The Hangman response by Danny G.

The Hangman poem reminded me of Hitler because the Hangman was killing all different races and different types of people for no reason, which is exactly what Hitler. There is also a big moral to the poem that I didn't understand at first but then it made a lot more sense. The moral is, is that if you think you are doing nothing at all, you are still doing everything by doing nothing. What I mean by that, is that in the poem the Hangman was killing people, and everyone was watching but not doing anything to stop him. They all thought that they were doing nothing by watching him and not acting. But since they were not stopping him, they were then doing him a favour by not stopping it, which was doing something.

Danny G.

Paragraph on "The Hangman"

This poem reminded me of World War 2 when I read it. It reminded me of World War 2 because in the war Hitler killed blacks, Jews and people who were different from him. In the poem the Hang man killed the same people as Hitler did. This poem also reminded me of World War 2 because in the war there were many countries that didn’t join the war until later on and didn’t let Jews into their country. They were being bystanders. In the poem the town’s people were also being bystanders because they didn’t stop the Hangman from killing the other people.

The Hangman Sensory Images

Stanza # 1 Sensory Images:

-“Smelling of gold and blood flame”

-“The scaffold stood by the courthouse side, only as wide as the door was wide; with a frame as tall, or a little more, than the capping sill of the courthouse door. “

-“The hangman judged with the yellow twist of knotted hemp in his busy fist.”

-“We passed those eyes of buckshot lead.”

-“Then a twinkle grew in his buckshot eye”

-“And he stepped down and laid his hand on a man who came from another land,”

-Aviva

Hangman Paragraph

Hangman is the most powerful poem I have ever read. With so many sensory images, "Hangman" lets you make your own movie inside your head. It is so condensed that you could white a paragraph for every line in the poem. Even the fifth time I read it i still found out things I never knew before.

Jacque

The Paragraph for the Poem Hangman

I thought that this poem relates to Hitler, because when Hitler became powerfull everybody thought that he was a joke. Just like the Hangman who everybody thought that he was just goingg to kill the man from outer town. After the hangman murdered the man from outer town everybody thought that he was going to leave, like Hitler. I thought that the hang man killed everybody because, because he wanted everybody to be just like him, like Hitler when he wanted everybody to be perfect.

“The Hangman, by Maurice Ogden”.

This poem made me think, remember and never forget. This poem was one big metaphor to me. The Holocaust in disguise, people were being killed. Nobody said it was wrong. Bystanders/ most of the world during the Holocaust/ the towns people. What a shame. The Victims/ Blacks, Jews, Disabled, Gays/ The infidel, Jew, Black, alien one and eventually the whole town plus the speaker.

We read a perfect example of how people can quickly become powerful and how we have to act before that power gets to us.

A lesson.

So many hidden meanings and riddles, that it just intrigues me more to read the poem over and over again.

Sick and disturbing mental pictures drive me away from the poem.

I have to know about my past and to make sure that I don't live one day without thinking of those people who died to make my life better today. Jews, non-Jews. I have to be aware and not let myself slip like the town's people in Ogden’s poem.

With this I conclude by saying that “The Hangman” was the best poem I have ever read. I recommend that everybody should read it. All Races, Religions, grannies, grandpas, moms and dads.

Marc L. 6A

Hangman

I thought that the poem hangman had alot of sensory images and used a lot of metaphors too. There were a lot of words I didn't understand but altogether, it made me look back and remember what had happend to all of us.


~nini~

Hangman

Wow guys, I'm speechless about the poem hangman that we read yesterday! I think we should do some resherch on Maurice Ogden and see if he wrote any other poems

2nd stanza/draft of horse poem

When I was free,

I used to run like the wind.

Galloping through the tall green grass.

Letting the wind go through my tail,

And rustle between the hairs of my

Mane.



Playing games in the dry canyon walls,

to finding new places and adventures

through out my area.



I was the leader of the heard.

And with that job came responsibility.

A lot of it.




Hope you like it, please comment:), I maybe change the last bit


Nini

Note about the maps

6A: The maps for the assignments can be a little difficult to read because of the shading. The information that you need is there, though. You can use the road map instead of the topographic map, as it is easier to read. Please only do the first side of the worksheet.

-Mr. G.

