Birdies

First off, I wish all of you luck on the practice ACT tomorrow. As I mentioned in class, remember to use process of elimination, choose the most simple answer on the English portion, answer every question, and mark up your reading booklets (seriously, close reading is beneficial in so many ways -- it helps your comprehension and aids your speed in recovering textual answers).

Now, for the hourly report...
1: We finished "To a Skylark" individual analysis. For homework, read "Ode to a Nightingale" by Keats -- which can be found online at thousands of poetry websites -- and be prepared to share analysis and tone identification on Wednesday. We will also resume vocabulary and you will be assigned your tone writing prompt. As I mentioned in class, we will have two prompts this week and you will need to be responsible with all of your assignments and time management.

2: We finished "To a Skylark" and "Ode to a Nightingale" via individual, class, and small group analysis. While it was a rush job with Keats -- a sin in my eyes, but we needed to finish today-- you did receive the tone writing prompt. This prompt may be handwritten or typed -- writer's choice or circumstance -- and the deadline is 7:30 a.m. on Thursday. If you are absent, I must receive the prompt response at this same time via attachment or share.

4: Same as first hour above.

7: We read and completed small group analysis on "Ode to a Nightingale" and received the tone prompt assignment. The prompt may be handwritten or typed and the deadline is Wednesday at 12:55. If you are absent, I must receive the prompt response at this same time via attachment or share.

And, to give you a little reading about lesser known history in St. Louis and to put you in the Halloween spirit: http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/books-and-literature/book-blog/when-body-snatching-came-to-s-st-louis/article_22da7cff-e391-5adf-9e63-4755069e04d2.html You never know -- this could be one of your examples for an argumentative essay.