1. Class 1

2. AGENDA

 A Game of Thrones: Prologue
 Website
 Green Sheet
 Syllabus
 Add Codes
 Contests/Analytic Authorities
 Contest 1: Content
 Rhetorical Strategy: using compressed statements to
communicate meaning: Writing Social and Political Haiku

3. Website
http://ewrt2palmore.wordpress.co
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
Green Sheet
Syllabus

4. http://ewrt2palmore.wordpress.com
 In order to do the homework, you must establish an account.
 To make your own FREE Word Press account, go to
wordpress.com and click on the large, orange button that says,
“Get started here.” The system will walk you through a series
of steps that will allow you to set up your own user-friendly
Word Press blog.
 If you don't want a blog, you can signup for just a username.
Make sure you sign in with YOUR Word Press username
before you post on our class page so you get credit for your
work.
 If you prefer not to use your own name, you may use a
pseudonym. Please email me your username if it is significantly
different from your real name.
 If you cannot establish your website and username, please
come to my office hours as soon as possible, and I will help you
with the process. Much of our work will take place online, so
establishing this connection is mandatory.

5. ADD CODES

 I will give add codes on Tuesday of week 2 to ensure
I can add the highest number of people.
 You must come to each class if you want to be
added.
 I will take 35 students.

6. Contests/Analytic
Authorities

 Each student will select a character for which he or she will be
responsible. This, of course, includes learning about the character’s
family and history. It also means being responsible for tracking
behaviors, acts, and motivations.
 The order of choosing characters will be determined through five
contests held during the first three class periods. The first will be
today. Two and three will be on Thursday. Four and five will be
next Tuesday.
 The contests will include three content quizzes and two vocabulary
exams.
 The student with the highest overall score will choose first and so
on. In the case of ties, students will draw for position. This activity
will take place during class four. I reserve the right to make all
final decisions determining order.

7. Contest #1

Get out a blank sheet of paper
Clear your desks
Prepare to answer five questions based on A Game of Thrones

8. 1. Who said, “You are slow to learn, Lord Eddard. Contest #1
Distrusting me was the wisest thing you’ve done
since you climbed down off your horse”?
4. Who says, “The Night’s Watch is a
Petyr sworn brotherhood. We have no
Gandalf families. None of us will ever father
Gregor sons. Our wife is duty. Our mistress is
Tyrion honor”?
2. Who “always favored huge, ill-tempered stallions
with more spirit than sense”? Will
Benjen
Benjen Samurai Jack
Jon Jon
the snow zombies
Gregor
5. Who tells Eddard, “A courageous
informer would be as useless as a
3. Who tells Arya that she will “marry a king and rule
his castle”?
cowardly knight”?
Gaston Petyr
Ned Cersei
Sansa Varys
Tyrion King Arthur

9. 1. Who said, “You are slow to learn, Lord Eddard. Contest #1
Distrusting me was the wisest thing you’ve done
since you climbed down off your horse”?
4. Who says, “The Night’s Watch is a
Petyr sworn brotherhood. We have no
Gandalf families. None of us will ever father
Gregor sons. Our wife is duty. Our mistress is
Tyrion honor”?
2. Who “always favored huge, ill-tempered stallions
with more spirit than sense”? Will
Benjen
Benjen Samurai Jack
Jon Jon
the snow zombies
Gregor
5. Who tells Eddard, “A courageous
informer would be as useless as a
3. Who tells Arya that she will “marry a king and rule
his castle”?
cowardly knight”?
Gaston Petyr
Ned Cersei
Sansa Varys
Tyrion King Arthur

10. Vocabulary Exam #1

25 words from A Game of Thrones
Test Format: Matching

11. Vocabulary Exam #1
1. amethyst: a purple or violet quartz, used as a gem.
2. bailey: the defensive wall surrounding an outer court of a castle.
3. baluster: any of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing.
4. barbican: a defensive outpost of any sort.
5. caparison: a decorative covering for a horse or for the tack or harness of a horse;
trappings.
6. coffer: a box or chest, esp. one for valuables.
7. coif: a hood-shaped cap, usually of white cloth and with extended sides, worn
beneath a veil, as by nuns.
8. crannog: a small, artificial, fortified island constructed in bogs in ancient
Scotland and Ireland.
9. crenel: any of the open spaces between the merlons of a battlement.
10. crofter: a person who rents and works a small farm, esp. in Scotland or
northern England.
11. cursory: going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty;
superficial:

