Work for the Week of June 3rd - Sophomores

Monday June 3rd
Reading HW: "Dawn" and "Adam" by Federico Garcia Lorca
HW: How does Lorca employ imagery in his works?  What common theme can you find between these two works?

Tuesday June 4th
Reading HW: John Donne's "Death Be Not Proud" and Emily Dickenson's "My Life Had Stood A Loaded Gun"
HW: What theme do both poems share?  What words indicate the presence of these themes?  How do the authors portray the very contradictory ideas of life and death?

Wednesday June 5th
Reading HW: "Understanding the Eurozone Debt Crisis" and William Blake's "London", "The Chimney-Sweeper"
HW: Considering the charts and graphs and explanations of economic disaster, how can we connect a country's financial stability to its creation of arts and culture?

Friday June 7th
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Monday June 10th
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Work for the Week of June 3rd - Freshmen

Monday June 3rd
Minutes: Sophia,
Reading HW: N/A
HW: Independent work on I-Search

Tuesday June 4th
Minutes: Janet, Alex H.
Reading HW: "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, "Porphyria's Lover" by Robert Browning
HW: How do the protagonists of each piece attempt to control their lovers?  Can you rationalize their actions?  What is the inherent flaw of their plans?  What lesson(s) can we learn from these pieces?

 Wednesday June 5th
Minutes:Sabrina, Leon
Reading HW: "To Build a Fire" by Jack London
HW: How are the man and the dog similar?  What does London mean when he writes London writes, “He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in the significances”?  Explain why the man fails.

Podcast from today.

Friday June 7th
Minutes: Cristina, Max
Reading HW: N/A
HW: I-Search Due today

Monday June 10th
Minutes: Connor, Felicia
Reading HW: N/A
HW: Advice to next year's freshmen.  Come up with five ideas that you would tell next year's freshmen to help them better acclimate to my class and Stuyvesant High School.