Monday, Oct. 29: Origins of Poetry

* Open

• Chesterton Memorization

* J9, Please respond to the following questions (in class):

•  What is a poem?
•  What is the oldest poem you can think of?
•  What is your favorite poem or favorite thing about poems?  Has a poem or type of poem ever bothered you?  Explain.  
•  What is your best or worst experience you have had interpreting a poem in an educational setting?

Reno:

• Finish poster
• *Reno's class: Read Leo Tolstoy's "How Much Land Does a Man Need" (Red lit book in class) and do the following journal:
  
  J8(B) - "How Much Land Does a Man Need" (half of one hand-written page)
• What is one of the main themes of this story? Remember that a theme is a general statement that identifies an author's view of some aspect of life. Also, the theme must have a subject and a predicate. In other words, it must be stated as a complete sentence.
• How many ironies can you identify? Explain them.

HW: Read Robert Frost's "The Aim was Song" and "Never Again Would Birds' Song be the Same" below.