Media Literacy & Music Videos

RADIOHEAD – All I Need

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-xHfBAKMcCc&feature=related

Answer the following questions in a new comment - Put your name at the top of the comment, and number your answers!

1. Describe the video you just watched.
2. What does this music video make you think about?
3. What connections can you make between the main characters in the video, and yourself?
4. What song lyrics stood out to you?
5. What appeared at the end of this music video, and how was it different from regular music videos?
6. Explain the quote, “some things cost more than you realise”, and support your explanation with reference to the music video.
7. Provide examples of other things in the world that cost more than we realise.

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening - by Robert Frost

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

Questions:
1. Make up questions you have about the poem you just read, and type them as a new comment.
2. Notice how much more descriptive Robert Frost's poem is, than the one about the Red Wheelbarrow from the last blog. Find the "So Much Depends Upon" poem you added as a comment in the previous blog, and re-write it in your new comment, including more detail about WHY so much depends on the thing you wrote about. INCLUDE YOUR NAME AT THE END BEFORE SUBMITTING!

WIlliam Carlos Williams

The Red Wheelbarrow
- by William Carlos Williams

so much depends
upon

a red wheel
barrow

glazed with rain
water

beside the white
chickens

Write a poem in a similar style to The Red Wheelbarrow as a new comment.
Start your poem with, "so much depends upon...".
Put your name at the bottom before submitting!

Favourite Poem

The Rat - by Hamilton Leithauser

You've got a nerve to be asking a favour
You've got a nerve to be calling my number
I know we've been through this before
Can't you hear me, I'm calling out your name?
Can't you see me, I'm pounding on your door?

When I used to go out
I would know everyone that I saw
Now I go out alone if I go out at all
I'm sure we've been through this before
Can't you hear me, I'm beating on your wall?



QUESTION:
I have many favourite poems, and this is one of them. Find a poem you like and type it as a new comment to share it with the rest of the class. Be sure you include the poem's title and the author's name. Remember to add your name at the bottom of your comment before submitting.

Poetry: painting with words

poetry is painting
colourful words
creating pictures
in readers' minds.


QUESTIONS:

What does this poem make you think about? Do you like reading poems? Do you like writing poems? Where do you encounter poetry in your life?

Write one paragraph as a new comment, and remember to put your name at the bottom before submitting.

Homework

What do you think about the amount of homework that is assigned to you this year? How does it compare to the amount you had to do in previous grades? What do you think your homework will look like next year?






Write a new comment (one paragraph) to answer these questions. Type your first name at the bottom of your comment before you post it.

Canadian Athletes

Question:
If YOU were a Canadian athlete, and had trained your whole life for your chance to compete in the Olympics, would you support a Canadian boycott of the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, China? Explain.

Post your one paragraph long answer in a new comment. Remember to type your first name at the bottom of your comment before submitting.