Looking at more poetry

Good morning,
We've been looking at poetry and today we are going to look at a lot more.
We've been looking for the subject and ideas in poems.
We've also been looking at literal and figurative language.

So you are now going to work with a partner whom I have carefully selected for you. You and your partner will view five poems and work together to find the subject and ideas in the poem. The poems are in the presentation below. It will help to view it full screen.

Comparing poems about walls

Last week we read Mending Wall by Robert Frost. Go back and read it again to your self. In a moment we are going to look at another poem about walls.

Now listen to what Roger Water's said about walls. I bet you have heard this before, but have you ever looked beyond the subject of his words. There is a point and a theme going on here.

Now open your "Am Lit View Only Folder" in Google Docs. You will find a new file there called Comparing Poems. Follow the directions at the top of the page. Ask for help if you need it.

You have homework: Read the poem The Latin Deli on page 1224 in your textbook. After you read it write (on paper) a response to the poem in which you discuss the subject of the poem and the ideas in it.  If you wish to read it on line the book it is in can be found here through Google Books. It is on page 3. You will need to scroll to it.