“The Secretary Chant,” by Marge Piercy

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Due Monday, April 5, 2010

@ 12:00 Noon EDT

Post a comment assignment: Working 9 to 5, and then some . . .:

http://english102wcc01.blogspot.com/2010/04/working-9-to-5-and-then-some.html

Read "The Secretary Chant" on page 428 of our textbook

or access the text online at: http://wordsworth2.net/poems/secretarychant.htm

Write a First Response to "The Secretary Chant."

Use the following writing prompts: Could you relate to the secretary's feelings about her role at the office? Why is it significant to the poem's meaning that the speak is a woman? What part of the poem affected you most? Why?

Or free-write your own response.

Be sure to provide specific textual details and quotes from the poem to justify and/or explain your response. Remember, a first response is not a summary -- use 2-3 quotes from the poem and tell how the poem affected you.

Guidelines for first response papers are at the following link:

Guidelines for first response papers are at the following link:

http://english102wcc01.blogspot.com/2010/03/first-response-paper-guidelines_6704.html

If you have any questions about the assignment, send me an e-mail at english102wcc@gmail.com, and allow up to 24 hours for a response (although I will most likely get back to you much sooner than that).