We defined Ballad and Folk Ballade
We read: Sir Patrick Spens, Get Up and Bar the Door, The Twa Corbies, Barbara Allen
We completed The Ballad of You assignment:
The Ballad of You:
Directions:
Today in class you will all be writing a ballad: A short narrative poem
that tells a story and is usually set to music.
To make this interesting, the ballad that you make will be about another
student in class, based primarily on a short interview that you have with them
today in class.
Step 1: The
Interview:
Please generate 10
questions to ask and record their answer.
These will be the foundation of your ballad:
- Your Question:
Their Detailed response:
2. Your Question:
Their Detailed response:
3. Your Question:
Their Detailed response:
4.Your Question:
Their Detailed response:
5. Your Question:
Their Detailed response:
- Your
Question:
Their Detailed response:
- Your
Question:
Their Detailed response:
- Your
Question:
Their Detailed response:
- Your
Question:
Their Detailed response:
- Your Question:
Their Detailed response:
Part 2:
The Things They Carry….
Describe in detail 5 items that
are on them right now. Please use
detailed description. Do not just say it
is a pen. Describe it in as much detail
as you can.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Step 3, The Ballad of….
Write a 25-30 line folk ballad on the person that you interviewed and
the information that you collected about them.
Please begin this with the following and keep it in the 3rd
person at all times:
There once was a boy named Joe
that……
Step 3: Perform
these in front of the class J
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