Mapping Paragraph

The world is divided in lots of lines called latitude and longitude. Latitude goes sideways and longitude goes up and down. As an example, the equator is 0 degrees latitude and the prime meridian is 0 degrees longitude. Another part of mapping is the hemisphere. Hemisphere is made up of to words, hemi and sphere. Hemi means half and and sphere is a 3D circle. By using the equator and prime meridian, we divide the world into four quaters, north, south, east, and west. Maps are made to scale each in on map represents one mile on earth.

By Jonah

Comment On The Hangman Poem

I think this poem is like getting pick on. There is a bully, a victim, and a by stander. The bully picks on the kid then the kid gets hurt. The bully then picks on the by stander. It is like Karma.

Grade 6 Homework

6A: Mapping worksheet (front side only)


Both classes: please post your thoughts or analysis of "The Hangman".

Map elements: In Janine's words

In today's lesson we learned about the equator, Prime Meridian, Lines of longitude and latitude, directions, different types of compasses, legends, scales and time zones.

EQUATOR AND PRIME MERIDIAN
The equator is the line that the sun hits the most and splits the world in an imaginary two peices. The equator is 0 degrees Latitude. The prime Meridian is the line that divides the world into an imaginary 4 peices after the equator. The Prime Meridian is 0 degrees longitude.

LINES OF LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE
Lines of altitude and longitude is what helps people find where they are on this big planet earth. Lines of Latitude go from East to West. Lines of Longitude go from North to South. The prime Meridian is also a line of Longitude

DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMPASSES AND DIRECTIONS
There are 4 main directions, North, East, South and West. I know of 3 different types of compasses...The Rose compass, The regular compass and the one that has north east. The Compass rose is the one that shows at the corner of a map that sometimes doesn't show all the directions but it always shows North. The Regular and most common type of compass has every direction, N, E, S and W. The other compass that I don't know its name is the one that shows the intermediate directions and the Regular directions.

LEGENDS
Legends are small colored boxes with little symbols in them that are also on the map. They represent different things on the map such as Malls, Blocks, Strrets, Parks, etc.


That concludes todays lesson.

Mapping Elements

Today we learnt about the equator, prime meridian, latitude, and longitude. The equator is what circles the earth from east to west, it’s 0 degree latitude. The prime meridian is what circles the earth from north to south, it’s 0 degree longitude. Now you are probably wandering what’s latitude and longitude. Well latitude is imaginary lines that map makers made up to measure the earth’s length and find coordinates. Hemispheres are the four quarters of the world. There is the northwest hemisphere the northeast,the southwest hemisphere and southeast. That pretty much covers all of the basic mapping elements you need to know in grade six.

Mapping Paragraph by Shakaed

The earth is divided into lots of lines called Latitude and Longitude. Latitude goes east and west and longitude goes north and south. These lines are measured in degrees. A line that goes around the earth latitude is called the Equator. The Prime Meridian is a line that goes around the earth longitude. The Equator is 0 degrees latitude and the Prime Meridian is 0 degrees longitude. The Equator and the Prime Meridian divide the world into 4 hemispheres. Hemisphere means ½ a sphere (hemi = ½, sphere = 3D circle). The 4 hemispheres are: Northern hemisphere, Southern hemisphere, Western hemisphere, and Eastern hemisphere.

There are also Scales and Compass Rose on a map. Because maps are shrunken so many times compared to the real earth, there is a scale to show distances from one place to another. About 1 inch on map = 1 mile on Earth. A compass rose shows cardinal directions: North, East, South, West, and intermediate directions: Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, and Southwest. There are 24 time zones per day. Each place has a different time zone.

Shakaed

Map Elements

Today I will be talking about latitude, longitude, hemispheres, directions, time zones, scales and map legends.

Let's start with latitude and longitude. The world has imaginary lines that help you locate a specific place. The lines that go east to west are called latitude lines while the lines that go north to south are called longitude lines. These lines are measured in degrees. In the middle of the world going east to west is the equator which is 0 degrees latitude while the prime meridian which goes north to south is 0 degrees longitude as shown on this map below.

Now let's go to hemispheres (means half earth) So if you think about it, it should be two halves but you are meant to count the Equator as a line and the prime meridian as a line so you end up with four quarters the north, south, east and west.

Just about every map has a compass rose which tells you which way north is so you know in what direction everything is. Another thing you have to remember is that there are two different kinds of directions: Cardinal directions which are north, south, east and west, and Intermediate directions which are northeast, northwest, southeast and southwest.

