Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Honors English 12 (October 2, 2007)

In order of Appearance: 7 Seconds, Kanye West, and Cursive



In Class:


Listened to Modern Ballads by:


Kanye West (Homecoming)

The Eagles (Hotel California)

The Rolling Stones (Sympathy for the Devil)

The Decemberists (The Mariner's Revenge Song)

Cursive (Driftwood)

7 Seconds (99 Red Balloons)


Please bring in more ballads to listen to!

We'll listen to about four a day...for the rest of the week (through 10/ 05).


We also continued discussing Chaucer and the intro. to the Canterbury Tales

(pages 98-102 in the text)


If you've not read through pages 100-102 then you need to do so before tomorrow!


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