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Monday 9 Poem Analysis-- Pair Share/ Teacher answers REad Chapter 7 of NIGHT Bullet Point Summary 7-9 Sentence Summary in Writer's notebook with SGQ's Due Tuesday Tuesday 10 Ch 7 Summary Ck Listen to 8-9 NIGHT 8-9 Bullet Point Summaries Due 8-9 7-9 Sentence Summaries DUE Wednesday Wednesday 11 Common Lit "Hope is the thing with Feathers" Answer in Writer's Notebook Oprah/Elie interview Thursday 12 5-10 Quiz zip Grade Oprah Elie Interview Friday 13 Poison Dwarf IRONY in Night Due Monday

Monday Dec 2nd Membean window #4 90 2 80% due Dec 15th at 11pm LIT circles. Set PROCESS Goals/Content Goals as a class Wonder words - one round Golden Lines - multiple rounds/tie to NIGHT themes Bullet Point Summary Discussion Question Debrief as a whole group Tuesday Dec 3rd Alley Theater 7 -8 work on Membean Wednesday Dec 4th Read NIght Chapter Five/annotate/bullet point summary/study guide questions with quotes and page # Due Thursday Quiz 3 -4 on Thursday Thursday Dec 5th 3-4 quiz -- zip grade with bonus question Read Chapter 6 /annotate/bullet point summary/study guide questions with quotes and page # Due Friday Friday Dec 6th: Holocaust Poem Analysis-- Due Monday

Monday 18 Complete Chp 1 NIGHT Bullet point Summary SGQ's with text evidence and page # Due Tuesday Tuesday 19 Chp 2 Bullet point Summary SGQ's with text evidence and page # Due Wednesday Wednesday 20 Chapter 3 Bullet point Summary SGQ's with text evidence and page #- Due Thursday Thursday 21 Review Bullet point summaries for 1-3 add in a different color INK Chapter 4 Bullet point Summary SGQ's with text evidence and page # - Due Friday ***FRIDAY PROJECTS DUE with NOODLE TOOLS CITATION -- right when you come into class.  If you have to print it out, it will be counted LATE - 30 No NOODLE TOOLS - 10 Friday 22 Turn in projects at the beginning of class.  Please have them ready to turn in right when you walk into class Discussion Question - paragraph response Prep Time for LIT Circles -- Golden Lines/Lit Circle Discussion LOG for NIGHT chapter 3 or 4 (20 minutes) Begin Chp 5 NO HOMEWORK over Thanksgiving Break.  Bring your Golden Lines/Lit Circ

Monday 11 Self Edit/Peer Edit Writer's Workshop Anne Frank Lit Analysis Piece-- Posted on ITS LEARNING as a task Literary Analysis Paper RUBRIC under RESOURCES on ITS LEARNING NOREDINK assignment - Due Friday the 15th at 3:30pm Comma Usage Tuesday 12 Introduce Holocaust Project Options -- QUIZ grade due in Two WEEKS -- all completed outside of class Wednesday 13 Common Lit Analysis -- answer in Writer's Notebook Journal side Hitler Euthansia Program Who is Responsible Reflection Thursday 14 Literary Analysis Due at the Beginning of Class.  Staple Rubric to the back NIGHT packet Work on Holocaust project Friday 15 Expectations Themes:  put in book NIGHT - Chapter ONE Bullet point Summary Study Guide Questions -- use text evidence with page numbers to answer in your Writer's Notebook NOREDINK DUE by 3:30 Holocaust Project DUE NOVEMBER 22nd = quiz grade

Monday 4 ck Scene Chart Ck AcT II study guide questions Read "Its Raining on the House of Anne Frank" common Lit -- answer in Journal side Read "Remembering Anne Frank" Go to AnneFrank.org and examine the Annex in 3d Homework:  Daily Quiz Act II on Tuesday Print Allusion Terms off my blog Print Study Guide for Thursday's test and gather study materials. Tuesday 5 Act II daily quiz Pass out Timed Writing Prompt Discuss/Find quotes Wednesay 6 Thursday 7 Holocaust Background and Anne Frank TEST Friday 8 Anne Frank Timed Writing

