"Psalm of Life"

Good Morning!

Please get your netbook when you arrive and read quietly until we are ready to begin.

* BOOK REVIEWS -- Please be sure to follow the rubric.  Your review will have several paragraphs where you discuss theme, style, characters, setting, plot, and connections.  Including a brief introduction and a conclusion where you give your recommendation, you will have 8 paragraphs.

*"Psalm of Life"  -- Review of your paraphrasing.  Complete final paragraph explaining what Longfellow is saying in this poem. In your first sentence, refer to the title and author.

* The Spirit of Individualism -- In your ENGLISH JOURNAL, please write a paragraph interpreting this painting. Be attentive to details and the significance of those details. Consider the quote from Thoreau that accompanies the painting.

                                                                                                

The Wanderer

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.  Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

                                  -- Henry David Thoreau 

















HOMEWORK: Two book reviews are due Tuesday, January 21st.