Students listened to "Pink and White" by Frank Ocean - while we didn't discuss the lyrics at length, they were introduced to classical allusion, through a reference (with multiple possible levels) to the goddess of tragedy, Melpomene, and a discussion about her children (half bird / half woman) potentially connected to the sirens of the sea (the pictures of harpies were not the correct vision - more like women with wings)
Students read their personal novels.
Students handed in their homework for a quick check - many had not completed the definitions at all, and, of those who did, several did not punctuate or capitalize their sentences correctly (or write on a separate sheet).
Students
got back into the groups they were in last class, and completed their
group plot diagrams for "Cougar/Cub." Bonus question: Find an example
(or multiple examples) of irony in the piece. What kind of irony is it? Explain.
We then watched "For the Birds" - students charted the plot of the piece on the flip of their personal "Cougar/Cub" diagram.
HMWRK: Complete the diagram
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