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Journal: Are videos that tell us about 'society and unfairness' useful? For example ... To what degree should we be interested in the life and works of a poet, when studying a certain poem. Discuss. Brief analysis of "Oranges", a poem by Gary Soto. Following 2hours of preparation on Monday (or Tuesday), begin working on your poem. The plan? If you have time/energy, work on the Poetry Essay over the holidays but, don't worry, you will have 4 hours of inclass writing to finish. Due date: Wednesday 8 November at midday for 1AGB /Friday 10 November at 16h for 1AGA Unseen Poem Test: Monday 13 November for 1AGB / Tuesday 14 November for 1AGA. Then we start a new project !

Notebook Entry. List 5 similarities  between Taylor Swift's song " Blank Space " (and its video) and Robert Browning's poem "My Last Duchess". Blank Space Nice to meet you, where you been? I could show you incredible things Magic, madness, heaven, sin Saw you there and I thought Oh my God, look at that face You look like my next mistake Love's a game, want to play? New money, suit and tie I can read you like a magazine Ain't it funny, rumors fly And I know you heard about me So hey, let's be friends I'm dying to see how this one ends Grab your passport and my hand I can make the bad guys good for a weekend So it's gonna be forever Or it's gonna go down in flames You can tell me when it's over If the high was worth the pain Got a long list of ex-lovers They'll tell you I'm insane 'Cause you know I love the players And you love the game 'Cause we're young and we're reckles

Notebook work: Financial (il)Literacy Discuss + Write + Debate A similar debate: Are US students being taught to be financially literate ?

My Last Duchess My Last Duchess  Launch Audio in a New Window BY  ROBERT BROWNING FERRARA That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall,  Looking as if she were alive. I call  That piece a wonder, now; Fra Pandolf’s hands  Worked busily a day, and there she stands.  Will’t please you sit and look at her? I said  “Fra Pandolf” by design, for never read  Strangers like you that pictured countenance,  The depth and passion of its earnest glance,  But to myself they turned (since none puts by  The curtain I have drawn for you, but I)  And seemed as they would ask me, if they durst,  How such a glance came there; so, not the first  Are you to turn and ask thus. Sir, ’twas not  Her husband’s presence only, called that spot  Of joy into the Duchess’ cheek; perhaps  Fra Pandolf chanced to say, “Her mantle laps  Over my lady’s wrist too much,” or “Paint  Must never hope to reproduce the faint  Half-flush that dies along her throat.” S

Poetry Competition Deadline: Week of Monday 13th November. Task: Write and decorate a poem based on the idea/theme of "FREEDOM". Your English teachers have chosen the theme 'FREEDOM' because it is the same theme that the  UK's National Poetry Day  celebrated this year! Notes: Poems should be decorated on paper/cardboard etc  anything that can be placed on the metal grids  in the corridor of the first floor.  In other words: no artifact that requires a table, a plug or even should stand on the floor ... Both teachers and students will judge your work. The winners will be announced (and rewarded) at the Christmas Party! Additional  Resources  http://www. scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/