Tag: Literature

  • English: Asian Literature Unit

    Unit outline: ENG-U06-Asia Students will be studying the elements of Indian, Chinese, and Japanese Literature. Each day they will read a selection of poetry and prose work. Stduents will be given some choices as to which readings they wish to complete. The following is a tentative schedule of reading days. Students will be expected to have the…

  • 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…

  • You are what you read as a Young Adult, Kinda.

    What books make you who you will be someday? Do you share any of that book-related inner growth with the adults in your life? And do you reflect some of your parent’s interest in reading? The following article is a great look at the relationship between what we read as children and the types of…

  • 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…