English Homework for Tuesday, Dec 9, day 2

ALL ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE THE NEXT TIME YOUR CLASS MEETS

Class One: see Friday's posting.

Class Two: the poem is:

The Hill
by Edgar Lee Master, 1915

Where are Elmer, Herman, Bert, Tom and Charley,
The weak of will, the strong of arm, the clown, the boozer, the fighter?
All, all are sleeping on the hill.

One passed in fever,
One was burned in a min e,
One was killed in a brawl,
One died in jail,
One fell from a bridge toiling for children and wife-
All, all are sleeping, sleeping on the hill.

Where are Ella, Kate, Mag, Lizzie and Edith
The tender heart, the simple soul, the loud, the proud, the happy one?-
All, all are sleeping on the hill.

One died in shameful child-birth,
One died of thwarted love,
One died at the hands of a brute in a brothel,
One of a broken pride, in search for heart's desire,
One after life in far-away London and Paris
Was brought to her little space by Ella and Kate and Mag-
All, all are sleeping, sleeping, sleeping on the hill.

Where are Uncle Isaac and aunt Emily,
And old Towny Kincaid and Sevigne Houghton,
And Major Walker who had talked
Withe venerable men of the revolution?-
All, all are sleeping on the hill.

They brought them dead sons from the war,
And daughters whom life had crushed,
And their children fatherless, crying-
All, all are sleeping, sleeping, sleeping on the hill.

Where is old fiddler Jones
Who played with life all his ninety years,
Braving the sleet with bared breast,
drinking, rioting, thinking neither of wife nor kin,
Nor gold, nor love, nor heaven?
Lo! He babbles of the fish-frys long ago,
Of the horse-races of long ago at Clary's Grove,
Of what Abe Lincoln said
One time in Springfield.

Using the Rules of Notice, tell me about the title, the structure, the scansion, the figurative language, the theme or themes of "The Hill." At least one type-written page please.

Class Five: Same as Class Two.

Class Six: We'll finish Updike's "Ex-basketball Player."

IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE: ON THIS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, YOU WILL ALL BE TAKIKING "BENCHMARK ASSESSMENTS." THESE ARE TESTS TO HELP ME JUDGE WHETHER OR NOT I AM REACHING MY GOALS. THEY ARE ALSO DESIGNED TO HELP YOU FIGURE OUT IF YOUR LEARNING METHOD NEEDS TO BE CHANGED OR MODIFIED.

PROGRESS REPORTS DECEMBER 17TH.