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Count That Day Lost Summary
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Bridging
LOTS & HOTS
Will focus on:
- The writer's biography and background.
- The writer's opinions of specific subjects, through quotes.
- Using the new information to explain the metaphor and the writer's intentions.
- Using examples and vocabulary
Extended HOTS
Will focus on:
- Basic understanding of the poem.
- Understanding vocabulary and their meaning.
- Understanding the metaphor and explaining it.
Will focus on:
- Comparing and Contrasting - good deeds vs. no deeds, first stanza vs. second stanza, first outcome vs. second outcome.
- Explaining Cause and Effect - identifying the cause and its effect in the poem, the outcome of each effect.
- Using examples and vocabulary
"Count That Day Lost" Summary
Vocabulary and meaning 2
1. "livelong day" - one day is a lot of time to do good deeds.
2. "no", "nothing", "most small" - negative words to describe lack of intentions.
3. "worse than lost" - it is if you did something wrong, by not doing anything.
Vocabulary and meaning
1. "count" - reflect on your day and your actions.
2. "self-denying deed" - an act towards other people's benefit.
3. "eased", "heart", most kind", sunshine" - positive words to describe intentions.
The Metaphor
The Writer
The writer believed that through simple good deeds, we can change our society.
The metaphor in the poem is very clear and visible. The writer does not use subtext for further meanings.
George Eliot (Marry Ann Evans) was a living example of the world she was trying to change.
She was a woman, a writer and a believer that things could improve through our everyday choices and acts.
The Poem
"Count that Day Lost" is divided to two stanzas, or even two different days.
The first is a good day, filled with selfless acts.
The second is a bad day, where no good act was done.
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