Friday, June 8, 2018

"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




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