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Friday, March 17, 2023

Jabberwocky

The Jabberwocky
            by
    Lewis Carroll

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves

Did gyre and gimble in the wabe.

All mimsy were the borogoves,

And the mome raths outgrabe.


"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!

The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!

Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun

The frumious Bandersnatch!"


He took his vorpal sword in hand.

Long time the manxome foe he sought

So rested he by the Tumtum tree,

And stood a while in thought.


And, as in uffish thought he stood,

The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,

Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,

And burbled as it came!


One two! One two! And through and through

The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!

He left it dead, and with its head

He went galumphing back.


"And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?

Come to my arms, my beamish boy!

Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"

He chortled in his joy.


'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves

Did gyre and gimble in the wabe.

All mimsy were the borogoves,

And the mome raths outgrabe.


RECITATION VIDEOS:

Poetry Out Loud 2010



Funny version with Mime




Benedict Cumberbatch



 I can't stop now!



Scottish brogue version (Jonah!)




You HAVE to watch and listen to this one!

 


 Ms Albury, the musical director did a GREAT job bringing out the best in these talented kiddos! Wow!
 



BRAINSTORMING ideas for paragraph topics: 
feel free to use the extra info for padding your introduction and conclusion if it is congruous

• --> Lewis Carroll (wrote in 1871)  

• --> Jabberwocky was a part of Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There (Alice in Wonderland

• --> Nonsense words, portmanteau  <-- similar to Dr. Seuss  (examples?)

• --> Some words now in dictionary! <-- similar to Shakespeare  (get examples)

• --> *Specific words  . . . . . .

• --> History of nonsense stories   (look up)
http://www.floridarti.usf.edu/resources/pl_modules/intensive_interventions/day2/5.%20Jabberwocky%20Vocabulary.pdf

 --> Why is this an appealing story & poem for both children and adults?  Analysis of Carroll's "Jabberwocky" 

• --> What is the Jabberwocky? What does it represent? What other beasts is it like? What does it symbolize?

• --> Which of the "Seven Basic Plots" is Jabberwocky?  
Why might it be compared to Beowulf, David and Goliath, or Lord of the Rings?  https://interestingliterature.com/2016/01/22/a-short-analysis-of-jabberwocky-by-lewis-carroll/

• --> A discussion of the topic clincher that Lewis uses in the book. Is it effective. Why? or why not? What does it mean?

• --> How many nonsense words are in the book? Pick one or two and describe them in detail.

• --> A paragraph about the archaic and/or original words used in the poem

*A portmanteau word is "a word formed by merging the sounds and meanings of two different words." A portmanteau is "a case used in journeying for containing clothing," and comes from the French porter, "to carry," plus manteau, "cloak." Carroll coined portmanteau word in 1882 based on the idea of "two meanings packed up into one word," says the Online Etymology Dictionary.
OTHER SOURCES:


• --> Your interpretation of the poem

 -->  Your opinions (based on the poem!) about the setting, the characters, the motivation to kill the Jabberwock, etc.


                                       The University of Maine



1     'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
2         Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
3     All mimsy were the borogoves,
4         And the mome raths outgrabe.

5     "Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
6         The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
7     Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
8         The frumious Bandersnatch!"

9     He took his vorpal sword in hand:
10       Long time the manxome foe he sought --
11   So rested he by the Tumtum tree.
12       And stood awhile in thought.

13   And as in uffish thought he stood,
14       The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
15   Came wiffling through the tulgey wood,
16       And burbled as it came!

17   One, two! One, two! And through and through
18       The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
19   He left it dead, and with its head
20       He went galumphing back.

21   "And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
22       Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
23   O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
24       He chortled in his joy.

25   'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
26       Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
27   All mimsy were the borogoves,
28       And the mome raths outgrabe.

    "It seems very pretty," she said when she
had finished it, "but it's rather hard to under­
stand!" (You see she didn't like to confess, even
to herself, that she couldn't make it out at all.)
"Somehow it seems to fill my head with ideas
-- only I don't exactly know what they are!
However, somebody killed something: that's clear,
at any rate --"

.... [pp. 126-29]     "You seem very clever at explaining words,
Sir," said Alice. "Would you kindly tell me the
meaning of the poem called `Jabberwocky'?"

    "Let's hear it," said Humpty Dumpty. "I
can explain all the poems that ever were in­
vented -- and a good many that haven't been
invented just yet."

    This sounded very hopeful, so Alice repeated
the first verse:

"'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe."

    "That's enough to begin with," Humpty
Dumpty interrupted; "there are plenty of hard
words there. `Brillig' means four o'clock in the
afternoon -- the time when you begin broiling
things for dinner."

    "That'll do very well," said Alice; "and
`slithy'?"

   "Well, `slithy' means `lithe and slimy.'
`Lithe' is the same as `active.' You see it's
like a portmanteau -- there are two meanings
packed up into one word."

   "I see it now," Alice remarked thoughtfully:
"and what are `toves'?"

    "Well, `toves' are something like badgers --
they're something like lizards -- and they're
something like corkscrews."

    "They must be very curious-looking creatures."

    "They are that," said Humpty Dumpty:
"also they make their nests under sun-dials --
also they live on cheese."

