Tuesday, December 13

English 9A (periods 1, 2, and 4): Today we read the poem "Did I Miss Anything?", which can be found here: https://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/013.html.

We then read the children's book Horace and Morris But Mostly Dolorous as a way to practice one more time mastering the introductory paragraph technique and the concept of theme. You can see a pdf of the book here: http://www.brunswickschools.org/cms/lib3/OH01001261/Centricity/Domain/329/Horace%20and%20Morris%20Story.pdf

We then completed an assignment on Canvas about the book. Your homework is to complete the paragraph. It is due tonight on Canvas. Read for 20 minutes tonight as well.

English 9B (period 4): Today we continued reading Wallace Stevens "13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird." We also looked at other examples of "Ways" poems. This is your homework: Write a poem that looks at, or defines, something in a number of different, interesting ways. Choose an ordinary thing. Model your poem after Stevens’s poem in terms of structure (i.e. numbered stanzas) and technique (i.e. imitate some of Stevens’s ways of seeing). Every stanza should name your poem’s subject explicitly and show it in action. This assignment is due on paper in class on Wednesday.

In addition to this, read for 20 minutes.