1. Class 1

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

3. 
Website
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Green Sheet
Syllabus

4.  In order to do the homework, you must establish an account.
 Our class website is 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 or sign up for just a user name; alternatively,
you can sign in with your Facebook account. 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.
http://ewrt2palmore.wordpress.com

5. 
ADD CODES
 I will give add codes during week two 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 32 students.

6. 
 Each student will select a character from A Game of Thrones 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 during class 2. Four and five will be
during class 3.
 The contests will include three content quizzes (participation
grade) and two vocabulary exams (exams grade).
 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 4. I reserve the right to make all final
decisions determining order.
Contests/Analytic
Authorities

7. 
Contest #1
Get out a blank sheet of paper
Clear your desks
Prepare to answer five questions based on A Game of Thrones
In A Game of Thrones you play or you die;
A good life is based as much on luck as merit. Some
are born royal, some rich, some beggars, some
whores, some bastards.

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

9. 
Vocabulary Exam #1
25 words from A Game of Thrones
Test Format: Matching

10. 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:
Vocabulary Exam #1

11. 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.

12. 
Haiku
Political and Social Commentary

13. “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).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hypergurl/514534462/
Attribution, Non Commercial

14.  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
What is Haiku?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ionushi/434663959/
Attribution, Non Commercial, No Derivatives

15. 
The moment two bubbles
are united, they both vanish.
A lotus blooms.
-Kijo Murakami (1865-1938)

16. 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

17.  Writing and understanding
Haiku requires multiple skills:
 Close observation
 Careful reflection
 Concise word choice
 An open mind
Writing Haiku
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcomagrini/698692268/
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18. 
The crow has flown away:
swaying in the evening sun,
a leafless tree.
-Natsume Soseki (1867-1916)
Traditional Haiku

19. 
 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.
Writing Haiku: Form

20. 
 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 often 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.
Writing Haiku: Structure
and Language

21. 
Social and Political Haiku
 Laura Welch
Habeas corpus
And that pesky Bill of Rights:
Who needs 'em? Wink. Wink.
 Jean Hall
McCain is ailin'
Chooses hockey mom Palin--
You betcha, we're pucked!
 Chaunce Windle
See dust thick on text books.
Evolution was a fad.
Science dead? You betcha.
http://www.thenation.com/article/political-haiku-winners

22. 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.

23. 
 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>.
Works Cited

24. 
 Buy books
 Register for Wordpress
 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 at our next
meeting). You can find the list of words on the
website under “Vocabulary” “Vocabulary list one”
or on the presentation for class #1
Homework