Wednesday March 14 Spoon River Anthology

Prezi and accompanying questions are due next Monday. These two grades count as writing assignments. Start the 5th marking period off on a solid footing.


Ethan Frome should be read by this Friday. Expect a reading test similar to the one you had on Tuesday.   Please note that it was obvious that some folks are already familiar with the film. How do I know? Because you responded to Tuesday's questions based upon the film, not the book. Guess what? They are not the same. Make sure you correct that error. You will feel embarrassed to be called out in front of the class when you present next week.

In class today: we are collecting Edgar Lee Master's Spoon River Anthology.Edgar Lee Master's Spoon River Anthology was an immediate commercial success when it was published in 1915. Unconventional in both style and content, it shattered the myths of small town American life. A collection of epitaphs of residents of a small town, a full understanding of Spoon River requires the reader to piece together narratives from fragments contained in individual poems.
What are we doing with this?
You will find below your name and an assigned poem. You are to practice reading this, so you can bring the character to life. I am not asking you to memorize the poem; however, you should be able to read it flawlessly, following the punctuation and recreating authentically the character speaking. You should be ready for this by tomorrow. We'll draw numbers, so everyone should be ready to go.
Grading: voice projection
            sound and sense matching
             pacing
             articulation
             body language
Note: you will be grading each other. (test grade-easy A- practice!)

Student Name
3 Fletcher McGee	Adams, Ty
2 Ollie McGee	Burroughs, Arieanna J
10 Minerva Jones	Cotton, Erin C
11 Indignation Jones	Crocker, Elijah D
17 Johnny Sayre	Debes, Landon
24 Willard Fluke	Gamble, Keith
15 Sarah Browne	Gonzalez, Mariah
17Julia Miller	Greenaway, Kerri
33 The Circuit Judge	Hardaway, Taquan S
26 Sam Hookey	Hess, Rafael
25 Lucius Atherton	Jaeckel-Rizzo, Zachary
35 Nancy Knapp	Jones, Briana
42 Mrs. George Reece	Klaver, Hannah
51 Elsa Wertman	Landers, Rosemarie
53 Mrs. Sibley	Lawson, Ashley
67 Bert Kessler	Lin, Leon
32 Mrs. Williams	Otchych, Yuliya
50 Robert Davidson	Rapoza, Matthew
53 Amelia Garrick	Rebholz, Meghan
66 Mrs. Kessler	Roberson, Kimicah
91 Mrs. Merritt	Ross, Nah'Tivah
106 Lucinda Matlock	Saunders, Amanda
111. Dow Kritt	Scardino, Joseph
63 Oscar Hummel	Scott, Aaron
104 Mabel Osborne	Scott, Sharon
95 Henry Layton	Smith, Quinton
82 Richard Bone	Truitt, Malikk
92 Elizabeth Childers	Weatherspoon, Linai
46 Mary McNeeley	Wright, Dorothy