Love Poem Examined

Wednesday: Read the following poem-- print it out so that you can write on the text-- comment, underline, and highlight.

since feeling is first
e.e. cummings

since feeling is first
who pays any attention
to the syntax of things
will never wholly kiss you;
wholly to be a fool
while Spring is in the world

my blood approves,
and kisses are a better fate
than wisdom
lady i swear by all flowers. Don't cry
—the best gesture of my brain is less than
your eyelids' flutter which says

we are for each other: then
laugh, leaning back in my arms
for life's not a paragraph

And death i think is no parenthesis

ASSIGNMENT

After you have digested the poem for a while, write a prompt worthy of this poem: ask a question that you feel this particular poem will yield amazing answers for. Turn the prompt in to Mrs. Eddy  Thank you.

Next Day: Get a copy of all the prompts that students wrote yesterday from Mrs. Eddy.
Write for two minutes: brainstorm/pre-write an essay in response to each prompt.

Make a note of the most promising prompt and the least promising prompt. Turn in your writing.

It's All Greek--and tragic-- to me!

Here is the assignment for Oedipus Rex.  We did the first two items in class-- in groups-- and the paragraphs are homework tonight. We will start Medea this week--Tragedy? Fate? Inevitable Death and Destruction--bring it on! As long as it's just a story!

Frankenstein Essays

Essays are turned in--yes?  Please do so ASAP if not.  We have been practicing on the multiple choice part of the exam, and we will do a little bit more of that on Monday as we get ready for the Greeks.  Introduction to Greek Tragedy in general and Oedipus Rex specifically for Monday-- then you will read it over the break.  You can get a copy from the library or just about anywhere on line: Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles.  CLASSIC!
Bring in $2.00 when you get back from Thanksgiving break for a copy of Medea-- another Greek tragedy and our next read-- I'd like everyone to have this cheap/inexpensive edition for its helpful notes and big margins.

Happy Days!
Mrs. Eddy

Frank Essay and Precis Reminder

Hook  up to my post from last week and get your rhetorical "precis" of an article on medical ethics to me ASAP. Format Lesson:
Thanks!
Here is the schedule of when each part of the Frank Essay is due-- we are beginning Day Three again on Friday, as we had a lot of people unable to bring their rough drafts today.
Frank Process Essay

Frankenstein and Medical Ethics

Read the article about the Ashley Treatment, making notes and highlighting issues along the way. Then follow the directions below as you explore our modern version of Frankenstein's dilemma.

Medical Ethics Assignment:

1- Find an article of  respectable length, of personal interest, from a reliable source (print or electronic), that deals with some aspect of ethics/morality and modern science/medicine.  
2- Follow this link to a document that will explain how to write a “precis” about your article, then write one based on the model you find on this site.
3- Bring a copy of your precis along with your comments to class-- we will share information, discuss, and write a paper that relates our favorite Victorian monster and his creator to the moral/ethical problems created by today’s scientific realities.

Due Monday, November 5th