English 1

Today in class, students read their choice novels and then read three poems that all feature birds as symbols of hope and/or freedom: "'Hope' is the Thing with Feathers" by Emily Dickinson, "Sympathy" by Paul Lawrence Dunbar, and "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou. To end class, students answered questions about and discussed the poems, and they drew a picture of the images the poems evoked for them.

Homework

• Finish your bird drawings