1. 1-27-14: Free Write – What’s on your mind this Monday? Finish Black Out Poems Turn in Bell Work if you were not here on Friday. Turn in Poem Projects if you have been absent.

2. 1-28-14: Read page 567 and write down 6 important facts about E. A. Robinson. Present or turn in Black Out Poems – 10 points extra credit for reading them in class. Read “Richard Cory” and “Miniver Cheevy”

3. 1-29-14: Read the author information page, and write down 6 important facts about James Thurber. (These are class sets – please don’t write on them.) Present or turn in Black Out Poems or any other make up work. Read “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”

4. 1-30-14: List 3 different types of people Walter imagines he is during the course of the story. Write a page describing a scene from an imaginary job that you want to have – astronaut, musician, artist, race car driver – something like that. Be very descriptive.

5. Why should it be lowered to 16? 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. Why should it stay 18?