Monday 28 ck LSR2 worksheet - daily grade for accuracy ck Act 1 SGQ's add to your notes as needed Begin Act II/S1 - Chart/SGQ's #1-7 Tuesday 29 Act One daily quiz Theme Seminar Group project 5 Themes:  5 word definition/real world connections, Lit connections, 1 -2 quotes that support/prove theme Each group presents/take notes in your packet theme by theme Wednesday 30 Go over quiz Student led Theme Seminar  ACT II Continued Thursday 31 LRS2 Test Friday 1 Go over LRS2 Test Finish Act II For Monday -- complete scene chart/Act II study guide questions. UPCOMING: Tuesday November 5th Act 2 Daily Quiz 25 questions Thursday November 7th Anne Frank/Holocaust Background TEST Friday Anne Frank Timed Writing

Anne Frank/Holocaust Test-Study Guide Test on November 7 th - Thursday What to review/study for your test Act I and Act II of Anne Frank Listening Notes – scene by scene notes you took in class Act One and Two Study Guide Questions and Answers- in your packet List of Holocaust Terms you had to define—also, make sure and print out the definitions I provided for you on my blog- they will be on the test Timeline (in packet) There are questions about specific dates Background information on Hitler, WWII – fill in the blank PWPT notes ITSLEARNING-- at least 15 questions from the powerpoint and notes Your test will be a comprehensive examination over the unit we are finishing on Anne Frank and Holocaust Background.   Any information we have covered in class or spent time researching may be covered on the test.   Please review all notes and information regarding this time period.

BIBLICAL Allusions/definitions PASSOVER In the  Book of Exodus , God helped the  Israelites  escape from slavery in  ancient Egypt  by inflicting  ten plagues  upon the Egyptians before the  Pharaoh  would release the Israelite slaves. The last of the plagues was the  death of the Egyptian first-born . The Israelites were instructed to mark the doorposts of their homes with the blood of a slaughtered spring lamb and, upon seeing this, the spirit of the Lord knew to  pass over  the first-born in these homes, hence the English name of the holiday scapegoat 1:  a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur 2a:  one that bears the blame for others b:  one that is the object of irrational hostility Liberated Israelites Liberated from Slavery: The “exodus” to designate the deliverance of the  Israelites  from Egyptian bondage and their safe passage through the Red Se

Monday 21 Night Book Check Ck Holocaust Background Fill in the Blank Notes-- adds in a different color attach NOTES side 18 Assembly Screenagers "Why do People Follow the Crowd"  Common Lit - answer in writer's notebook Journal side Assigned:  NO RED INK Capitalization #2 Due Friday by 3:30pm Tuesday 22 Pair Share "Why do People Follow the Crowd"  /ck answers Its Learning - resources directions to download UNIT 2 student version of textbook - follow directions and complete download READ" Maus" - 281-288 Complete questions# 1-6 pg 289 in online textbook/  asswer in Writer's notebook Journal side-- Due Wednesday Wednesday 23 Ck "MAUS" Pass out Anne Frank Packets/go over expectations Begin listening to the ANNE Frank Play -- fill in Plot/character/setting chart Thursday 24 AF Friday 25 AF NOREDINK due by 3:30 UPCOMING MEMBEAN due 10/27 by 11PM 90 @ 80%

Monday-- Holiday Tuesday 15th Open Membean window #3 90 minutes at 80 % accuracy Due 10/27 by 11pm Finish Common Lit pieces:  " First They Came" and "Intro to Holocaust"  Please answer in your Writer's Notebook Journal side.  All discussion questions should be 3-4sentence responses Passed out Holocaust terms (44) due Friday Wednesday 16th PSAT Thursday 17th Ck "FTC" and "INTRO to Holocaust" questions Begin A and E Biography on Anne Frank Friday 18th Ck Terms Finish A&E Bio AFrank Its Learning Assignment:  PWPT over Holocaust/Fill in the Blank Notes -- DUE MONDAY UPCOMING Night Book Check Monday 21st Membean Due 10/27 11pm

Monday 7 Theme Review over GHOST NoREDINK assignment over Capitalization  Practice(optiona)/Quiz(daily) due Oct 10th by 4pm Ozymandias Blooms taxonomy packet due Wednesday Pt of view/theme/narrator/tone/inferencing use text evidence on #9-17 you do not have to do:  21 or 33 and on pg. 56 pick one prompt to write to in your writer's notebook journal side Study for test Tuesday 8th Test over GHOST and Diversity Packet 45 multiple choice questions Work on Ozymandias packet-- due Wednesday Wednesday 9th Go over Test.  Looking at every question/every answer Check/Discuss Ozy packet Thursday 10th Begin Holocaust Background What do you think you Know-- post on board/discuss Read and answer all questions for Common Lit pieces "Introduction to the Holocaust" "First they Came" NOREDINK due at 4pm NO HOMEWORK - enjoy your four day weekend!

