1. Please make sure you are reading when the bell rings!
Independent Reading
Please make sure you are reading when the bell rings!

2. Pass in your ode.

3. Vocab: Hmwk due Friday, quiz Friday
A. 1. vindictive- seeking revenge, holding a grudge
2. flummox- to bewilder, confound, confuse
3. squander- to waste foolishly
Homework Journal: Read “Why Read Shakespeare” in your textbook, pages Write a complete summary of the text. Include each reason Mack provides to support his central argument. Then write about your response. DUE THURSDAY.

4. PSAT: WEDS. Periods 1-4. Report @7:40

5. Make sure you have social security number for PSAT

6. Ode to the West Wind
Please take out this poem and the chart from Friday.

7. Read “I am Offering This Poem” by Jimmy Santiago Bacca
Read “I am Offering This Poem” by Jimmy Santiago Bacca. Annotate and answer questions.

8. What kind of love? Is it romance?
Concrete: you can touch it
Abstract: feelings, ideas, not tangible- love, peace, etc.
In literature, often the CONCRETE reveals the ABSTRACT.
What might the coat, socks, and corn represent beyond their literal, concrete definitions?

9. For Tuesday:
Finish “I am Offering” if needed. If finished, turn it in.
Turn in Major Features Chart.
In your CLOSE READER, complete ALL activities on pages
Art and poetry. 