Explore & Practice Mod 4

DREAMING DREAMS!

Animals behaving as humans: speaking, walking upright, dressing in clothing, and consulting pocket watches dominate the novel as Alice explores the deep corners of her reality-like dream.

In Alice in Wonderland, one driving point of the novel is the dream; be it waking or sleeping, the cyclical nature of Alice’s parallel reality draws into question what Carroll wants his readers to glean from his tale.

When it comes to the role that our dreams play in our lives, it's hard not to think that this whole story is a metaphor for the lives we live.

Check out this video about dreams. It should bring a different perspective to your reading.

DISCUSSION BOARD: DREAM STATE OF MIND

Assignment 020: DB- Dream State of Mind

Read the following prompt. Be prepared for this discussion (take notes, write a response, however you want to be prepared). Your English 10B instructor will schedule a day for this discussion to take place on.

The Cheshire Cat suggests that everything Alice experiences in Wonderland is a dream or the result of madness. Besides the obvious absurdities in imagery, what other aspects of these books mimic a dream state?

BEWARE THE JABBERWOCKY

"Jabberwocky" is considered one of the greatest nonsense poems written in English. Its playful, whimsical language has given English nonsense words and neologisms such as "galumphing" and "chortle."

Neologisms are newly coined terms, words, or phrases, that may be commonly used in everyday life but have yet to be formally accepted as constituting mainstream language. Neologisms also can be created through abbreviation or acronym, by intentionally rhyming with existing words, or simply through playing with sounds. Examples of Neologisms are:

Noob
Spam
Troll
Chortle
BFF
Chillax
App
and of course, LOL (which can now be used as a verb with the pronouncement of "lolling" or "lolled."

"JABBERWOCKY": TP-CASST

Assignment 021: "Jabberwocky": TP-CASST

Read Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky." Focus on deciphering the language and using context to determine an overall meaning of the poem.
Visit the TP-CASST template document and make a copy.
Fill out the TP-CASST chart according to the poem.
Submit your completed chart to Slate.

EDWARD LEAR'S LIMMERICKS

There is a type of poem that is funny

The kind that’ll make you laugh in your tummy

Give ‘em a try, n’try your best

They are all written in jest

And laugh til you cry to your mummy.

A limerick is a fun, five-line poem with a distinctive rhythm. . The rhyming pattern is A-A-B-B-A. The longer A lines rhyme with each other and the shorter B lines rhyme with each other.

Line 1: 7-10 syllables A
Line 2: 7-10 syllables A
Line 3: 5-7 syllables B
Line 4: 5-7 syllables B
Line 5: 7-10 syllables A

Thinking back on those neologisms, Edward Lear was famous for them. Edward Lear was an English artist, illustrator, author, and poet, renowned today primarily for his literary nonsense, in poetry and prose, and especially his limericks, a form that he popularized.

Take a look at some of his poems and illustrations.

LIMERICK: ORIGINAL NONSENSE

Assignment 022: Limerick: Original Nonsense

Read & analyze some of Edward Lear's limericks (found here). What role does nonsense play in his poems?
Perform a Google Image search of "Edward Lear Drawings" and choose an illustration of his from which to gain inspiration.
With that inspiration, write an original limerick that follows the 5-line poem with an A-A-B-B-A rhyme scheme. Feel free to embrace the nonsense. Play with sound, make your own neologisms, have some fun (but be appropriate).
Create a Google document, give it an original title, copy and paste your chosen Lear drawing, and include your original limerick.
Submit your completed assignment through

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