Thursday, April 28, 2011

bret harte

After you read "The Outcasts of Poker Flat," blog about a time when you were cast out, or otherwise alienated from a group. Your blog can be real or fictional, but if it's real change the names of the people in your blog so we do not recognize them.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

flannery o'connor

After you read "The Life You Save May Be Your Own," write a short paragraph describing what it might be like to live in the isolated rural South during the first part of the 20th century.

Offer specifics about the landscape, the people there, and what they might say to each other.

Monday, April 11, 2011

james baldwin

After you read "The Rockpile," blog about a time when you got in trouble with your parents. What did you do? How did you get caught? What did your parents do? What did you learn?

willa cather

After reading "A Wagner Matinee," blog about a time when music moved you. What was the song? Who sang it? Where were you? What happened?