Sympathy Discussion

Big Idea: What does it mean to be human?

Learning Target: Analyzing Poetry

Reading: Read for ten minutes. You should be done with your book by September 17

Argue ideas, not things!

Agenda:

1. Sympathy by Paul Dunbar
1. Discuss the poem in small groups. Come up with your best questions, thoughts, and epiphanies for group discussion.
2. Write a body paragraph together 
3. Upcoming poems
1. Preludes by T.S. Elliot
2. Sonnet 43 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
3. The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
4. How to Read Literature Like a Professor chapter signups

Homework:

1. Annotate Sympathy by Lawrence Dunbar
2. Word Journal H/I