Blue and Gold Tuesday!

Good luck to both the senior boys and senior girls basketball teams tonight in your home openers!!!  For those not partaking in the evening festivities.... how about some homework?!

Block A:  No reading tonight - go and support your teams!

Block C:  Today in class we discussed our various reactions to the short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find." Then the task was assigned, the instructions for which you will find below. Don't panic though, it is not due until Thursday.

Goal: to demonstrate your understanding of characterization in the construction of a short story.


Task: write an original poem about the character of the grandmother in Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find."


Criteria:

• Must be at least 17 lines
• Must use phrases - and or words found directly from the story (but is NOT a found poem)
• Must clearly capture the essence of your interpretation of the grandmother's character.

Block D: If you didn't finish it in class, then please complete the introductory paragraph on your "Great Poetry Essay" outline. We will continue the body paragraphs tomorrow.