Thursday, December 9, 2010

Passion Translations

It is time to find the PASSION in our journey into the wilds of poetry.

We'll look at two classics of poetry today. I'll discuss the first one, "The Windhover," working through all the questions to ask of a poem... and then present to you a plain language "translation."


You'll be in charge of discussing and understanding and translating "To His Coy Mistress." (For those of you who are away - there is an assignment in the linked document.)

So, basically, we are talking about a passion for a bird... and a passion for a "chick."
Due - Good copy of your Freedom Writers Poem.
Overdue - Make sure you are in the right book group in the elevens social network. Assign yourself a role.
Homework - Translation assignment. See above.