Ode to an Ode

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Ode to an Ode

• Martha Pero, NBCT
• Hudson City Schools
• Hudson, Ohio
• perom_at_hudson.edu

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Poetry in High School

• Difficult?
• Fun?
• Interesting?

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Poetry

• We use our book and assign

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What do you do?

• Listen and read Oda al tomate por Pablo Neruda.

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What do you do?

• Get them thinking about the theme, metaphors,
  imagery, and style.
• See handout

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What do you do?

1. Do one together, then work in pairs to find more
   and fill in the handout.
2. Class discusion.

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The assignment

• Students choose an oda title.
• http//www.spsu.edu/sis/nuhfer-halten/webconcorda
  nces/neruda/nerudafrequency.txt.WebConcordance/c15
  9.htm

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The assignment

• Fill in the previous worksheet for their oda.
• theme
• metaphors
• imagery
• style
• 3. Write the oda and illustrate it.

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The assignment

• Read the real oda
• Compare and contrast the theme, metaphors and
  imagery.

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The assignment

• Using Audacity or Garageband, record the oda.

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Audacity

• Free download
• Mac
• http//audacity.sourceforge.net/download/mac
• PC
• http//audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows

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Lame file for MP3

• PC and Mac http//audacity.sourceforge.net/help/
  faq?sinstallitemlame-mp3
• This is necessary to make MP3 files. Please note
  to where it is downloading. The first time you
  use it, you will need to find it to make a link.
  After that, you can forget about it.

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What next?

• Publish on line or on your Webpage.
• Make a booklet of the odes to give to each class.

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Gracias por venir!

• Preguntas?