I read over the extended metaphor poems that students wrote.
We went over and discussed the handout on the methods authors use to create humour, and found examples in Feschuk's article on Latisse.
We read and listened to Galway by Stuart MacLean (the audio version on Youtube is called Toilet Training the Cat -- it can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdUoYMO823o)
I gave a handout showing a paragraph that was barely adequate and we went over the 8 points that you should consider while writing a response to literature.
Students began working on the following assignment: Discuss the use of comedy in the short story "Galway" in one
or two paragraphs. This will not be due until next Wednesday.
Students signed out copies of the novel The Lovely Bones and were asked to read the first two chapters for Tuesday's class.
