"A Psalm of Life"

Good Morning!

I hope that you had an enjoyable weekend!

*Anticipation to "A Psalm of Life" -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

   "The life which is unexamined is not worth living."   (Plato)

   "To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.  (Robert Louis Stevenson)

   "Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about."  (Oscar Wilde)

   "Life is like a box of chocolates.  You never know what you're going to get." (Forrest Gump)

Fireside Poets

*Thoughts to consider before reading "A Psalm of Life"--(handout)

HOMEWORK: Independent reading -- book reviews are due January 16 -- this Friday.  If you have not submitted a book review on a book from the recommended list, you need to do so for this last book review for this semester.  FOLLOW THE RUBRIC in writing your review.