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Exploring Poetry and Music: Silent Reading and Polaris Music Prize Activities

Last week in class, we engaged in silent reading, collectively reading an impressive 610 pages—averaging 226.5 pages a day! We celebrated our top readers: Jordan, Bethany, Tyler, and Olivia. Our discussions centered around the meaning of poetry, exploring personal experiences and interpretations. The warm-up activity, Scategories, sparked creativity, while our Polaris Music Prize analysis allowed us to dive deep into lyrics by top artists like Ron Sexsmith and The Weeknd. We concluded with reflection on how lyrics influence our perception of music.

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Exploring Poetry and Music: Silent Reading and Polaris Music Prize Activities

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  1. English 10 April 8th, 2013

  2. Silent Reading Last week as a class you read 610 pages! That’s 226.5 pages a day!

  3. Top Readers for the Week in no Particular Order Jordan Cain Bethany Steeves Tyler Martin Olivia Seymour

  4. Silent Writing What does “poetry” mean to you? What has your past experiences with poetry been like?

  5. Warm-up: Scategories Try to think up a word that matches the category and letter. Bonus points for alliteration.

  6. Scategories

  7. Today’s Schedule Silent Writing Warm-Up Activity Polaris Music Prize Activity Results Poetry Analysis

  8. Polaris Music Prize – Top Four in no Particular Order Ron Sexsmith The Weeknd Hey Rosetta! Arcade Fire

  9. Before the Results… We are going to analyze the songs in greater detail by looking at their lyrics. Each group will get a different set of lyrics. Your job is to: Read the song (individually) Complete the questions (as a group) Briefly explain to the class what the song was about and what you discussed in your groups. (nominate one person from your group) * Don’t forget the phrases we learned last week!

  10. Polaris Music Prize

  11. Results Before Analyzing the Lyrics 10. Braids 9. Austra 8. Destroyer 7. Colin Stetson 6. Timber Timbre 5. Galaxie 4. Hey Rosetta! 3. Ron Sexsmith 1. (tie) Arcade Fire / The Weeknd

  12. Mr. Harvey’s Top 10 Arcade Fire Timbre Timber The Weeknd Ron Sexsmith Colin Stetson Austra Destroyer Braids Hey Rosetta! Galaxie

  13. Discussion Questions Did your opinion of the songs change after reading/hearing about their lyrics? Which songs did you think were better? Worse? Did the music always match the lyrics? If not, what songs?

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