Poetry Unit: Activity 1
Music and Poetry...are they similar? Listen to the two forms of self-expression and then answer the following questions in the blog. You'll find the definition of both below, use the definitions to help you answer the questions.
Poetry is an imaginative awareness of experience expressed through meaning, sound, and rhythmic language choices so as to evoke an emotional response. Poetry has been known to employ meter and rhyme, but this is by no means necessary.
Music is an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
or
Music is the art of arranging sounds in time so as to produce a continuous, unified, and evocative composition, as through melody, harmony, rhythm, and timbre.
Angel Of Mine - Monica
When I first saw you I already knew
There was something inside of you
Something I thought that I would never find
Angel of Mine
I look at you looking at me
Now I know why they say the best things are free
Gonna love you boy you are so fine
Angel of Mine
How you changed my world you'll never know
I'm here for now, you helped me grow
Chorus:
You came into my life
Sent from above
When I lost the hope
You show my love
I'm checkin for you
Boy your right on time
Angel of Mine
Nothing means more to me then what we share
No one in this world can ever compare
Last night the way you moved is still on my mind
Angel of Mine
What you mean to me you'll never know
Deep inside I need to show
(Chorus)
I never knew I could feel each moment
As if they were new
Every breath that I take
The love that we make
I only share it with you
You, You, You, You
When I first saw you I already knew
There was something inside of you
Something I thought that I would never find
Angel of Mine
(Chorus)
How you changed my world you'll never know
I'm here for now you helped me grow
I look at you looking at me
Now I know why they say the best things are free
Checkin' for you boy your right on time
Angel of Mine
Go to the link below and watch the video.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x92cbd_brave-new-voices-mike_shortfilms
After listening to Angel of Mine and watching the poet, please answer the following questions in complete sentences with a partner in the blog. Don't forget to include your names, so you will receive credit.
1. Do you think that poetry and music are similar? If so, in what ways?
2. How are poetry and music different?
3. What are Monica and the poet, Mike, talking about throughout the song and poem?
4. What are some of the similies that Mike uses in comparison to how he is thinking about his girl? In example, I'm thinking of you like a hand thinks of a glove.
5. Monica describes her boy as being similar to who?
6. Do you think that you could express some of your feelings in the form of poetry or song? Which one would you rather use to express yourself? Why?
Poetry Unit: Activity 2
After watching Mayda Del Valle performing "To All the Boys I've Loved Before," please blog a response (don't forget to sign your name at the bottom) and then answer the following questions on a sheet of paper to be due by the end of the period (complete sentence).
1) How does Mayda feel about all of the boys she's loved before?
2) How do you know that she feels this way? Was it in the way she used emotion, facial expressions, or words? Remember, to support your answer with evidence from the performance.
3) What little girl is Mayda speaking about "taking by the hand?"
4) Why do you think that she lost that little girl in the first place?
5) What are your thoughts about "being priceless?"
