Thursday

 I've rearranged the schedule slightly, so there is no test today. We will be looking at Amiri Baraka.

Someone Blew Up America



https://poets.org/poet/amiri-baraka

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/58013/preface-to-a-twenty-volume-suicide-note

4/22 Amiri Baraka  

4/23 QUIZ

4/26 Alice Walker

4/27 Finish Novel

4/28 Review

4/29 Review and or catch up

4/30 TEST ON BOOK

5/3 - 5/5 Work on Essay or Project

5/6 Joy Harjo and Billy Collins

5/7 Toni Morrison 

5/10 A Raisin in the Sun

5/17 or 5/18 Final

The above schedule can be amended at any time.

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