Count That Day Lost

Analysis and Interpretation  -  HOTS

COMPARING and CONTRASTING  - find similarities (comparing) an differences (contrasting) and draw conclusions

When we compare and contrast things we can use the following words:  

Both of the stories are about animals: a dog, a fox and a crow. They are similar in the issue of being greedy and its results: positive or negative. They also teach us a lesson for life.

The two stories are different in some points. The dog lost his food because of his greed. On the contrary to the dog, the fox fulfilled his wish.

Applying HOTS to the text

1.     A stanza is a group of lines which form a unit in a poem. The poem Count That Day Lost consists of two stanzas. Compare and contrast them. How are the stanzas alike? How are they different?

Consider the following points:

a.     The subject

b.     The structure

c.      The rhyme scheme

2.     Why do you think the poet divided the poem into two stanzas?

3.     How does this division reinforce the message of the poem?

Applying the targeted HOTS to your lives and other areas

1.      Classroom discussion: Where do we apply the HOTS of Comparing and Contrasting in real life? Give your examples.

 Think and respond in writing:

	How was your life
	Before	now
getting a driving license	I rode my bike or walked on foot.	I drive wherever I need to go.
having a girl/boy/true friend	I was bored. I didn't have anyone to tell my problems.	I feel glad .I have someone to share .with my difficulties
getting pocket money from your parents	I couldn’t buy things which I wanted.	I can buy some of the things I want and it makes me happy.
Having Bagrut exams	I wasn’t under a high pressure.	I am under a high pressure.

Think of your own example and add it to the table.

Further Analysis and Interpretation

    LITERARY TERMS: RHYME and RHYME SCHEME

1.    Definition of Rhyme: Rhyme is the use of words with a similar sound,

   often at the ends of lines of poetry.

   For example:

            The woods are lovely, dark and deep,

            But I have promises to keep

            And miles to go before I sleep,

a. Give examples of rhyming words:

            Pale   - vale ,sale ,tale 

            Sound -    Ground, round, bound

            Get     -    bet, let, met

b. Listen to the poem on YOUTUBE. What rhymes have you heard?

Write down a few rhymes:

Sun-done, find-kind, went-spent, trace-face, cost-lost, small-all

                                                             

c. Read the poem again and mark rhyming words in the 1^st and 2^nd stanzas.

             Stanza 1- sun-done, find-kind, went-spent                                             

             Stanza 2-day-nay, all-small, trace-small, cost-lost

2.   Definition of a RHYME SCHEME: The RHYME SCHEME of a poem is the pattern of rhymed words with in a stanza or through the poem. It is easy to figure out the rhyme scheme by giving all the words with the same sound the same letter.

            I once saw a mouse     a

            That lived in a house    a

            But never a cat            b

            That lived in a hat        b

a.     Give a certain letter in sequence of the a, b, c, d for each rhyme in

The poem "Count That Day Lost".

 Count That Day Lost

If you sit down at set of sun                          a

And count the acts that you have done,       a

And, counting, find                                              b

One self-denying deed, one word                   

That eased the heart of him who heard,

One glance most kind                                          b

That fell like sunshine where it went --            c

Then you may count that day well spent.         c

But if, through all the livelong day,                     a

You've cheered no heart, by yea or nay --          a

If, through it all                                                         b

You've nothing done that you can trace             c

That brought the sunshine to one face--             c

No act most small                                                    b

That helped some soul and nothing cost --         d

Then count that day as worse than lost.              d

b.     What is the rhyme scheme/ pattern in the 1^st stanza?

The pattern is in the order of the lines.

c.      What is the rhyme scheme / pattern in the 2^nd stanza?

The pattern is not in the order of the lines.

3. Discuss the following questions:

a. What does the speaker consider a "day well spent"? What does the speaker consider a day "worse than lost"? Explain.

"A day well spent"-is a day when you did something good for someone else, a day when you cheered someone and gave him even one positive word.

A day that "worse than lost"-is a day when you didn’t do anything good for someone around you, you didn't help anyone and you didn’t bring the sunshine to someone's face.

b.     What is the message of the poem? Do you agree? Explain.

The message of the poem is that life without helping others around you is worthless. Only if you do good deeds for the community you "gain" the day. On the contrary, if you don’t do anything good or say some encouraging words to the people around you, you waste your day.

I agree with the message because I know and feel that there is a lot of importance and effect of how people response and act to each other.

If you get a little help and some encouraging words when you need them, you may feel that they brought you the sunshine to your life.