Baby Barf & Candide

After a brief story about my daughter's perhaps overly critical response to last night's Limited Edition performance, we zipped through a brief introduction to Candide and exchanged holiday pleasantries.

HW

• Read Candide.
• Post Twice at GC.

The End of Presentations

Today we wrapped up the Romantic poetry presentations. Tomorrow we'll spend a bit of our short class on Candide...

Let the Presentations Begin!

We spent the day presenting today with generally good effect. We'll finish tomorrow!

The Work Continues...

Today we learned to print slides!

Then we worked.

Work Time

The bulk of the period was spent working on poetry projects.

New Due Dates:

• Poetry Presentations Begin 12/19
• Finish Candide by 1/7
• Candide Discusison board at GC (2 posts) by 1/6

Poem Project Time

After some brief thoughts about the field trip tomorrow (meet by the gym before 8:30; bring something to write with and upon), we spent the rest of the period on the poetry project.

The Romantics

Today we did a brief introduction to the Romantic period and I assigned the project that will take us almost through break. Handouts are available at the handout page.

3 spots remain for Ashland!

The Sonnet Continued

We continued our look at the sonnet today, spending a bit more time with Wordsworth and reviewing last night's HW. In fourth period we had a quick look at the villanelle, another common poetic form (period six will do this for HW).

Only four spots remain for Ashland!

HW: Romantic Period Notes Assignment at Global Classroom Due 12/14 (11:55 p.m.)

The Sonnet

Today started the day with a warm-up annotation of Wordsworth's "The world is too much with us" and then took some notes on the sonnet form, particularly the difference between basic differences between Italian and English sonnets.

HW: Do exercise #1 (#3 in the 6th edition) in the sonnet subsection of the "Pattern" chapter in Sound and Sense (page 212 in the 7th edition, page 220 in the 8th edition, page 209-10, exercise #3 in the 6th edition).

Bye, bye Faulkner

Today, after I collected a bunch of stuff, students wrote their pressure comp for As I Lay Dying.

Wrapping Up Faulkner

Today we wrapped up our discussion of AILD in preparation for the PC tomorrow.

Due Friday:

• Character Sheet
• Study Guide
• Warm-Ups
• Revised Essays (after consultation only)

Field Trip Forms & Faulkner Qs

Today I handed out field trip forms and we talked a bit about the HSU field trip scheduled for Friday of next week. We discussed the Faulkner discussion questions for teh rest of teh period and will wrap them up tomorrow.

Dickinson and Faulkner Sitting in a Tree

We began today with a look at Emily Dickinson's poem "Much madness is divinest sense" then began our discussion of the Faulkner questions that were HW over the weekend.