English 9H:
Silent reading.
Introduce and overview Edgar Allan Poe.
Read, “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe. This story is on a photocopy but if you missed today’s class, a quick google search should bring many copies for you to choose from to read online.
Comprehension and analysis assignment (due Tues, Feb 25).
English 11CW (Pd 2 & 4):
Poetry terms quiz at the start of class. If you missed today’s class and your absence is excused in the computer, you must attend flex on Tues (Feb 25) morning to make up an alternate quiz. Unexcused absences for today’s class earn a zero on this quiz.
Poetry analysis: read “English B” by Langston Hughes and “We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks. Analysis assignment collected at the end of class.
If you missed today’s class, source copies of these poems online to read and then complete the following analysis questions for BOTH poems:
- What does the title mean?
- Identify the theme (central idea) of each poem. How does the theme convey the poem’s message?
REMINDER: Lit Circle #6 is Tues, Feb 25th.
English 12:
Read, “One-Two-Three Little Indians” by Hugh Garner.
Analysis sheets for “Totem,” and “One-Two…”
Revisit discussion on the appropriation of cultural voice with relation to Indigenous themes and topics given the fact that Garner is white.