Day Twelve: Poetry Explication/Unit 5 Test

Today in class:

• We worked hard on poetry explication, read a sample essay of poetry explication.
  
• We took the Unit 5 Test. 
  
• We also read Bernard Malamud's "The First Seven Years" from the textbook and briefly discussed its important points/historical influence etc.
  

For Monday:

• You must, must, MUST have a rough draft of your poetry explication. 
• We will be drawing names for conferences from 11:00 to 1:00 or so on Monday-don't forget to clear your schedule for that time.
• You must read John Updike's "Brown Chest" (pg 1002) and Anne Tyler's "Average Waves in Unprotected Waters" on page 1028.
• There will be a reading quiz on these two authors/stories in addition to O'Conner's story and Malamud's.
• We WILL have a new seating chart on Monday.
• Progress reports will also be handed out in the morning.