Homework for the February holidays
Task 1: 1. Prepare for one-hour written paper on Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray : Sibyl Gray, theatre scenes, Dorian Gray's family tree. Task 2: Choose one of the following Jackie Kay three poems (or two poems, if necessary) see photocopy package: 1. Even the Trees (hint: look at /listen to " Strange Fruit " .. but also the car crash that killed Bessie Smith . 2. The Right Season hint: look at slavery as business ) 3. The Red Graveyard (hint: look here ) Hint: Research Bessie Smith Research the blues, and the slave-trade, and American racism and create a 3 minute presentation explaining what your poem says to you . What can you see/hear/feel/taste as you are reading? What kind of world are you transported into and what is Kay's speaker saying about that world. Comment on the poetic techniques you feel are interesting. We will project the poem onto the board as you speak. Be ready to present your three minutes worth of golden insight to the clas