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March 28 Agenda

  • Read pages 510-511 in the Blue Book
    • "Balance of Opposites"
      • Compare Western religion to Eastern religions
      • Christianity, Judaism, Islam --> one, absolute good God
      • Hindu, Shinto, Buddhism, Taoism, etc. --> sometimes polytheistic, balance of good and bad
    • "Chinese Poetry"
      • Poetry is personal instead of public
      • Themes = nature and harmony between inner/outer worlds
        • Ultimately, theme = balance
  • Read selected poems and annotate as a class using the Smart Board
    • "O Oriole, Yellow Bird," 515
    • "Quiet Night Thoughts," 520
    • "Night Thoughts Afloat," 529
    • "Jade Flower Palace," 531 & "Ozymandias," 531
    • "Peonies," 534
  • Write your own lyric poem! Yay!

Posted by Graham on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at 3:15 PM |