    "And what's to `gyre' and to `gimble'?"

    "To `gyre' is to go round and round like
a gyroscope. To `gimble' is to make holes like
a gimlet."

    "And `the wabe' is the grass-plot round a
sundial, I suppose?" said Alice, surprised at her own ingenuity.

   "Of course it is. It's called `wabe,' you
know, because it goes a long way before it,
and a long way behind it -- --"

    "And a long way beyond it on each side,"
added Alice.

    "Exactly so. Well, then, `mimsy' is `flimsy and miser­
able' (there's another portmanteau for
you). And a borogove is a thin, shabby-looking
bird with its feathers sticking out all round --
something like a live mop."

    "And then `mome raths'?" said Alice.
"I'm afraid I'm giving you a great deal of trouble."

    "Well, a `rath' is a sort of green pig: but
`mome' I'm not certain about. I think it's
short for `from home' -- meaning that they'd
lost their way, you know."

    "And what does `outgrabe' mean?"

    "Well, `outgribing' is something between
bellowing and whistling, with a kind of sneeze
in the middle: however, you'll hear it done
maybe -- down in the wood yonder -- and
when you've once heard it you'll be quite
content. Who's been repeating all that hard
stuff to you?"


  • Original Text: Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass, and what Alice Found There (London: Macmillan and Co., 1872): 21-24. Brabant Carroll Collection C37 T476 1872 copy 3. Fisher Rare Book Library.
  • First Publication Date: 1855.
  • Representative Poetry On-line: Editor, I. Lancashire; Publisher, Web Development Group, Inf. Tech. Services, Univ. of Toronto Lib.
  • EditionRPO 1998. © I. Lancashire, Dept. of English (Univ. of Toronto), and Univ. of Toronto Press 1998.

Thursday, August 11, 2022

Quotes from the Book of Proverbs

Choose a proverb.

Find a proverb you like. If you do not understand it or its context, ask your parents for help. Pray over it, use your imagination, and let that proverb inspire a story. 

OR

If you prefer research over creative writing, you may use a factual style approach and do an exegesis essay.

The process of exegesis involves 
1) Observation: what does the proverb say? 
2) Interpretation: what does it mean? 
3) Correlation: how does this proverb relate to the rest of the Bible? 
4) Application: how should this affect your life?

IEW STEPS TO A GREAT ESSAY
1) WRITE YOUR KWO first
2) Talk through your KWO and then . . . .  
3) Write your first Rough Draft. 
4) Continue to perfect your essay, until you have a Final Draft with which you are satisfied.
5) PROOF  . . .   PROOF   . . .  PROOF it.  :-)


No banned words
No contractions

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For receiving instruction in prudent behavior, doing what is right and just and fair. 

(Proverbs 1:3)


Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.

(Proverbs 3:5)


Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

(Proverbs 22:6)


"Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him." 

(Proverbs 30:5)


A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

(Proverbs 17:22)


Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and He will establish your plans.

(Proverbs 16:3) 


In their hearts human beings plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps. 

(Proverbs 16:9) 


Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.

(Proverbs 16:18) 


A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

(Proverbs 15:1) 


Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. 

(Proverbs 31:30) 


In all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.

(Proverbs 3:6) 


Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching. 

(Proverbs 1:8) 


Many are the plans in a human heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails.

(Proverbs 19:21)  


Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people. 

(Proverbs 14:34)  


Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm. 

(Proverbs 13:20) 


Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you.

(Proverbs 4:6)  


The wise fear the LORD and shun evil, but a fool is hotheaded and yet feels secure.

(Proverbs 14:16) 


For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her.  

(Proverbs 8:11)  


Do not say, "I'll pay you back for this wrong!" Wait for the LORD, and he will avenge you.  

(Proverbs 20:22) 


Those who guard their mouths and their tongues keep themselves from calamity.

(Proverbs 21:23) 


The wages of the righteous is life, but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.

(Proverbs 10:16)  


Fools show their annoyance at once, but the prudent overlook an insult.

(Proverbs 12:16) 


Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray. 

(Proverbs 10:17)  


Those who are kind benefit themselves, but the cruel bring ruin on themselves.

(Proverbs 11:17)  


. . . . blessed are those who trust in the LORD. (Proverbs 16:20)   


Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up. 

(Proverbs 12:25)  


. . . . the complacency of fools will destroy them.  (Proverbs 1:32)  


Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored. 

(Proverbs 13:18)  


The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them

astray.  (Proverbs 12:26)  


. . . . blessed are those who are kind to the needy.  (Proverbs 14:21) 


Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained in the way of righteousness.

(Proverbs 16:21)

  

All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.  (Proverbs 14:23)  


Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be

found out.  (Proverbs 10:9) 


Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.

(Proverbs 4:14)  


When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone, but the righteous stand firm

forever.  (Proverbs 10:25)  


Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned? (Proverbs 6:27)  


Ill-gotten treasures have no lasting value.  (Proverbs 10:2a)  


The greedy bring ruin to their households.  (Proverbs 15:27a) 


He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps during harvest

is a disgraceful son.   (Proverbs 10:5)  


Do not plot harm against your neighbor, who lives trustfully near you.

(Proverbs 3:29)