9th Grade - Freshmen continued studying contemporary music and its connection to historical poetic movements. Today, we focused on Aesop Rock and Edgar Allan Poe, because they both use similar structures and thematic material in their writing.
The class took some notes on both authors, and we introduced another form of structuring poetry - narrative.
Narrative Poetry - Poetry written in the form of a story; has a beginning, middle, end, climax, and resolution.
One of the main types of narrative poems is the epic. These are generally long stories that deal with heroic deeds and serious themes, and are found in many major ancient cultures. The reason they are often written in poem form is that they come from oral histories - these are stories that were told before they were eventually written. When some of these stories are incredibly long, turning them into poetic verse aids in memorization.
From Aesop Rock, we listened to the songs "Fishtales," and "No Regrets," to compare the heroes in each song, and look at what the theme of each could be. Tomorrow we will look at Edgar Allan Poe and "The Raven" to compare.
10th Grade - Sophomores started on their literary analysis B.O.E. exam. The overall goal of the exam is that students can demonstrate understanding of the writing process, and apply that knowledge to analyze a piece of literature in depth.
We will have three days in class to complete this; so students must create an outline, first draft + edits, and a final draft during class.
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