Poetry

Robert Frost
Fire and Ice
Dust of Snow
Bereft
The Road Not Taken

Song lyrics as poetry.
Imagery, word choice, rhythm/cadence, metaphor, alliteration and assonance, allusions, symbolism, etc

Homework: EVERYONE must print out lyrics to a song and bring them to class tomorrow. IF everyone does this, we will spend part of the period analyzing song lyrics.

Of Mice and Men
Robert Burns
To a Mouse

4th period's anthology of poetic song lyrics. Enter a link for your song, followed by your name.
4th period's anthology of poems (optional at this point)

FINAL EXAM INFO

FINAL EXAM

•  Huckleberry Finn test
•  Poem memorization due. Choose one of the following poems.  Dickinson    Whitman                                If you really can't bring yourself to memorize 75 words of one of these poems, you may memorize 75 words from Walden, Emerson (including his poems) or other poems by Whitman or Dickinson.

January 13

Bring  PSAT  booklet and score printout Wednesday

Discuss key passages in Huck Finn

Divide into groups to prepare for the Socratic Seminar, which will start half way through the period.

January 10

Discuss key passages in Huck Finn

Divide into groups to prepare for the Socratic Seminar, which will start half way through the period on Monday (you'll have 15 min. to finish preparing).

January 7, 2014

Archetypal Criticism

Walt Whitman's When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer

December 18 and 19

SUB FOR SANTA
BRING YOUR ITEMS AND MONEY FOR A GIFT CARD TOMORROW!
If you need to call me Friday to deliver your items to me, here's my phone number:
503.551.9372
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Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales

Finish The Crucible movie

Homework: Read Huck Finn chapters, uh . . . all of them! Finish the novel over winter break. I know that's a lot of reading, but you can do it. It's a page turner and it's very interesting and entertaining. As you read, look for the following:

• How does Huck change during the course of the novel?
• In what ways does Huck follow the pattern of the hero?
• Mark Twain has written a condemnation of the South. What were the problems, according to Twain? Look for more than racism
• What is the dramatic difference between Huck and Tom?
• Is this book racist? Clearly, the "N" word is a problem for many people. What do you think about that? Do you wish that Twain had used the word "slave"?

Friday the Thirteenth

Hand in assignment
Crucible vocabulary   for Friday 
Vocab Test
Check out Huck Finn
Homework=read chapters 1-4.  Try to read ahead, though, because you have to finish the entire novel over winter break.
Watch The Crucible