* Journal: Write another stanza (just 4 lines) after line 24 of Kipling's "Danny Deever" explaining why Danny killed his comrade. Use the same conversational format. (Check HW)
Example:
"Why'd he do his mate to death?" said Files-on-Parade.
"'Is anger got the best of him," the Color Sargeant said.
"He loved her strong and true enough," said Files-on-Parade.
"But did she him, I'm a wonderin'" the Color Sargeant said.
* Share some.
* Discuss # 7
* Homework: read "Eldorado" by Poe. Write response in journal. Look for patterns, meaning, etc.
Gaily bedight,
A gallant knight,
In sunshine and in shadow,
Had journeyed long,
Singing a song,
In search of Eldorado.
But he grew old,
This knight so bold,
And o'er his heart a shadow,
Fell as he found,
No spot of ground,
That looked like Eldorado.
And, as his strength,
Failed him at length,
He met a pilgrim shadow;
"Shadow," said he,
"Where can it be,
This land of Eldorado?"
"Over the mountains
Of the moon,
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,"
The shade replied,
"If you seek for Eldorado!"
11R
Pd 1: Continue Monster through page 43. Finish for HW. Write reading log.
Pd 7: Read through 64
Both classes: reading logs will be checked for a grade tomorrow.
12R
Distribute Shakespeare Sonnets.
* Read them over.
* Select one by Monday. For that do the following:
1. short essay analyzing the poem
2. present the sonnet to the class. (Friday, 12/5)
* Read "To His Son" by Sir Walter Raleigh
Three things there be that prosper up apace
And flourish whilst they grow asunder far;
But on a day, they meet all in one place,
And when they meet they one another mar:
And they be these -the wood, the weed, the wag.
The wood is that which makes the gallows tree;
The weed is that which strings the hangman's bag;
The wag, my pretty knave, betokeneth thee.
Mark well, dear boy, whilst these assemble not,
Green springs the tree, hemp grows, the wag is wild;
But when they meet, it makes the timber rot,
It frets the halter, and it chokes the child.
Then bless thee, and beware, and let us pray
We part not with thee at this meeting day.
* Work the poem individually.
* Ask questions!
* Discuss how much is meaningful, what gets in the way, etc.
* Go over archaic vocabulary.
* Discuss what can be inferred about the father and the son.
Homeword: Applying #7
