“Verse” of the
Week
Escape At
Bedtime by Robert Louis Stevenson
The lights from the parlour
and kitchen shone out
Through the blinds and windows and bars;
And high overhead
and all moving about,
There were thousands of millions of stars
There ne’er were
such thousands of leaves on a tree,
Nor of people in church or the Park,
As the crowds of the
stars that looked down upon me,
And that glittered and winked in the dark.
The Dog, and the
Plough, and the Hunter, and all,
And the star of the sailor, and Mars,
These shone in the
sky, and the pail by the wall
Would be half full of water and stars.
They saw me at last,
and they chased me with cries,
And they soon had packed into bed;
But the glory kept
shining and bright in my eyes,
And the stars going round in my head.
q Discussion: Fall Constellations (see Astronomy Notes – Unit 3f)
q Discussion: Stars and Constellations REVIEW (see Astronomy Notes – Unit 3)
q Worksheet: Chart of the Brightest Stars
q Review
for Stars and Constellations Quiz: notes from class, vocabulary, reading
q Quiz
#2: “Stars and Constellations” (due Thursday, 5/24)
q Discussion: Review quiz results
q Discussion: Exploration and the Universe
Have a wonderful summer!
Mr.
Owen