Vocabulary Test & F451

​We Wear the Mask

BY PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR
We wear the mask that grins and lies, 
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,— 
This debt we pay to human guile; 
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, 
And mouth with myriad subtleties. 

Why should the world be over-wise, 
In counting all our tears and sighs? 
Nay, let them only see us, while 
       We wear the mask. 

We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries 
To thee from tortured souls arise. 
We sing, but oh the clay is vile 
Beneath our feet, and long the mile; 
But let the world dream otherwise, 

       We wear the mask!

Junior Agenda:

1. Vocabulary Test 6
2. Collect "My Door Opening Book" one pagers
3. Fahrenheit 451 Quiz 1
4. Discussion about last night's reading

• HW: 3rd Block Read pages 32-60 to where it says "He Turned and went out through the open door."
• HW: 5th Block Read pages 34-63 to where it says "He Turned and went out through the open door."

Learning Targets:

1. Students will identify explicit textual evidence. (R 11.1)
2. Students will draw inferences about the text. (R 11.1)
3. Students will trace introductions and development of characters. (R 11.3)