Monday September 30 NOREDINK assignment:  Citations  due Friday Oct 4th by 4PM Two lessons:  practice optional and no count for a grade,but highly recommended.  "Quiz"  mandetory = a daily grade.  There will be NO Resets!  You get what you get, so do the practice.  :) Pair/Share GHOST chpt 1-3 Bullet points/#5 Discussion Question Silent Sustained Reading Chpt 4 GHOST:  annotate/bulletpt Summary/Dialectical Journal questions.  All due tomorrow Tuesday Oct 1 Listen to GHOST Chapter 5 in class:  annotate/bulletpt Summary/Discussion Q's/Dialectical Journal questions.  All due tomorrow Wednesday Oct 2 Silent Sustained Reading  GHOST Chapter 6-7 in class:  annotate/bulletpt Summary/Discussion Q's/Dialectical Journal questions.  All due tomorrow Thursday Oct 3 Silent Sustained Reading  GHOST Chapter 8 in class:  annotate/bulletpt Summary/Discussion Q's/Dialectical Journal questions.  All due tomorrow Friday Oct 4 Listen to GHOST 9-10 in class:  annotate/b

Monday 23rd Book Fair Pair/Share "MY NAME" Identify THEME Thesis Share "LOSE Yourself "Analysis - Due Tuesday Tuesday 24th Pair/share "Lose Yourself" - Identify THEME "Buried Onions" Analysis Race Politics = Homework/ annotate/discussion questions Wednesdsay 25th Discuss Race Politics/Buried Onions Packet pass out Mini Lesson:  Annotation Tips Pass out Annotation Reference Sheet Paste in NOTES side Jason Reynolds "BLOG POST" Journal response:  Write about your weekend in your TEEN dialect (voice) Thursday 26th LIT ELEMENTS EXAM FAMILY NIGHT OPEN HOUSE FRIDAY 27th GHOST CHAPTER  ONE Listen in Class:  Dialectial Journal/discussion Q's/Bullet pt summary/annotations Read 2-3 DUE MONDAY Dialectial Journal/discussion Q's/Bullet pt summary/annotations 1-3 SGQ Due Monday

WATSON PREAP/GT REVIEW for Lit Elements Test on September 26 The following Literary Elements will be applied to passages throughout the test.   Make sure you really know/understand the definitions. ·          Simile                 ·          Metaphor                      ·          Personification                      ·          Theme                        ·          Tone                             ·          Symbol                                    ·          Idiom               ·          Tone               ·          Mood             ·          Dynamic              ·          Static ·          Denotation ·          Connotation The following passages will be utilized on the Test.   Please feel free to analyze and annotate each passage prior to the test. Milkweed - Jerry Spinelli – 1               So it was an even grander treat to see the horses moving.   I couldn’t resist.   The first day I went back alone I was determined to ride a horse.

UPCOMING due dates: NEW MEMBEAN Window #2 9/16- 9/29 @11PM 90 minutes @ 80% WEDNESDAY Ghost Book Check in class = daily 100 THURSDAY: SEPT 19th STORY BOARD DUE MIDNIGHT: Submit through Google DOCS: All last names of group members in the SUBJECT LINE _ period # Please submit all contents on one page in the following order Song Story Board Paragraph Noodle tools Citation Monday 16th: Work on Story Board That Song Analysis Project:  focus NOODLETOOLS Tuesday 17th:  Begin Diversity Unit Watch:  Silent Beats - Stereotype Video Discussion "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou Annotation and Analysis Due Wednesday Wedneday 18th Book Check:  Ghost Pair/Share "Still I Rise" annotation/discussion questions Group discussion HMWK:  Read"Fish Cheeks"  by Amy Tan Read and Annotate Selection Thursday 19th Pair/Share Fish Cheeks Group Discussion Mini lesson Thesis Statement Write Thesis Statement for Fish Cheeks Homework:  Read and A

