That's Sasha, my grading buddy...
I am working on your essays, and they take a while, so I will only give minimal feedback on the essay itself, along with the rubric score. If you guys want more feedback, I have no problem doing so in a one on one tutorial session.
Now, on with the TPCASTT...
Most classes left off on A - attitude. So, that's where I shall pick up. I will give a few small hints to assist you in your annotations, then you can resume.
Attitude - well, we know this is a war poem. Also, because of Owen's word choice, we can gather his opinion regarding the war. Use your connotation notes as a stepping stone to attitude; how does he feel about the death, about the glory of war? Why does he call dying for your country "that old Lie"?
Shift: Ahhh, so much can be told from shift, and the easiest way to look for it is in a stanza break. When we read the poem together in class, we pointed out that the third stanza continues the rhyme scheme that should conclude the second stanza... and yet it stands apart. Why? Why does the author want us to focus on those two lines? What changes? Same thing for the last stanza. In the last stanza, the point of view and audience focus changes completely. Again, what's the point? What is different in the first stanza to the last stanza? What shifts??
Title: Now that you know what the title means, you can begin to give some interpretation, connecting it to all the clues located in the text up to this point. This should be easy now.
Theme: Theme, unlike the title, is never easy interpretation. What does Owen want us to understand after reading this poem, other than the cautionary message he leaves behind for his reader? Is there anything else we are not catching? Is there something else we are supposed to learn?
That's it folks...I am back to grading. Gotta get these essays locked up! See you tomorrow,
Ms. B
I am working on your essays, and they take a while, so I will only give minimal feedback on the essay itself, along with the rubric score. If you guys want more feedback, I have no problem doing so in a one on one tutorial session.
Now, on with the TPCASTT...
Most classes left off on A - attitude. So, that's where I shall pick up. I will give a few small hints to assist you in your annotations, then you can resume.
Attitude - well, we know this is a war poem. Also, because of Owen's word choice, we can gather his opinion regarding the war. Use your connotation notes as a stepping stone to attitude; how does he feel about the death, about the glory of war? Why does he call dying for your country "that old Lie"?
Shift: Ahhh, so much can be told from shift, and the easiest way to look for it is in a stanza break. When we read the poem together in class, we pointed out that the third stanza continues the rhyme scheme that should conclude the second stanza... and yet it stands apart. Why? Why does the author want us to focus on those two lines? What changes? Same thing for the last stanza. In the last stanza, the point of view and audience focus changes completely. Again, what's the point? What is different in the first stanza to the last stanza? What shifts??
Title: Now that you know what the title means, you can begin to give some interpretation, connecting it to all the clues located in the text up to this point. This should be easy now.
Theme: Theme, unlike the title, is never easy interpretation. What does Owen want us to understand after reading this poem, other than the cautionary message he leaves behind for his reader? Is there anything else we are not catching? Is there something else we are supposed to learn?
That's it folks...I am back to grading. Gotta get these essays locked up! See you tomorrow,
Ms. B
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