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3/30/2016

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Today was a pretty interesting day that showed a great amount of maturity in my students. I honestly was really impressed with the comments that people made.

First, we printed the lyrics to Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get in On”, listened to the song, and highlighted persuasive language in BLUE and highlighted references to TIME in yellow. Answer the three questions and drop off your highlighted lyrics (if you were absent so I can give you credit for highlighting along with the three questions).

Let's Get It On

We talked about the speaker and his audience (a girl) and analyzed that relationship. We highlighted evidence of carpe diem (time) in the poem, highlighted IRONY in the song, and highlighted references to LOVE in the song. We also specifically talked about how the song was contradictory and how it related to TIME (“stop beating ’round the bush”, and “this minute”).

We were really puzzled about the lyrics, especially the phrase “threatin’ you, baby”, so I did a little research. First, I wanted to make sure that I got the lyrics right, and it seems I did. So then, I went to Wikipedia and read this little tidbit. It seems Mr. Gaye had a troubled childhood and used his music to work through some of his issues. The power of poetry!

We talked about consent, and how the audience in the song has obviously NOT given consent.

Students then sat there puzzled as to why we listened to that song, so we read “To His Coy Mistress” to explain. It’s the original “Let’s Get It On”, just much creepier.

You can download my notes in a Word document so you don’t have to copy notes. Just save it wherever you save my stuff.

Coy MistressCoy Mistress2I showed you eagles twirling and how that fit into the poem.

Lastly, we did the Syllogism Pyramid foldable. You can find the template in LMS.

For each triangle, create a text box and write the following:

  • If… (1st stanza – lines 1-20) + image
  • But… (2nd stanza – lines 21-32) + image
  • So… (3rd stanza – lines 33-46) + image

You will need to ROTATE the text box. Grab the little green ball and turn it. Make sure that the text box faces the hypotenuse. Don’t worry about the text that is already on the pyramid – that will be hidden when you fold it up.

3/28/2012

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Today, we started out doing the Carpe Diem foldables. For each sentence, translate it into a short sentence that makes sense. The first sentence the class translated as “We shouldn’t know our future, so don’t bother to ask.” You do the next three and add an image.

Then, we listened to Riley’s story about Making Time Count and the sister-in-law’s lingerie.

Next, we listened to Marvin Gay’s “Let’s Get it On” and discussed how it was a carpe diem poem – specifically, how it was contradictory and how it related to TIME (“stop beating ’round the bush”, and “this minute”). She asked if we thought that she’d get in trouble if Mrs. Ekster came in and we were playing this song.

We then read “To His Coy Mistress” and took notes over OneNote. The poem is a syllogism – a form of deductive reasoning. This was kind of a creepy poem. Make sure you get the notes.

We did a foldable (in LMS) that turned the poem’s syllogism into a pyramid.

For each triangle, write the following:

  • If… (1st stanza – lines 1-20) + image
  • But… (2nd stanza – lines 21-32) + image
  • So… (3rd stanza – lines 33-46) + image

Make sure you follow the instructions in the PowerPoint – rotate text and put your name on it. Drop it off in the drop box and Riley will print it in color so you can make a pretty foldable.