Friday

We decided that we'd pick our own topics and poems for the poetry essay.

Also, we read a short story and assigned essay HW for Wednesday and

THIS READING

for Monday.

WEDNESDAY--

We wanted a happy poem.  Fine.  

HERE, take it.


Explain why this poem is happy!!!  USE ACTUAL QUOTES FROM THE POEM!

Please remember the construction... : The poem actually is saying.... what this can mean metaphorically is...

Friday...

Please read Daddy by Sylvia Plath... Look up definitions!

Wed

1.   Journal-   What’s something that interests you in the world?  Why does it?

Future Journal-  Do you remember a vivid dream you had while in REM sleep?  What did you dream? Explain.

2.  Questions and Plans—Me first

? = What “deep symbols” persist in myth X, Y, and Z, and what do they imply about our lives?

Define- 

Explain- myths.

Show that different myths share the same symbols.

Explain what they mean about our lives and why I believe they mean that.

3.  Plan your question…. Share with a friend, Share with us?

4.  Draft due on Wed-  MLA Format.  Works Cited.

5.  Next--  Excerpts from… Epics--

Wedneday

We read "They Shut Me Up in Prose" and are attempting to close read it. 


Please finish that PP for HW.


Also, if you don't mind, please read this poem, here.

Friday

1.  Journal--- 

Using these 10 words, write a poem.

The poem must be 10 lines with 10 syllables in each line,

And these words have to appear in the poem:

Mesquite, Cloud, Blackberry, Mother, Pierce, Vice, Rent, Needle, Thorn, Lace.

10 min.

2.    (WHAT)

When a Grandpa says “Don’t judge a book by its cover” he means that….

(WHY IT MEANS WHAT IT MEANS)

This means this because….

Grass is always greener on the other side.

Don’t count your chickens before they hatch

Don’t carry all your eggs in one basket.