When I took roll today I asked you what page you were on in your reading. You should continue to read your outside home reading book.Then we looked at a critique of "I am a Rock" and discussed the term "sophomoric"
Here's a link to something very cleverly written regarding "pretentious rock lit."
"But by the late '60s, English teachers were reciting the lyrics of Dylan, the Beatles and Paul Simon with the kind of reverence usually shown for John Donne. Meanwhile, rock stars became more self-conscious (and pretentious) and literary, from the "rock theater" of the Doors to the "rock opera" of The Who's "Tommy."
"For people of that time, some of the rock lyrics were more important to us and occupied us more than reading the great poets, even those of us who went on to study those poets," said T. Coraghessan Boyle, whose many books include "Water Music" and "World's End."
"Musicians were becoming authors — the Doors' Jim Morrison wrote poetry and Dylan issued a surreal work of verse, "Tarantula" — and authors were writing about musicians. An Elvis-like character was featured in Harlan Ellison's "Spider Kiss"; Don DeLillo's "Great Jones Street" concerned a rock star's attempted escape from fame.
We watched "So What!" and listened to "Love Story" (Taylor Swift),
"Check Yes, Juliette" (We the Kings),
Here's the link to the review questions:
Website link here.
We went over the calendar. You are 3 weeks into the quarter and have 6 weeks left. The week of Thanksgiving is MIDTERM!
Have a nice weekend!
Homework: read in your outside reading book. Only 6 weeks left until the end of the term. Performance PROJECT due January 5, 2010.
