12th Night

Please read all of Act I for Monday.

You may also watch the film version here. 

The link is just to Part One...you can pick up the subsequent parts by looking at the film choices posted to the right of the screen on YouTube. They are contributed by WatBorg.

Also feel free to use Sparknotes or any other study guide.

However, your quiz will be a quote test. So to pass you need to know the WORDS!

Test

These are the five poems for quotes: Sestina The Waking Catch Mirror What Work Is Then you will given a new poem and you will fill out worksheet, proof that you "get" the application of terms.

Gerald Stern

I love the poet Gerald Stern!!

Here is a video that gives you a sense of who he is.

Here are two key poems that show him at his best...use the arrows at the top to go to the next page.

Please read and then make some kind of comment in which you demonstrate that you can think about the poem analytically....what do you see in the poem that you might NOT have picked up on a few weeks ago...show off your new skills.

Reading and Response

Levine Himself

Please read this poem by Phillip Levine. In the top right you will see a number that is the page (313)...click on the forward arrow to get the next page...the poem is over two pages!

Then in the comments section, write about anything you see in this poem that connects to the poem "What Work Is." Do you see any patterns or motifs emerging? Do you see the poet working on some of the same Big Ideas?

Remember that you are writing as a member of the class...be sure we an ID you...be sure you write like the smart man you are becoming! Present as Smart!! Be insightful.

The three most insightful comment sections will be rewarded.

When you get done with the comment, learn more about Levine here...(or anywhere else on the web you think you an learn!!)