Hope you enjoyed listening to the ballads and Depression-era music yesterday. I especially liked the song, Brother Can You Spare a Dime? by the Weavers. (Speaking of music, the two new stanzas written by ZP and AB were pretty amazing, too! That will be a hard act to follow for the rest of you ballad lyricists, eh?)- THURSDAY:
Definitely looking forward to hearing the AP English class sing newly written verses of the Ballad of Tom Joad on Thursday. Bring your two stanzas written on the OHP acetate sheet. (Wonder what Woody Guthrie [1912-1967] would think of our tampering with his ballad? Hope he doesn't turn over in his grave! I'll post some of the new verses on this site.
In addition, don't forget to bring your notes (bullet points? outlines?) for both GRAPES OF WRATH writing prompts to class on Thursday.
- FRIDAY:
- Vocabulary list 4 quiz. Be ready to write the vocabulary words, their meanings, and sentences.
- Read to p. 122 in THE GRAPES OF WRATH.
- WEEKEND: No homework. Enjoy your time away!
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P.S. Since we've been talking about California tent camps during the Depression, I thought you'd find this CNN link interesting: HOMELESS FIND TEMPORARY HOME IN TENT CAMPS. This article appeared today on the CNN website.
P.P.S. And here is the link to the BBC's dust storm article and pictures from Sydney, Australia, taken 23 September: DUST STORM.
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text (c) pjfs 2009.
photo: microsoft clip art.
4 comments:
Zach and Andrew did a really awesome job....which makes it hard for the rest of us. curse their awesomeness. just kidding! :)
JoSH
It really must have been scary for people waking up to find everything around them orange. It seriously looks like something from a movie about the end of the world...the orange and red making everything all hazy...
Julie
Wow, I can't believe people are actually living in tent cities like that.. I wonder if they are ever called "Obamavilles" ..probably not. Really, what can you logically do for these down-and-outers to help them get into real housing? Get them better jobs I guess. Anyhow. Very interesting.
tootle-oo.
Sarabeth
woah, thats amazing, the city is entirely covered, it looks almost photoshopped, like a setting on a camera.
And i agree with Sarabeth, it will be interesting to see if this depression continues to follow the same pattern as the last one in the 30's.
Sarah
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