Work for the Week of February 23rd - Freshmen

Monday February 23rd
Minutes: Erik, Zheng
Reading HW:
HW: N/A - Welcome Back!

Tuesday February 24th
Minutes: Zhen, Annie H.
Reading HW: Select one of the following songs and identify examples of alliteration, assonance, and rhyme.
HW: Print up the lyrics and identify the poetic elements on your printed paper.
Select one of the following: "Quality Control" by Jurassic 5 OR "We Can Get Down" by A Tribe Called Quest OR "One Two" by The Cool Kids

Wednesday February 25th
Minutes: Bingyi, Julia
Reading HW: "The Sky Was" by e.e. Cummings
HW: Print up this poem.  Why does Cummings utilize such a weird structure?  How are we meant to read this piece?  What choices does he make and why?

Thursday February 26th
Minutes: Matteo, Farha
Reading HW: "The Filling Station" by Elizabeth Bishop
HW:

Friday February 27th
Minutes: Alex T., Nishat
Reading HW: "My Boyfriend Came Back From the War"
HW: Is this a poem?  What conventions does this piece seem to break?  To what effect?  What observations can you make about this piece?

Monday March 2nd
Minutes: Anne G., Helen
Reading HW: Research your punctuation mark.
HW: Work on your paper.  Identify your punctuation mark and its role in our poem.