Monday, Nov. 12: Collins

* Open

* Note that the Lit to Go link is now on the right side of the blog with the other class books.

* Schwager: FD Essay Reviewed
  • Some Requested that we Take on a Political Subject
  • A good way to do this is to go back through the five common topics with a challenging subject. 
  • We will give this a shot in class. 
  • If you are absent, please get notes from a student who was in class.

If we have time:

* Review J10: Frost.  What do we learn from these poems?

* Collins and Frost (keep on reading)

* J11: Choose one Collins and one Frost poem.  Due block day.  Length = 1 pg. or more.
  1. Frost: Locate a key image or images, and discuss how that image communicates an idea you enjoy.  
  2. Collins: Locate a key image or images, and discuss how that image communicates an idea you enjoy.
  3. Compare the style, tone, and structure of Robert Frost and Billy Collins.

HW:
  • (Schwager) Keep Reading Robert Frost and Billy Collins from your text or the Poetry Foundation (or...books =)
  • (Reno) If you've finished the LTOW worksheets on parallelism, then take a rest; if not, work!

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