'cause it's here, & it's what they can't see

Blind Melon, Blind Melon

One of their weaker songs, "No Rain," was their one hit. & yes, they dressed up a little girl in that outfit for the video, & their career was probably ruined by that, &, sadly, their singer's overdose 2 years later.

I'll take  "Soak the Sin," "Time," &"Tones of Home," (the last of which gives us the title quote above) any day.

Juniors: a lot of great book ideas, everything from How to Read Literature Like a Professor to The Inferno to The Clique. Non-fiction, romance, horror, supernatural, AP-worthy, all kinds of good stuff.

Thanks for that. You'll be choosing books for Lit Os in 2 weeks, so keep some of these in mind.

Also, we reviewed & you wrote level-2 (implicit in text) & level-3 (beyond the text) questions.

Remember to bring in your Frankenstein seminar prep questions tomorrow--minimum of 30 words for 7 of the 17, your choice.


Sophomores: "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket," reading literature handout, & plot terms defined.

terms to remember . . .
plot
setting
exposition  (basic situation)
rising action
conflict
complications
climax
falling action
resolution (denouement)
protagonist
antagonist

We'll apply these to the story tomorrow, & you will have time to finish the questions.

Be cool.