The Call of the Whippoorwill: September 20, 2018

Focus: How do we unravel the extended metaphor in a contemporary poem?

1. Warming up with a close reading of "Hope is the thing with feathers--"

2. Rereading "The Whippoorwill in the Woods" with a focus on its extended metaphor (conceit)

Throwback Thursday:

• The paper doll is a metaphor for a fragile woman (the comparison: both are too easily changeable in the hands of another)

• Taking off Emily Dickinson's clothes is a metaphor for reading her poetry (the comparison: both activities involve grappling with tricky "locks," but both expose something vulnerably beautiful when accomplished)

• A prison is a metaphor for traditional prose (the comparison: prose locks up the speaker's mind, while poetry offers her the mental freedom of wonder and curiosity)

• _____ is a metaphor for _____, and here's how:

3. Taking on the MC practice and comparing your choices

(The sound of the whippoorwill)

HW:
1. For FRIDAY: Read through Chapter 30 and prepare your ticket for our big Socratic!

2. For MONDAY: 

• Read through Chapter 33 to get ready for Monday's Socratic.

• Complete, print, and turn in your college essay if you have not yet done so. Please use the Night-Before checklist and staple it to the top of your essay.

3. TUESDAY will be your reading day next week (I will be going on a 2nd grade field trip).