Monday, 9 February 2026

Feb 9, 2026

 Hello! Here's what we're up to today:

  • Checking in
  • Recapping last week
  • Heading to the library!
    • Reminder that books have due dates and late fees
    • Once you've chosen your book, go hang out on the large staircase
  • Reviewing Assignment 3
  • Literary terms
    • Assonance
    • Alliteration
    • Allusion
    • Tone
  • How to analyse songs and poems
    • Listen to it once, give a first impression
    • Scan the text for ideas you don't understand
    • Listen to it again, and this time analyse the text for literary terms
    • If time, listen to it a final time, and give your opinion
  • English 9 - "Freedom" by Beyonce (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
    • Background
      • Marriage of Jay Z and Beyonce
      • Infidelity and Solange
      • Lemonade Project - interweaving legacies of slavery with modern relationships
      • Grammy's reception
    • Lyrics
    • Song
    • Performance from "Homecoming"
  • English 8 - "the last great american dynasty" by Taylor Swift
    • A note on censorship
    • Rebekah Harkness
    • Holiday house


    • The album "folklore"
    • Taylor Swift, sexism, and politics


  • Analysis: how might this fit into Assignment 3?

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