A Halloween Sonnet

Monster Mash by David Trinidad

Frankenstein, Godzilla, the Blog, Phantom
of the Opera, The Wolfman, The Hunchback
of Notre Dame, Children of the Damned, Them,
Queen of Outer Space, Creature from the Black

Lagoon, Curse of the Cat People, The Mum-
my, The Green Slime, The Brain that Wouldn't Die,
Invaders from Mars, It! The Terror From
Beyond Space, Dr. Cyclops, Freaks, The Fly,

Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible
Man, The Mole People, Dr. Jekyll And
Mr.Hyde, Mothra, The Incredible
Shrinking Man, Dracula, The Crawling Hand,

Attack of the 50-Foot Woman, King
Kong, Tarantula, 13 Ghosts, The Thing.



If you've never heard the song "Monster Mash", this is what Trinidad was alluding to.

Soccer and Poetry

I thought this was a neat blog post about the connections between great soccer players and poets.

Our Author Conversation with Kim

Block 5 Writing Center Appointments

For students that need to revise your Chopin Timed Writing, you need to schedule an appointment by sending an email to Mr. Ferrebee. Afterschool days are Tuesday and Wednesday.

Also, all re-writes are due our next class, Tuesday. If not, you will receive the grade you scored on your first try.

We´ll be discussing ¨Son¨ by Craig Morgan Teicher. You can find it here.

Enjambment in ¨The Red Wheelbarrow¨

Here´s Craig Morgan Teicher´s recent essay about the poem.

Model Chopin Timed Writing

Here is a model paper for our Chopin Timed Writing assignment.