Finish notecard for essay and study for final exam.  Good luck on all your other tests!

Study for final exam and bring notecard to class in order to prepare for in-class essay.

Complete the questions on the Walt Whitman poems. See attached.

1. Name two of the people singing in “I Hear America Singing”.

2. What do you think singing represents in this poem? Consider who the singers are and what they might be singing about.

3. Why do you think Whitman does not mention wealthy entrepreneurs, prominent leaders, or powerful politicians in this poem.

1. Name on of the social injustices described in this poem.

2. How do you evaluate the speaker’s response to the sorrows of the world? (What does he see and hear? Why does he respond with silence? Is silence the appropriate response?)

3. If Whitman were to write this poem today, do you think he would list the same sorrows or different ones? Explain.

1. Why do you think the speaker identifies the reader with himself at the very beginning of the poem?

2. What metaphors does the speaker use to describe what the grass means to him in lines 16-25?

3. Why do you think Whitman might have repeated the phrase “I guess” with each metaphor in lines 14-18? What effect does this repetition have on the reader?

4. Who are the “dead” referred to in the extended metaphor in lines 25-33?

5. What concept of death does the speaker express in lines 38-45? Explain.

6. Why does the speaker think that to die is “luckier” than what we suppose

7. What does the speaker’s description of his message as a “barbaric yawp” (lines 47 & 48) suggest about him? Explain.

8. Why do you think the speaker says he’s “waiting for you” in line 61?

No homework! Enjoy your weekend!

Finish reading "Walden" pages 388-391 in yellow textbook.

Study for Unit 7 Vocabulary Test. Test tomorrow!

Read Thoreau's "Walden" pages 382-387 in yellow textbook.

Read Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" on pages 370-377. 

Complete worksheet for Vocabulary Unit 7

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Answer questions about Emerson's "Self-Reliance"

Page 367:  #1 (and comprehension checks), #2 - #7, and Literary Analysis

Study for Vocabulary Unit 6 Test.  Test Friday.

Complete The Crucible discussion questions.  2 sentences each (Green,Red)

Finish The Crucible Study Guide. Study for The Crucible Unit Exam Wednesday.

Finish Vocabulary Unit 6 Worksheet (Synonyms, Antonyms, Completing the sentence)

Finish reading The Crucible Act 4 pages 237-240.  Test on Acts 3 & 4 tomorrow!

Read The Crucible Act 4 pages 229-236.

Complete The Crucible Act 3 Study Questions

Finish reading Act 3 of The Crucible: pages 219-227 in textbook

Read The Crucible Act 3 pages 207-218

Complete The Crucible Act 2 Study Questions

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Finish reading Act 2 of The Crucible: pages 201-205 in textbook

Study for Unit 5 Vocabulary Test tomorrow

Read The Crucible in textbook pages 194-201