At last, however, the Queen had a daughter. There was a very fine christening; and
the Princess had for her godmothers all the fairies they could find in the whole
kingdom (they found seven), that every one of them might give her a gift, as was the
custom of fairies in those days. By this means the Princess had all the perfections
imaginable."
3. What best defines the mood of the passage?
A. heartbroken
B. celebratory
C. nervous
D. mellow
4. Highlight two words/phrases as proof.
Try on your own!
Then see answers
on next page.
Excerpt from Sleeping Beauty, just after the birth
of the princess, Aurora:
"At last, however, the Queen had a daughter. There was a very fine christening; and
the Princess had for her godmothers all the fairies they could find in the whole
kingdom (they found seven), that every one of them might give her a gift, as was the
custom of fairies in those days. By this means the Princess had all the perfections
imaginable."
3. What best defines the mood of the passage?
A. heartbroken
B. celebratory
C. nervous
D. mellow
4. Highlight two words/phrases as proof.
I Sit and Look Out
By Walt Whitman
Try on your own!
Then check in with
seat partner. Then see
answers on next page.
ANSWERS
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ANSWERS
DIRECTIONS: While Whitman was writing in the mid-1800s about the sorrows
of the world, more current artists address the same issues. For instance, Linkin
Park made a 2009 song/video called “What I’ve Done, which has many similarities
to Whitman’s piece. Look to your sheet and the villains/tragedies chart. As you
view the video, WATCH; you can write down later. But be thinking about what
villainous figures/tragedies the video portrays.
After viewing the video once, fill in the chart:
Next, count off by 7s to form groups. Move into those groups, share
what you noted in the chart, and then watch the video again to see what
you may have missed the first time. Talk again with your group, then see
some ideas on the next slide.
Saddam Hussein
Poachers
Polluters
Hitler
Nazis
Castro
Stalin
KKK
Global warming
Poaching
Pollution
Oil spoil
War
Nuclear explosion/bomb
detonation
Racism
Police brutality
Famine/starvation
Eating disorders
Drug addiction
9/11
Holocaust
COMPARE/CONTRAST of Whitman and Linkin Park
WHITMAN
BOTH
LINKIN PARK
COMPARE/CONTRAST of Whitman and Linkin Park
WHITMAN
•Pestilence
•Sailors at sea
•Mother misused
•Ends on a
pessimistic not
with speaker
feeling
overwhelmed/
helpless
BOTH
•Famine
•Racism
•War
•Tyranny
•suffering
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LINKIN PARK
Terrorism
Oil spoils
Poaching
Nuclear war
Drug addiction
Eating disorder
Ends on a positive
note with the
grass regrowing—things
can be fixed