Daily Log

Wednesday, December 19

Students turned in HW and we discussed their views on "Because I could not stop for Death."

Copies of Huckleberry Finn were distributed, along with the schedule of readings and quizzes. Mr. Potratz read Chapter 1 and part of Chapter 2 aloud to the class.

HW due Wednesday, January 2:
Read Chapters 1-9 of Huckleberry Finn.


Tuesday, December 18
We read and discussed poems by Emily Dickinson, including "Apparently, with no surprise" and "I heard a fly buzz when I died."

Handout on poetic form in Dickinson.

HW due Wednesday:
Read the handout and page 394 in the textbook (Dickinson's letter to Thomas Wentworth Higginson); read also all poems pages 373-394, and write one paragraph in answer to the first Question #3 on page 395 (on the tone of the final paragraph of "Because I could not stop for Death").