Gr. 9 Behind the Ballad
Focus Q's:
- What are the elements that make up a ballad?
- How do these literary elements work together to create a dominant impression?
- How can I represent a ballad's dominant impression in a movie poster?
DEFINITION: A ballad is a narrative poem that uses rhyme and rhythm to improve it's appeal to the audience.
PURPOSE:In the past ballads were used to pass on a family's oral history. Today ballads are primarily used to entertain.
PURPOSE:In the past ballads were used to pass on a family's oral history. Today ballads are primarily used to entertain.
Grade 9's have been analyzing a series of ballads.
- "The Highwayman," by Alfred Noyes
- "Folk Bloodbath" by Josh Ritter
- Student selected ballad.
We have been identifying and explaining the following literary elements:
- Plot diagram
- Conflict
- Theme
- Figurative Language
- Diction
We have been discussing how dominant impression is created:
- through the interrelationship of plot, setting and character
- by diction, symbols and figurative language
"The Highwayman" Resources:
Students completed a viewing handout while watching this video:
Students completed a reading handout after watching this video and reading the poem:
"Folk Bloodbath" Resources:
Students have been analyzing this song with a partner and as a whole class by completing the flip book below:
Student Selected Ballads - Resources
Criteria for selecting a Ballad - Ballads MUST:- be appropriate for school
- follow a plot diagram
- have a minimum of 5 figurative devices
- have a minimum of 5 examples of diction
Students have been completing an analysis flipbook. See checklist:
Today we are focusing on:
What is dominant impression of my ballad?
How can I represent this dominant impression in a movie poster?
Students participated in an analysis of "Freaky Friday" to identify strategies for their own posters. See observations below:
Students then made observations of their own from a variety of movie posters and shared out their top 2 elements of design with the class. See our class generated list below:
To ensure we all have a strong dominant impression we have planned out our ideas by:
To ensure we all have a strong dominant impression we have planned out our ideas by:
- completing a chart,
- sketching a thumbnail (rough visual of title, central image, tagline and background) with
- noted of 5 items from our class generated list of Elements of design on sketch
See this planning for "Folk Bloodbath" below:
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| DEFINITION & CHART |
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| THUMBNAIL SKETCH with 5 items from class list |
Students are self-assessing their individual song analysis flip book using the following Rubric:
Individual Song Analysis Flip book DUE: Monsday, Feb 8.
Movie Poster and Self-assessment is DUE: Tuesday, Feb 16.
- Please "turn in" these items in Google Classroom.
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