Category: English and Language Arts

  • English: Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Literature

    Day One French Literature (Read Both Ans #1,3-6) Russia 1812 “The Expatiation”  by V. Hugo “The Piece of String” by G. de Maupassant Russian Literature “The Long Exile” by L. Tolstoy “A Problem” by A. Chekov Discuss the essence of Russian Literature and how it is uniquely different from other European writings, like Hugo and Maupassant. Day…

  • Short Order Poetry

    Students are to write a poem while using a random picture from the Wikimedia Commons daily photos page. Post at least two of your poems as a Comment to this assignment. Here are my poems from today in psudeo-tanka format. Aching Bones, Warm Bed Waking, Looking out Bright cold morning walk Tight chest, breathing Thoughts…

  • English: Taming of the Shrew/10Things I Hate About You

    We began our short week today and our English class is begining a three day viewing of 10 Things I Hate About You. Students will fine links to the worksheet TameShrew about the original play here. (Wiki) Complete the Character comparison chart. Create a similarity t-chart between the play and movie. List scenes that were…

  • Judgement of Dante’s Inferno

    For the past two weeks, students have been reading pieces of literature from the Middle ages and the Renaissance. Last week we have read pieces of Arthurian legends, Norse Mythology, the Nibelungenlied, Candide, and Don Quixote. This week we read excerpts from Dante‘s Inferno, both as a class and individually. Groups of students generated small picture…

  • Book Review: Nectar in a Sieve

    Nectar in a Sieve by Kamala Markandaya My rating: 5 of 5 stars One of the best readings on colonial India. Told from the POV of a village woman from the day of her marriage until late in her life. Students seem to really enjoy the straight forward and simple narrative. I first read this…

  • NCTE Secondary Section: Do WE Make a Difference? – Happiness as a Goal of Education

    Every once in awhile, teachers and bloggers post something exciting and refreshing about education. Too many say something terriblly negative and lose the concept of why we do this great work and fight the good fight everyday. This post by Dan Bruno on the NCTE Secondary Education Blog is a great read and very refreshing. After…