Oct 2, 2018

Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

New Media

1. Checking in.
2. Please note change to P1 topic, and a freewrite.
3. Two poems

- "To This Day"
- "Dream Deferred" (126)

4. Discussion: Which did you prefer, and why?
5. Looking ahead at Quiz 2.
6. Handing back posters.

For next class, read "The Possibility of Evil" in your short story textbook.

Lit 10

1. Checking in.
2. Review of P1 topic, and a freewrite
3. Two poems

- "Rose's Mother Was Not Good at Keeping House" (62)
- "Dream Deferred" (126)

4. Discussion: Which did you prefer, and why?
5. Looking ahead at Quiz 2.
6. Handing back posters. 

For next class, read "The Possibility of Evil" in your short story textbook.

English 12

1. Checking in.
2. Review of P1 topic, and a freewrite
3. Two poems

- "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" (11)
- "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer"  (39)

4. Discussion: Which did you prefer, and why?
5. Looking ahead at Quiz 2.
6. Handing back posters. 

For next class, read "The Wall" in your short story textbook. I encourage you to do a bit of background reading on "existentialism" before diving into it.