Onto map legends now. A map legend is just like an instruction manual which tells you what kind of map it is, a scale (which I will tell you about later) and little diagrams that tell you what they mean on the map.

A Scale is a graph that shows you how long a specific distance is on the map.

Time zones are lines on the map that show you the difference in time between other places, for example; the difference between New York and Vancouver is that New York is always three hours ahead.

Jake-ee

6A

Lesson 1 on Mapping

Mapping

There are many different parts to mapping. These include latitude, longitude, hemispheres, directions, time zones, scales, map legends and the compass rose. I am not going to explain each one of these, just the ones we have learned so far in class.

My first topic is the difference between latitude and longitude. The earth is divided into lots of different lines, latitude and longitude. Longitude means lines running vertically and latitude means lines running horizontally. The way we measure these lines are in degrees. For example the equator (which is the main line of latitude) is zero degrees latitude which would make the prime meridian (which is the main line of longitude) zero degrees longitude.

Now we will talk about hemispheres. If you split the word hemisphere in half it means a half a circle, kind of like splitting a ball in half it gives you two halves. By using the equator and the prime meridian we can divide the world into four equal hemispheres: north, east, south and west. So in other words we are cutting the world into four.

Another huge part of mapping is using scales. When you look at a map it usually looks very small. Of course it is not the real size of the area you are looking at, it is just a scaled size. For example one inch can be equal to one mile (different maps have different scales).

Even though the last mapping item on my list was the compass rose, it is certainly not the least. Without the compass rose we would not be able to know which direction we are travelling in. The compass rose is split into two portions. There are the cardinal directions and the intermediate directions. The cardinal directions are north, east, south and west and the intermediate directions are northeast, northwest, southeast and southwest. The reader has now become an expert on four parts of mapping. I hope you have understood my careful explanations.

Aviva

Map Elements: Brought to You by Marc Levin

Latitude, Longitude, the Hemispheres, Directions, Time Zones, Scales, and much, more! Where to start? I think the beginning.

The earth is divided into lots of imaginary lines called longitude, and latitude. Longitude lines go from the North to the South, and latitude lines go from the East to West. What helps remember latitude is to think of the lateral pass given by football player (American). These lines are measured in degrees

In this picture we can roughly make out the lines of longitude and latitude.

Also in this picture we can make out the Equator and Prime Meridian. What are those?
The Equator is the middle latitude line and is O degrees. Countries near by the Equator are some of the hottest places on the earth. The Equator goes from the East to the West

The Prime Meridian, is the exact opposite of the Equator. The Prime Meridian is the middle longitude line, but is also O degrees. The Prime Meridian goes from the North to South.

Hemisphere is such a long word, what does it mean? Hemi= Half/Sphere= 3D circle (earth). If you do the math one hemisphere is half the earth. The Equator and the Prime Meridian split the world into four hemispheres. North hemisphere, South hemisphere, East hemisphere, and the West hemisphere.

What garden can I find the Compass Rose in? None silly, a Compass Rose is not a flower, a Compass Rose tells us which direction is which. A Compass Rose is on a map. A Compass Rose shows the Cardinal Direction- North, South, East, West. A Compass Rose also shows the Intermediate Directions- North, South, East, West. Now when I ask you what a Compass Rose is I would like to hear a proper answer! :)

To me Scales are a really cool feature that comes with maps. An example of a scale would be:


Every four inches on the map = one Kilometer. At first it is confusing using scales, but once you get used to it, you can't stop measuring your whole map.

Marc L.
6A

Eli's Mapping

Every geographer knows that a map is made of many important parts. Each part tells about something different. It goes beyond giving just direction like north, south, east and west. There are the imaginary lines called longitude that go around the earth north south. There are also imaginary lines that go east west and they are called latitude. The equator is zero degrees latitude and the prime meridian is zero degrees longitude. Longitude and latitude cut up the world into what looks like little squares. Hemispheres also divide up a map with the northern hemishphere, southern hemisphere, eastern hemisphere and western hemisphere. Time zones split the world into different times according to when it is daylight and night time. It can be night in one part and day in another part at the same time. Maps are not as big as the real world so they need a scale. A scale helps you to understand the distances. For example one centimetre on a scale can equal one kilometer on the ground. Finally there is the legend. There are different kinds which give information about what the map is about. For example shading can show the number of hurricanes if it is a map about weather. So whether you are lost in Burnaby or in the jungles of Peru it is really important to read a map because you never know when google earth and your internet might not be working.