1. Course website: Blackboarddreams.com (I will tell you more about that name later). My email: sleon@lusherschool.org
You should register for the class website, Blackboarddreams.com, by midnight Tuesday. To do this, you must scroll to the bottom of the right column of the homepage and click “Register.” Your username should be your Full Name (First and Last). Leave A SPACE between your first and last name. Do not use nicknames! Failure to register properly will lead to your account being deleted, so do it properly. Your password will be emailed to you at which point you can change it if you would like. I also suggest you take a moment to familiarize yourself with the website! Here, you and your family can access the following: homework assignments, class forums, updates on the happenings and direction of the class, complementary materials, writing and research resources, Essay and Creative Project exemplars, a link back to the Lusher homepage, and so much more! Don’t forget to bookmark your course page! So, if you are in my English II class, bookmark the English II page. Please keep in mind that I am transitioning this site from Beacon to Lusher.
2. Julia Alvarez–In your binder, research and take notes on our next author. In your research, pay particular attention to details that our helpful to know as we read/discuss In the Time of Butterflies.
3. My Life has stood – a Loaded Gun and I felt a Funeral, in my Brain by Emily Dickinson
Both poems are in the In the Time of Butterflies Poetry Unit. Read and annotate both poems. As you annotate, consider the following questions:
How are the poems thematically related? How does Dickinson develop the theme in each poem?