March 6th

Class:

Word of the day: congregation (an assembly of persons intended for worship)

Signed off on "When you are old" poem steps

Discussed the 5 steps in detail, class discussion on findings of the poem including theme and effect

Book share! Five novels: Catcher in the Rye, The Color Purple, The Great Gatsby, Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Lean on Pete were all discussed for IOP presentation.

Homework:

finish your section of The Piano Lesson essay and post on google documents for class

Read online reviews over the novels and decide which one you wish to read. Some good places to are www.goodreads.com, www.amazon.com, www.nytimes.com or google any of the author names and read their biographies. Signups are posted on my class door and first come, first serve for choices.