Wednesday, February 5, 2020

TUE/WED Feb 4/5

HOMEWORK: We will have 50 minutes of class time Thur/Friday to finishthe  first draft of your Commentary (5 pts.) If that is not enough time for you, work on it at home.
HOMEWORK over the weekend:
     1. Finish final draft of Commentary (20 pts.)
     2. Complete Commentary checklist and self-evaluation (5 points)
 MONDAY'S HW: Read Intro to Modern Age in The American Experience (pp. 693-707)
         Read Intro to Hemingway in The American Experience (pp. 720, 721)
CLASSWORK:
Type 2-3 page double-spaced Commentary (see handout) on a poem by Emily Dickinson
or Walt Whitman

   Example: Spring and Fall--to a Young Child
     We will work on your Commentary in class today
         Draft 1 due Thur/Fri  (5 pts)
     We will revise on Thur/Fri during class
         Final draft due Monday, Feb 10, 11:59 PM (20 pts.)
         NOTE: You will have 50 minutes during class to finish.

Whitman Poems
When I Heard the Learned Astronomer, by Walt Whitman
Top Ten Whitman Poems
Dickinson Poems
 I died for beauty, by Emily Dickinson
Some keep the sabbath
I cannot live with you
Top 15 Dickinson Poems


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