From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V12 #214 Reply-To: shindell-list@smoe.org Sender: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk shindell-list-digest Sunday, November 11 2012 Volume 12 : Number 214 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [RS] Shindell based Teacher Help.... [Carol Love ] Re: [RS] Shindell based Teacher Help.... ["kunigunda" Subject: Re: [RS] Shindell based Teacher Help.... Hey, Mr. Gritz!! That title even hits "oxymoron"...!! Good job! ~ Carol On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Rongrittz wrote: > No Shindell. Use the one we used back in the day: "The Sound of Silence." ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 15:25:33 -0500 From: Norman Johnson Subject: [RS] The trouble with poets Carol wrote: >> I'm starting poetry next week with my mainstream 9th graders. (No >> honors kids...) Can anyone think of an accessible Shindell song that would show the poetic elements such as simile, metaphor, imagery, etc??? (I was just listening to the song "Sparrow's Point" thinking it was GREAT for metaphor (and foreshadowing!!) but I'm afraid it might be too dirge-y for today's teen.) For that matter ANY song??<< Nora is very poetic, but you'd have to do some heavy lifting. What about Reunion Hill (multiple flashbacks)? Dar's February, with its repetition of elements (keys, flowers, snow, flowers, keys), would work. Actually, a lot of her songs would work. Norman ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 17:57:35 -0600 From: "kunigunda" Subject: Re: [RS] Shindell based Teacher Help.... Hi Carol, I have been listening to Darrell Scott's A Crooked Road which I love. This song may be TOTALLY inappropriate for your age group, or...it could contain a message to some. Anyway, I thought I would throw this out there for you to consider. The song is called Candles in the Rain. Like Richard, he is able to pull off singing a song from a woman's point of view. To me, it's about a woman who has an affair with a married man, gets pregnant and must go for either an abortion or give her child up for adoption. Here is the song on myspace http://us.myspace.com/music/player?sid=69035950&ac=now Here are the lyrics, but of course it is much better with the music. Most days I never even notice Most nights are much the same But every now and then I get a picture A familiar face without a name Oh when I see a loving mother Kissing a hand that's hers to hold I see a part of me I can't recover I get the feeling all I'm growing is old I met a man who was on fire He had a wife he had a family And I fanned the flame of his desire Til he was burning, burning just for me Oh late one night he took me flying Into the fire on wings of wax Flying and melting and falling We landed on our human backs Childless mothers don't need pity Childless mothers don't need blame No we beg our own pardons And rake our rock gardens And carry on past the need to explain And light our candles in the rain Cut to the room where we were waiting Young people reading old people magazines All past the point of hesitating All past the hopes and the dreams He left me standing in the doorway I guess he'd gone as far as he could go He watched me walk the plank hallway The rest I'll still have to face alone Childless mothers don't need pity Childless mothers don't need blame No we beg our own pardons And rake our rock gardens And carry on past the need to explain And light our candles in the rain We light our birthday candles in the rain Light our candles Light our candles in the rain Most days I never even notice - -------------------------------------------------- From: "Carol Love" Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2012 9:32 AM To: Subject: [RS] Shindell based Teacher Help.... > Hey, > > I'm starting poetry next week with my mainstream 9th graders. (No honors > kids...) > > Can anyone think of an accessible Shindell song that would show the poetic > elements such as simile, metaphor, imagery, etc??? > > (I was just listening to the song "Sparrow's Point" thinking it was GREAT > for metaphor (and foreshadowing!!) but I'm afraid it might be too dirge-y > for today's teen.) > > For that matter ANY song?? > > > ...Carol ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V12 #214 ************************************