• ENG10 Weekly Update Jan 26-30

    Unit 03: The Epics of Troy Readings on The Iliad and The Aeneid.  Class Presentation Read Books of Iliad Vocabulary and Grammar Group 3 Verbs Weekly Blogs Which of the Major Characters would be your friend? Which of the female characters should be considered strong woman? Who is the real tragic hero Achilles or Aeneas? Who was the…

  • Khan Academy SAT Prep: Sentence Completion

    Another great resource from the Khan Academy SAT Prep: Sentence Completion

  • ENG10 Weekly Update Jan 20

    Arabic Fiction: “The Fisherman and The Jinne” Excerpt from Thousanc and One Arabia Nights Eample of a frame story Unit Two: Review Literature Terms: Theme, Narrative, Protagonist, Antagonist, Static Character, Dynamic Character Poetry Terms: Parallelism and Antithesis Freytag’s Pyramid Quiz: Vocabulary Gropu 2 and Grammar: Nouns and Pronouns Vocab Definitions Nouns and Pronouns Unit Three:…

  • ENG10 Weekly Update Jan 12

    Ancient Texts: Flood “The Flood” and “The Return” from Gilgamesh “Noah and the Ark” from Book of Genesis “Deucalion” and “Tata and Nena” Choice of blog postings: Why do different cultures have a common flood story? Hebrew Bible Reading: Book of Ruth Choice of blog postings: Is the story of Ruth a tale of love, compassion, or…

  • Soph. English Opening Week

    Sophomore English Week One Class Syllabus : Google Doc WordPress: Developing your Blog Google Search Education Day One: Search Terms and Google Day Two: How Searches Work Day Three: Credible Resources and Narrowing Searches Day Four: Creating an Annotated Bibliography

  • 2014 Blogging by the Numbers

    Thanks to ask my students and friends for making this a great year in blogging. The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 7,400 times in 2014. If it were a NYC subway…