30 September

Read up to page 35, and write four questions or comments.

29 September

Read up to page 17 in Notes from Underground, and write four questions or comments.

These should be questions to which you do not know the answer, and they should be in a presentable condition to be turned in.

28 September

Define the following terms. Include the part of speech.

Notes from Underground Vocabulary


1. paradox
2. capricious
3. milieu
4. lofty
5. spite
6. candor
7. inept
8. perplexity
9. prevail
10. torment
11. ineffable
12. vile
13. niggardly
14. akin
15. curt
16. knave
17. provincial
18. insolent
19. ironic
20. benign

27 September

Study the review sheet for tomorrow's exam.

23 September

Read "The Flitting" by Clare, and write a response. It should be at least one page long, and include at least 3 quotes.

22 September

Read "On Seeing the Elgin Marbles for the First Time" and "Ode on Melancholy" by Keats. Write a response to each, using at least 2 quotes per response. Both responses should add up to 1-2 pages.

21 September

Read "She Walks in Beauty" by Byron, and write a response, using at least 2 quotes.

ALSO: May of you are missing homework assignments already, and are losing 10 points a day on each one. Use tonight to make-up missed work.

20 September

Read "London" by Blake (or any poem in the packet that you have NOT read) and "Apostrophe to the Ocean" by Byron, and write a response to each, using at least 2 quotes per response, and both should total 1-2 pages.

16 September

Read the last three poems by William Blake and write a response to each using quotes. The three responses should total 1-2 pages.

15 September

Read the first three poems by William Blake and write a response to each using quotes. The three responses should total 1-2 pages.

14 September

Read the three poems by William Wordsworth and write a response to each using quotes. The three responses should total 1-2 pages.

13 September

Read "Tintern Abbey" and write at least one page in response using quotes.