Friday, December 11

Freshmen: Today we focused on Billy Collins and the things he does well as a writer of poetry, and more importantly in terms of the upcoming Poetry Out Loud competition, as a performer of poetry. This weekend, you need to read everything through page 84 in Of Mice and Men and complete your Poetry Out Loud introductory worksheet. 

Sophomores: Today we focused on reading as much of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. You need to finish reading the book by Thursday, and complete your essay by the end of next week. The chapters from How to Read Literature Like a Professor I am assigning to this book are "Nice to Eat With You", "He's Blind for a Reason", "It's Never Just Heart...", "...And Rarely Just Illness", "Marked For Greatness", and "Where Have I Seen..."

CNF: We read and will take one more day to finish our reading about crime deterrents.