1. GOOD MORNING! “Wherever you find a great man, you will find a great mother or a great wife standing behind him -- or so they used to say. It would be interesting to know how many great women have had great fathers and husbands behind them.” Dorothy L. Sayers 5 Nov. 2013 Please take out your notebook and write down the learning target! Learning Target: Identify key ideas and themes in poems

2. Agenda 11/5/13  Bellwork  Short poem analysis exercise  Position statement assignment Homework: 1. Complete the position statement assignment for tomorrow 2. Journal Write #1 due at the beginning of class Friday (1-2 pages typed up, 12 pt font, MLA)

3. Bellwork11/5/13  Copy this chart into your notebook and without overthinking it, place the following words into the categories below. Which gender do you associate these words with?  Words: fashion, football, breadwinner, pilot, strength, flower, ambitious, perseverance, compassionate, bossy, helpless, thoughtful, soft, strong, dangerous, perpetrator, victim, attractive, opinionated, hostile, emotional, honest FemaleMaleBothNeither

4. Poetry Analysis Assignment  In your groups, you’ll do the following for each of the poems:  Read the poem.  Discuss the story- what’s the relationship like between the father and child? Record those notes on your poem.  What references/allusions to class/money/labor do you see? What conclusions can you come to regarding these ideas? Record those notes on your poem.  What references/allusions to gender roles do you see? What conclusions can you come to regarding these ideas? Record those notes on your poem.

5. Poetry Piece Connection  The play, Death of a Salesman, focuses on the struggle of a man to achieve the American Dream (money, success, reputation), and how that struggle has shaped the relationships in his life (particularly with his wife and two sons).  While reading, think of these poems. What do fathers/adults in our lives give up for us? What do they do for us? What pressures do they have on them to achieve success? How do they model that for us? How are we shaped by our parents’ desires for us, and for themselves?

6. Your homework: establish your positions  Complete the yellow handout for tomorrow!