Friday, September 4, 2009

Friday September 4

In Class
Vocab quiz on Lesson 1
Discussed Billy Collins' "The History Teacher"
--finish filling in study question answers for that poem

Homework
--Read "Rites of Passage" by Sharon Olds
--Answer questions that accompany the poem
--Consider Elton John's use of metaphor in his song "Empty Garden."
--Knowing that the song was written after the murder of John Lennon, what do you understand about meaning and metaphor in the song?

Next Week
--"Help" and "Imagine" -- making connections to theme and meaning with Catcher
--Field of Dreams --connecting theme to film

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