12. 12. damask: hand-wrought steel, made in various Asian countries, from parts of a
bloom of heterogeneous composition, repeatedly folded over and welded and
finally etched to reveal the resulting grain: used esp. for sword blades.
13. deft: dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever
14. doublet: a close-fitting outer garment, with or without sleeves and sometimes
having a short skirt, worn by men in the Renaissance.
15. doughty: steadfastly courageous and resolute; valiant.
16. eyrie: the nest of a bird of prey, as an eagle or a hawk.
17. gibbet: a gallows with a projecting arm at the top, from which the bodies of
criminals were formerly hung in chains and left suspended after execution.
18. gorget: a piece of armor for the throat.
19. hauberk: a long defensive shirt, usually of mail, extending to the knees.
20. hummock: an elevated tract of land rising above the general
level of a marshy region.
21. insipid: without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid:
22. lithe: bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible:
23. pommel: a knob, as on the hilt of a sword.
24. puissant: powerful; mighty; potent.
25. rondel: a metal disk that protects the armpit.

13. Haiku

Political and Social Commentary

14. http://www.flickr.com/photos/hypergurl/514534462/
Attribution, Non Commercial
“Haiku show[s] us the world in a water drop,
providing a tiny lens through which to glimpse the
miracle and mystery of life” (National Endowment
for the Humanities).

15. What is Haiku?
 It is a traditional form of
Japanese poetry
 It describes nature, every
day life, or the human
condition
 It is based on personal
reflection
 Its value is in sudden
discovery or revelation http://www.flickr.com/photos/ionushi/434663959/
Attribution, Non Commercial, No Derivatives

16. 
The moment two bubbles
are united, they both vanish.
A lotus blooms.
-Kijo Murakami (1865-1938)

17. Why Haiku?
 It is a great mode of self-
expression
 It demands both brevity and
clarity in writing
 It captures one moment and its
emotions perfectly
 It expresses complex ideas
through simple observations
http://www.flickr.com/photos/monkeysox/277812785
4/
Attribution, No Derivatives

18. Writing Haiku

 Writing and understanding
Haiku requires multiple skills:
 Close observation
 Careful reflection
 Concise word choice
 An open mind http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcomagrini/698692268/
Attribution, Non Commercial, No Derivatives

19. Traditional Haiku

The crow has flown away:
swaying in the evening sun,
a leafless tree.
-Natsume Soseki (1867-1916)

20. Writing Haiku: Form

 A Haiku traditionally has three lines with seventeen
syllables:
 Five
 Seven
 Five
 This form is strict in Japanese
 Sometimes it varies in other languages or in translation.

21. Writing Haiku: Structure
and Language

 Haiku consists of two parts: The description and the
reflection.
 Each part depends on the other for meaning.
 In Japanese Haiku, the break is marked by a “cutting word.”
In English, the break is marked by punctuation (e.g. colon,
long dash, ellipsis)
 Haiku must include a kigo, a word that indicates a season.
This does not have to be a traditional season like fall or
winter. It could be baseball season or voting time; the reader
just has to be able to determine when the event takes place.

22. Social and Political Haiku

 Laura Welch
Habeas corpus
And that pesky Bill of Rights:
 Chaunce Windle
Who needs 'em? Wink. Wink.
See dust thick on text books.
Evolution was a fad.
 Jean Hall
Science dead? You betcha.
McCain is ailin'
Chooses hockey mom Palin--
You betcha, we're pucked!
http://www.thenation.com/article/political-haiku-winners

23. Write Your Own Political
or Social Haiku
Find inspiration in A Game of Thrones
Make a list of descriptive words
Choose a character or two
Use the five, seven, five syllable form
Include a kigo to indicate the season
Use both a description and a reflection.
Remember to identify the break between
the two with punctuation.

24. Works Cited

 Natural Endowment for the Humanities. EDSITEment. Can You
Haiku? May 2002. 10 October 2009.
<http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?ID=250>.
 Toyomasu, Kei Grieg. HAIKU for PEOPLE. 10 Jan. 2001. 10 October
2009. <http://www.toyomasu.com/haiku>.
 Herrlin, Jackie. HA-KU. 2004. Internet Archive. 10 October 2009.
<http://www.archive.org/details/cie_haku>. (Attribution, Non
Commercial, No Derivatives)
 Russo, Dave. North Carolina Haiku Society. Unknown. 10 October
2009. <http://nc-haiku.org/haiku-misc.htm>.

25. Homework

 Buy books
 Register for Word Press
 Read A Game of Thrones through page 100
 Post #1 Write a Haiku (or two) that expresses a social
or political aspect of the reading thus far.
 Study: Vocabulary (Exam one is on Thursday). You
can find the list of words on the website under
“Vocabulary” “Vocabulary list one” or on the
presentation for class #1