Monday Septemeber 9th Mother to Son 2 Paragraph SAR.  Due at the end of the period Tuesday 10 Latin Roots Set One Test Wednesday 11 SAR:  Highlight:  Topic Sentence/Quote with Citation/ Intro/ staple rubric/circle perceived grade Pair Share:   Fable Thesis:  post it note:  group analysis Intro Song Story Board Show examples Get into Group Thursday 12 Noodle Tools Mini Lesson Work on STORYBOARD Friday 13 Work on STORYBOARD Pass out Song Analysis Paragraph DUE MONDAY:  Song analysis Paragraph Noodle tools:  Song/Story Board UPCOMING:  GHOST book Check Sept 18th.   For sale in Library of $7 SEPT 19th STORY BOARD DUE MIDNIGHT:  submit through Google DOCS: All last names of group members in the SUBJECT LINE _ period Song Story Board Paragraph Noodle tools Citation

Monday = Labor Day - Student holiday Tuesday Sept 3rd MAP Testing Wednesday Sept 4th Annotate "Mother to Son" Journal side 7  Draw what you know Journal side 8 Aesop Fable 3 selections:  Identify Moral/Theme:  Write in a complete sentence All due Thursday for class Thursday Sept 5th Those who need to complete MAP testing will finish during class Reteach/Review:  Components for a Thesis/Components of a Paragraph Handout Paragraph Outline, copy "Sleeping paragraph into correct Parts of a Paragraph.  Add what is missing from your first Sleeping paragraph/revise as needed with different color ink Friday Sept 6th Notes:  Pt of View/Text Evidence see Board for Pages Pass in revised"  Sleeping paragraph Mother to Son Group Annotation MEMBEAN DUE ON SUNDAY by 11PM 90 minutes @ 80%

Monday 26th Bloom's Taxonomy Harry Potter Examples of Bloom's Taxonomy Paste Bloom's Handout Notes side 5 Sleeping Homework:  annotate Plot elements/Lit devices/figurative language Tuesday 27th Sleeping Group Annotation Sleeping Analysis Questions Journal side 4-5 Join Membean/NORed Ink on class set devices:  Membean Window #1 opens today - closes 9/8@ 11pm Membean assignment window #1 90 minutes at 80% accuracy Denotation/Connotation Worksheet due tomorrow.  NOTES side 6 Wednesday 28th Ck Denotation/Connotation Ck Sleeping  Us and Them - Read write Bloom's questions:  Dialectical Journal format.  Journal side 6:  List Irony/pg# 1-3, 6-7 answer Thursday 29th Sleeping/Us and Them Powerpoint Thesis writing Due TUESDAY Friday 30th LIBRARY Day Take notes:  There will be a quiz over the information that Ms. Fraser will cover

Monday August 19th Cks? PREAP Contracts - turn in Set up Writer's Notebook MASK = guided practice Journal side page one - paste HOMEWK:  Trait card due Tuesday when you walk into class Tuesday August 20th Trait Card Due Pre Assessment Syllabus Notes side page 2 - paste HOMEWK Letter to Mrs. Watson Typed Rough Draft Due Wednesday 12 point font Times New Roman / Double -spaced/one inch Marging Wednesday August 21st Edit Mrs. Watson's letter - Activ board Self and Peer Edit LETTER TO MRS. WATSON Thursday August 22nd Pass out Latin Roots Set one  Notes side page 3- paste Latin Roots Worksheet Due for accuracy on Friday Read "Thai Cave Boys"  answer text dependent questions/discussion questions in your Writer's Notebook Journal side 2-3 HOMEWORK:  Final typed draft LETTER TO MRS. Watson Friday August 23rd  Letter to MRS Watson Typed Final Draft Due 12 point font/TNR/DS/1" margin Bloom's taxonomy Andy Griffith

Thursday AUGUST 15th EAGLE CAMP 15 minutes per class period after lunch:  TRAIT CARD 1st/2nd/3rd/4th/5th/7th/8th Friday AUGUST 16th Syllabus Intro to Letter to Mrs. WATSON Letter Prewrite 

