Daily Log

Tuesday, February 23

Students received back their "Anti-Nature" mini-essays and spent several minutes making corrections in response to Mr. P's corrections and comments.

Afterwards, we began reading about the Battle of the Ants in the "Brute Neighbors" chapter of Walden, paying special attention to the Homeric allusions. Students will complete the reading on their own, as part of the assignment due Wednesday.

HW due Wednesday:
Read the selections from the “Brute Neighbors” chapter of Walden (pp. 240-43, up to the “Conclusion”) and type one 87-word chunk answering the following question: What meaning or purpose do the Battle of the Ants and the Story of the Loon share? (Or, put differently, what common statement do the two incidents make?) Combine CM and CDs.