The Found Poem: September 6, 2018

Focus: How can we develop our close reading skills?

1. Warming up with Steinbeck's allusion:

• (Re)read Verses 2 and 4 from Genesis. Describe Steinbeck's allusion to Genesis: How, specifically, does Steinbeck dramatize the first few verses of Genesis? What parallels can you find, and what does he alter?

2. Understanding the method and purpose of a found poem

• Take two short phrases from the Chapter 1. One will be your title, and one will be your last line.

• Find two or three phrases that capture Cathy's physical description.

• Find a phrase that captures what people say to or about Cathy.

• Find a phrase that captures what Cathy says aloud.

• Find two or three phrases that capture a description of nature/weather in Chapter 8.

• End with your line you took from the first page.

• Trade. Any epiphanies?

HW: 
1. For next Friday:

• Read (and annotate) Chapters 4 through 8 in East of Eden; compose your Socratic ticket.
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2. Ongoing: Work on your college essay (due Sep 20 by 4:00 pm).

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