"The Sick Rose" ~ William Blake / LOTF IV

Grade 12

• Collected response papers for "The Sick Rose."
• Large group discussion on this poem.
• The analysis paper exprections:
• No personal pronouns
• Strong thesis statement in intro paragraph.
• Instructed how to quote lines of poetry in a paragraph. (Seperate each line with a back slash.)
• Extended quotes (3 or more lines) should be block quoted, single spaced and indented.
• Each body paragraph should include quotes, interpretations and explanations to support the primary thesis.
• Enough should be written to prove the thesis. Conclusion shoud wrap the essay up.
• "Comfortably Numb" should be annotated for Monday.
• Analysis paper has been pushed back to 4/20.

Grade 10

• Reading log pg 17-27 (yesterday's reading)
• Discuss
• Character development of Ralph, Jack; symbolism of the conch
• Read rest of the chapter.
• Reading log
• Hw: Chapter 2, pg. 32- bottom of 38 plus reading log