Thursday, March 10, 2016
Essays Due Monday
Don't forget to work on your Wuthering Heights essays (due Monday). Spend time really organizing your ideas and editing your writing. Tomorrow will be an in-class workday.
T-Shirt Orders!
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Tuesday, March 8, 2016
The Poison Tree
Today we read and discussed "The Poison Tree" by William Blake. We thought about connections to Wuthering Heights.
Please finish the book tonight and start work on your essay. It is due next Monday!
Please finish the book tonight and start work on your essay. It is due next Monday!
Monday, March 7, 2016
Free Reading Assignment
This semester you will choose 1 book from a list of award winners. Here are some suggested titles. If you would like to do something that is not on this list (but is still an award winner), you can get it approved by me by March 15th.
You will sign up for your chosen book next Friday, March 18th. Spend time thinking about this and choose wisely!
You will sign up for your chosen book next Friday, March 18th. Spend time thinking about this and choose wisely!
This week's calendar & Sonnet 138
Here are our plans for the next week!
Today we started with Shakespeare's Sonnet 138. This is a difficult poem because Shakespeare seems to suggest so many contradictory things about love. As readers we are left wondering: How can love exist separate from trust and honesty? These are the same questions we should ask in Wuthering Heights.
Today we started with Shakespeare's Sonnet 138. This is a difficult poem because Shakespeare seems to suggest so many contradictory things about love. As readers we are left wondering: How can love exist separate from trust and honesty? These are the same questions we should ask in Wuthering Heights.
SONNET 138
When my love swears that she is made of truth
I do believe her, though I know she lies,
That she might think me some untutor'd youth,
Unlearned in the world's false subtleties.
Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me young,
Although she knows my days are past the best,
Simply I credit her false speaking tongue:
On both sides thus is simple truth suppress'd.
But wherefore says she not she is unjust?
And wherefore say not I that I am old?
O, love's best habit is in seeming trust,
And age in love loves not to have years told:
Therefore I lie with her and she with me,
And in our faults by lies we flatter'd be.
I do believe her, though I know she lies,
That she might think me some untutor'd youth,
Unlearned in the world's false subtleties.
Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me young,
Although she knows my days are past the best,
Simply I credit her false speaking tongue:
On both sides thus is simple truth suppress'd.
But wherefore says she not she is unjust?
And wherefore say not I that I am old?
O, love's best habit is in seeming trust,
And age in love loves not to have years told:
Therefore I lie with her and she with me,
And in our faults by lies we flatter'd be.
Thursday, March 3, 2016
Homework Due Monday, March 7
This weekend please read Wuthering Heights through the end of chapter 29.
You should also start brainstorming and planning your essay. HERE are the prompts. Remember that your first step is to narrow your topic to something manageable in 5-7 pages.
The final draft of your essay is due Monday, March 14th.
Tomorrow (Friday) is an in-class workday. Use this time to catch up on your reading or begin planning your essay.
You should also start brainstorming and planning your essay. HERE are the prompts. Remember that your first step is to narrow your topic to something manageable in 5-7 pages.
The final draft of your essay is due Monday, March 14th.
Tomorrow (Friday) is an in-class workday. Use this time to catch up on your reading or begin planning your essay.
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
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