Monday 13 Students complete MAP testing as needed Past out Grammar Semester Review sheet Work on in class with Writer's Notebook Tuesday 14 Finish Boy in Striped PJS Retest NIGHT as needed Complete Grammar Review Pass out Semester Review sheet/also posted on ITSLEARNING Wednesday 15 Poetry Semester Review:  Annotation Thursday 16 STAAR Science 25 minute classes Friday 17 STAAR SS 25 minute classes Semester Review answers on Monday May 20th

Monday 6th Photo Essay Due Oprah and Elie Wiesel Documentary Tuesday 7th NIGHT TEST Oprah and Elie Wiesel Documentary Cont if time Wednesday 8th Oprah and Elie Wiesel Documentary Cont Thursday 9th MAP TESTING Friday 10th MAP TESTING

Memorial High School Required Reading  9TH GRADE Questions? Please contact Mrs. Jasek at lindsay.jasek@springbranchisd.com. Gr. 9 English I, English I Pre-AP and English I Pre-AP Ludic reading, or reading for pleasure, is an expectation throughout the school year. For 20 minutes every Friday, students will be expected to read a book of their choosing. In preparation for this, the English I team encourages students to read high-interest novels throughout the summer. The following is a list of novels that past students have enjoyed. Feel free to choose from this list or to find something else that suits your interests: o The Help by Kathryn Stockett o Astronaut Wives Club by Lily Koppel o Ready Player One by Ernest Cline o The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin o A Separate Peace by John Knowles o The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls o Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card Stratford HS Required Reading PreAP English I Read one of the following books, analyzi

Monday April 29 Common Lit - "No Man is an ISLAND"  4 discussion questions.  4 sentence responses Journal side Check Bullet point summary and SGQ's completion for NIGHT 3 -4 Listen to Chapter 5 Annotate SGQ's and Bullet point Summary Due on Tuesday Tuesday April 30 Quiz over Chapter 3 -4 Night Chapter 6 Listen in class Bullet point summary Ch 6 SGQ's Wednesday May 1 Night Ch 7 Bullet point summary Written Summary Paragraph in Packet QUOTE CHART Thursday Night Ch 8 -9 Bullet point summary Written Summary Paragraph in Packet QUOTE CHART Friday NIGHT REVIEW-- QUOTE CHART DUE Work on Photo Essay DUE Monday May 6th TUESDAY May 7th NIGHT EXAM

Monday April 22 NIGHT book check - extra credit Pair/Share Common Lit pieces from Thursday BrainPOP-- Holocaust and Elie Wiesel Pass out Timeline and Terms-- define by Wednesday the 24th Review Timeline NO HOMEWORK NIGHT Tuesday April 23 THEMES of NIGHT-- write in front cover Discuss:  PASSOVER/Facsism/ Begin NIGHT -- Chapter One -- Listen and Annotate NOREDINK - Compound/complex sentences Due Friday April 26 @4 Wednesday April 24 MICRO Fiction DUE Typed with group members/dice rolled/title/word count TERMS due Continue NIGHT Chapter One-- write bullet point summary Roll into Chp two. Thursday April 25th Ck Summary and SGq's Completion Pop Quiz 1-2 10 Questions Read Ch 3 and annotate/SGQ's/Bullet point summary Due on Friday Friday April 26th NORED INK due @ 4PM Listen to NIGHT Ch 4 Annotate/Bullet point summary/Sgq's -- Due on Monday MEMBEAN DUE SUNDAY by 11pm 90@80%

April 15 MEMBEAN LAST WINDOW begins== 90@80% Due April 28 @ 11PM ITS LEARNING:  Holocaust Background Notes online/fill in all 3 worksheets in Background packet you picked up Review for Short Story Quiz Pandora Loo-Wit Gen 2-3 Themes/Symbols/idioms/etc Micro fiction examples DUE April 24th April 16 Short Story Quiz Work on Micro Fiction-- Roll story dice April 17 Micro Fiction April 18 Holocaust Background notes due Read "First They Came"  J38 Text dependent questions and discussion Read " Euthanasia" J39 " " April 19 Easter Break

