"Upon the Burning of Our House"

Good Morning! 

*Please get your netbooks when you arrive.

*Article of the Week #9 due -- annotation and written response

*Yesterday you began to compose a written response to "Upon the Burning of Our House."  I would like you to put this written response in your ENGLISH JOURNAL. Be sure to carefully and thoughtfully compose your sentences.  Afterall, we are practicing written composition here!  Also, be sure to put the most recent assignment on the TOP.  This is due by the end of the period.  If you have finished early, please read you independent reading book.

This was on my blog yesterday:
*"Upon the Burning of Our House" -- Please write a well-developed paragraph on this poem.  Include the following:
             *Title and author
             *A statement of the poem's main theme (or central 
               conflict)
             *A summary of the poem (refer to your paraphrasing of 
               each stanza).  Include a clear statement of how the 
               conflict is resolved.
             *In a separate paragraph explain how this poem is 
               relevant to our lives.  Do some thinking here.


HOMEWORK:  Independent reading