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Friday
“The Soldier” and “Dulce et Decorum Est.”

Monday
Went over “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night” from Thursday as well as Friday’s two poems.

Make-up: Turn in all three poems’ work.

Introduction to Modern Poetry. “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night.” Will be turned in on Monday.

I’ve updated the Handouts section with all of the handouts necessary for your notebooks. All of the British Terms for your vocabulary sections are there as well. No excuse for next time I check your notebook!

I’ve also updated the main page with a link to the parent letter regarding Adult Content so if you need that you can print it, too (it’s in the Useful Information section).

Thursday
Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnet 43.
Make-up: EmQs and Additional Questions.

Friday
“Jabberwocky.”
Make-up: EmQs and Additional Questions.

Monday
Silent reading. Introduce last vocab list (for NEXT week).
Make-up: Read silently for 1/2 hour after school.

Finish up and go over “My Last Duchess.” Turn in it and “The Charge of the Light Brigade.”

Make-up: Do the work for “My Last Duchess.” Turn in both poems.

Monday
Take vocab. quiz. Go over “The Charge of the Light Brigade.” Begin “My Last Duchess.”

Make-up: Take the vocab. quiz.

Tuesday
Army recruiters were in today.

Thursday
Go over “Ozymandias.” Introduction to Victorian poetry. Listen to “The Charge of the Light Brigade.”

Make-up: Just Bell Work.

Friday
Finish up the work for “The Charge of the Light Brigade.” We’ll go over it and turn it in on Monday.

Monday
“She Walks in Beauty”

Make-up: Bell work. Answer questions for the poem.

Tuesday
“Ode on a Grecian Urn”

Make-up: Bell work. Answer questions for the poem.

Wednesday
“Ozymandias”
Make-up: Answer questions for the poem.

Thursday
Introduction to Romantic poetry. Answer questions for “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.”

Make-up: Bell work. Answer questions for the poem.

Friday
Answer questions for “Kubla Khan.”

Make-up: Bell work. Answer questions for the poem.

Same as yesterday.