Jan 12

English Literature
Monday Poem

Whenever Richard Cory went downtown
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim,

And he was always quietly arrayed.
And he was always human when he talked,
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
"Good morning," and he glittered when he walked

And he was rich-- yes, richer than a king,
And admirably schooled in every grade:
In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.

So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet through his head.

Edwin Arlington Robinson (1897)

Answer the questions, each of you separately, in today's email:

1. What kind of person is Richard Cory? How do other people feel about him?

2. What do you think the point of the poem is? What is the poet trying to say?

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2. US History

SEBASTIAN: this week we are working on the Bill of Rights (what is the Bill of Rights?)

Carefully read the Wiki Entry on the Bill of Rights. Write a paragraph and email to me explaining why a Bill of Rights was adopted.

SHERIDAN:
1. Continue reading the Oregon Trail book

3. Taiwan History

SEBASTIAN & SHERIDAN
Today we are going to look at Indigo in Taiwan's history.

Read this article discussing it: (article)(and this one from Jeff's blog)
See if you can find the Indigo dyeing center from the first website. Maybe we can visit it this week.

4. Math practice books
no big math books.

Chinese & Art (ask mom)

Tomorrow: Writing, big math books, Macbeth!