1. Hispanic Heritage Month

2. Salvador Dali “Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.” 1904-1989

4. Dali Painting 1. What do you think this painting is trying to convey or say? What was the purpose of the painter? 2. How does this painting make you feel or what does it make you think about? 3. Do you like it ? Either way, why?

5. Juan Felipe Herrera, Current Poet Laureate Poet laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government who is expected to compose poems for special events and occasions.

6. Juan Felipe Herrera, 1948 Five Directions to My House 1. Go back to the grain yellow hills where the broken speak of elegance 2. Walk up to the canvas door, the short bed stretched against the clouds 3. Beneath the earth, an ant writes with the grace of a governor 4. Blow, blow Red Tail Hawk, your hidden sleeve—your desert secrets 5. You are there, almost, without a name, without a body, go now 6. I said five, said five like a guitar says six.

7. Poem: 1. What do you think this poem is trying to convey or say? What was the purpose of the author? 2. How does this poem make you feel or what does it make you think about? 3. Do you like it ? Either way, why?