Nov. 5

The Summer Day, by the American poet Mary Oliver, captures the Thoreavian spirit I believe, and illustrates the perspective on the world that I want you to have as we head out on the nature walk.

Vocab quiz--Mon/Tue Crucible vocabulary Crucible 20 difficult words
Learn all 20 words for Mon/Tue. I will show you which ones I will test (the hard ones}:]

Wikipedia article on medical explanations for "afflicted" girls
HOMEWORK: Read pages 1-12 of Walden. Find more quotes. You should have around seven by that point.
Homework:  Read Crucible. By Monday/Tuesday to 112; have the play finished  by Thur/Friday, but preferably by Monday/Tuesday.

Over the next two weeks, you will read the first 64 pages of Walden plus the conclusion.
Keep a list of 25 quotes from the book (a handwritten list with page references.) Try to find quotes that speak to you. If you do that, your list will be unique. It's a bad sign when almost all of your quotes are the same as those of your neighbor.