"And then there were two . . ." (reference to Agatha Christie's great mystery "Ten Little Indians")

Work on Immigration Essay (50 points, due Monday at the end of the day).

Discuss the ending of the book:
What issues does LouAnn work through during the course of the novel?

Final Exam: 
1.The Bean Trees 
2. 50 Vocabulary--Norman Schur book

Here's an example: 50 Example Sentences for All 50 Words for Final
Here's a second example: 50 Example Sentences

Poetry. Monday, each of you will have two minutes to present a poem to the class.
10 points
The poem must be short enough that it can be read in less than 1 minute and you will have
1 additional minute to discuss the message of the poem. 

Be sure to do the following:

• Tell us the title, author, and date it was published.
• Do a short commentary mentioning at least one theme and one specific detail that leads you to your interpretation (word choice, imagery, other literary devices)
• Tell us what you like about the poem. 

Choose one of the following authors:
T.S. Eliot
William Carlos Williams
Carl Sandburg
*E.E. Cummings
*Robert Frost
Langston Hughes
Sylvia Plath 
*Denise Levertov
Gwendolyn Brooks
Nikki Giovanni
Marianne Moore
Elizabeth Bishop
Wallace Stevens
*Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson
*Emily Dickinson
Wendell Berry
Allen Ginsberg
*Mary Oliver
Billy Collins
Other American poet

Wed, June 6 D-Day was 74 years ago today

D-Day, June 6, 1944.  163,000 US soldiers invaded Normandy. 9,000 of them died.

Work on Immigration Essay (50 points, due Monday at the end of the day).
60 more minutes to finish on Friday. If you're writing the essay at home, bring homework Friday.

Discuss the ending of the book:
Who functions as rhizobia and what is the impact?
What issues does LouAnn work through during the course of the novel?

Final Exam: 
1.The Bean Trees 
2. 50 Vocabulary--Norman Schur book 

50 Words for Final Exam taken from 1000 Most Important Words

Make a Quizlet deck with example sentences for the following words:

anathema, dichotomy, fulsome jejune, kowtow, panache, pedestrian, presage, quintessential, seamy, slake, sybarite, trenchant, vacuous

When you finish, share with my Quizlet Classroom to Study for Final

Here's an example: 50 Example Sentences for All 50 Words for Final
Here's a second example: 50 Example Sentences