“During Lockdown, I Let the Dog Sleep in My Bed Again”

by Maggie Smith

Overview

In the poem “During Lockdown, I Let the Dog Sleep in My Bed Again” by Maggie Smith, the speaker expresses their feelings toward the coronavirus and the lockdowns that ensued. Their feelings vacillate throughout the poem, as they express moments of frustration, anxiety, loneliness, despair, and more.

Let’s read the poem together.

Today’s Assignment

Identifying Tones

Directions:

1. Read “During Lockdown, I Let the Dog Sleep in My Bed Again” by Maggie Smith, paying close attention to any poetic elements or techniques the poet uses to convey the speaker’s wide swath of emotions.
2. Use PRISM to “color code” the text, using the different colors provided to highlight the different parts of the text that convey the speaker’s various tones and emotions.

Directions for how to use PRISM are on the following set of slides!

How to Work in

“Prism”

Student Walkthrough

Prism Overview

Prism is a tool for "crowdsourcing interpretation." Users are invited to provide an interpretation of a text by highlighting words according to different categories, or "facets." Each individual interpretation then contributes to the generation of a visualization which demonstrates the combined interpretation of all the users.

When you click on the link provided for you, you will need to sign in using your Google credentials.

Once you’re logged in, you need to re-read the text of the poem.

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Then you will need to click on one of the colors and highlight any textual evidence (words, details, etc.) that reinforces or exemplifies that specific facet/tone.

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When you’re done with your highlights, click “Save Highlights.”

Here’s a quick video that briefly covers how the highlighting process works.

Any questions before I give you the link?