ENGLISH III

“IT’S A THEME AND THESIS THURSDAY!” MR. HOUGHTELING

January 16, 2014 – Mr. Houghteling

AGENDA

Irregular Verb Bellringer“Telephone Conversation” –TPCASTT

Questions: 1, 7, 8, 9

Lily Allen: “Smile” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WxDrVUrSvI

TP-CASTT

Title— make a predictionParaphrase— put it into your own

wordsConnotation— what “tricks” does the

poet use?Attitude (tone)— what is the diction of

the poem?Shifts— where does the poem change?

Title— revisit the title (how close were you?)

Theme—

“Telephone Conversation” by Wole Soyinka

Vocabulary indifferent (2)—having no

particular interest or concern; apathetic

rancid (12)— having a disagreeable odor or taste of decomposing oils or fats; rank

squelching (14)— to crush as if by trampling; squash

dumbfoundment (16)— filled with astonishment and perplexity

Vocabulary

spectroscopic (23) – as if utilizing a device to observe different aspects of color

“flight of fancy” (24) – an imaginative exploration

peroxide blonde (30) – the color of hair that has been bleached with hydrogen peroxide

British terms or other imageryRed booth (13).Red pillar-box (13).Red double-tiered Omnibus (13-14).

West African sepia (22)~ ironically…

THEMEWhat does the poem say about the human experience, motivation, or condition?

What subject does the poem address? What do we learn about that subject? What idea does the poet want us to take away from the poem?

HOMEWORK

Complete the questions for “Telephone Conversation”: 1, 7, 8, 9.