Block Day, 5/14-15 ~ Mock SAT Essay ~ Poetry Analysis

GRAMMAR ~ Go over review answers:
  1. A client has left his/her cell phone in our conference room.
  2. The films we made of Kilauea – on our trip to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park – illustrate a typical spatter cone eruption.
  3. Samantha selected the pass/fail option for Chemistry 101.
  4. Of three engineering fields, chemical, mechanical, and materials, Keegan chose materials engineering for its application to toy manufacturing. 
  5. There are three points of etiquette in poker: 1. always allow someone else to cut the cards, 2. don't forget to ante up, and 3. never stack your chips. 
  6. In Lifeboat, Alfred Hitchcock appears [some say without his knowledge] in a newspaper advertisement for weight loss.
  7. The writer Chitra Divakaruni explained her work with other Indian American immigrants: "Many women who came to Maitri [a women's support group in San Francisco] needed to know simple things like opening a bank account or getting citizenship. . . . Many women in Maitri spoke English, but their English was functional rather than emotional. They needed someone who understands their problems and speaks their language."
POETRY

  • In-Class Essay

HW: Study "If"!!!! The quiz on the full poem is on Monday. Would it help you if you could sing it?
Thanks Ethan for finding the helpful video!