April 8th Lit book 81-87 " Tell tale Heart"  SUSUPENSE Tell Tale Heart Packet #1-10 NORED INK S- V practice/Daily Quiz due Friday by 4pm April 9th MATH STAAR or EOC kids have review packet 5,6,7,8 - Work on Tell Tale Heart Packet April 10th READING STAAR 4,3,2,1 #11-15 in TEll tale Heart Packet   1-1 5 Due Thursday April 11th Ck 1- 15/finish Packet Monkey's Paw/Worksheet April 12th NORED INK DUE BY 4pm Ck Monkey's Paw Worksheet READ Loowit/Pandora's Box/Worksheet Annotate Genesis (homework)  Fill in Chart TUESDAY 16th Short Story QUIZ

Monday April 1st " The Road NOT Taken"  TPCASTT CK "Captain" Tuesday April 2nd Haikus Wednesdsay April 3rd CK TPCASTT "Rodad" Daily grade Short Story Packet "Read Lemon Brown" Lit Book worksheet 33- Character Motivation Thursday April 4th POETRY EXAM Friday April 5th Discuss and go over Poetry Exam HAIKUS due Pair and Share Worksheet 33 Character Motivation in Lemon Brown 5 Elements of a Short Story -- take notes FLOCABULARY SETTING -- add to notes FLOCABULARY

Monday March 25 CK Lesson of the Moth and Identity-- draw point of view in groups RHYME Scheme/PARAPHRASE Lit Book 637-642 Wk 79 in Packet Tuesday March 26 CK Grasshopper/Cricket/79 Dream Deferred TPCASTT-- ck for accuracy W ednesday March 27 Ck Dream Deferred/grade "Strange Fruit"  in packet/grade for accuracy on Friday Thursday March 28 LRS4 Test Friday March 29 Ck "Strange Fruit"/accuracy grade "OCaptain, My Captain Lit Book 752-754 Worksheet in packet MEMEAN DUE MARCH 31st by 11PM 90 @80% = quiz grade POETRY EXAM:  APRIL 4th HAIKUS Due April 5th

Monday March 18 Lit Book 657- 659 "Boots of Spanish Leather" 657:  Author/STANZA/Narrative Poem notes Reply to Class set of STudent Commentary Questions J 34-35 MEMBEAN WINDOWN #6 OPENS- 3/31 @ 11pm 90 minutes @ 80% Tuesday March 19 Discuss Boots Pass out Poetry Terms to Define - Due Thursday N 34 LRS4 pass out N 33 LRS4 Worksheet - due Thursday Wednesday March 20 STAAR PRACTICE SS/Science 1,2,3,4 = 25 minute classes Thursday March 21 Ck Poetry Terms EE. Cummings - Annotate and paragraph Response Read Lit book 640-609 - Complete Worksheet 9/10 in packet Answer Close Reading questions on 605/607/609 in J 36-37 All due FRIDAY Friday March 22nd Flocabulary:  Poetry:  Poetry Worksheet Lit Book 616-620 = Speaker "Lesson of the MOth" "Identity" Worksheet 33 in packet

Monday March 5 READ CHAPTERS 9 and 10 in class Pass out Russian Revolution Notes Pass out Russian Revolution Comparison Chart Work on Russian Revolution Comparison Chart in Class-- Due Tuesday Tuesday March 6 Ck Irony Ck Chapter Summaries 8.9.10 Ck Russian Revolution Chart Work on Letter of Persuasion Wednesday March 7 ONE PAGER DUE PEER/SELF Edit for Letter of Persuasion Thursday March 8 AF TEST Friday March 9  Final draft DUE Letter of PERSUASION Watch Animal Farm

ANIMAL FARM TEST REVIEW: Test will be 50 multiple choice/fill in the blank questions Define/Describe/List key details/Significance ·          Beasts of England ·          Elie Wiesel           ·          George Orwell   ·          allegory ·          fable ·          Manor Farm ·          Animal Farm        ·          Pilkington            ·          Jones     ·          Napoleon             ·          Old Major             ·          Snowball ·          communism        ·          Animalism           ·          “Four legs good, two legs bad”   ·          “ I’ll work harder” ·          squealer ·          Mollie ·          Benjamin ·          Spontaneous Demonstrations ·          Boxer ·          the dogs ·          the sheep ·            the chickens ·          Pigeons ·          Foxwood ·            Whymper ·          Pinchfield ·            Moses ·            Clover ·          Windmill ·          Analyze the poem by Minimus ·          Why do t