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Poetry Analysis Help
Poetry Types and Terminology 51 Types of Poetry Mainly single sentence definitions of different types of poems. Poetry Forms and Terminology Each form and term is linked to definitions and/orexamples. Poetry-Wikipedia The sections on elements and genre might prove helpful. … Continue reading
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Developing the Class Utopia
Note: These are the directions my students will be using in order to complete portions of their Utopian Society Project. Some questions to discuss as a group What are the core values that the class agrees on and wants to … Continue reading
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Virtual World Directions
Note: These are the directions my students will be using in order to complete portions of their Utopian Society Project. Virtual World Directions: Choose five places, buildings or rooms that you feel are important to your story. For each place, … Continue reading
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Utopian Society Project
We have been examining the formation of a society. Recall that we have looked at Plato’s ideal society, the Republic. We examined Thomas More’s Utopia. In groups, we created preliminary ideal societies. We looked at leaders within societies, such as … Continue reading
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Changes to my Instruction
It is not easy to decide how to transform your instruction when you are given free rein on how that transformation is to take shape. If I were told, I must improve my instruction by making sure that I have … Continue reading
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Transformation
In the movie, The Matrix, machines have taken over the world and created a virtual reality designed to keep humans in a content, comatose state in order to harvest the energy produced by living bodies. Agent Smith, a virtual G-man … Continue reading
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Discussion Analysis
On January 19th, 2009 the sophomore class of XXXXXXX High School were asked to partake in a discussion about community service in response to a brief video featuring President Obama talking about the importance of Martin Luther King , Jr. … Continue reading
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Class Analysis
It is useful to examine the Freshman English class of XXXXXXX High School’s data on racial background, economic background, parent education level, parent occupation, and political background and district size to analyze how it is situated in the overall educational, … Continue reading
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Canon Analysis
InXXXXXX High School’s Freshmen English course the following literary works will be studied this year: The Odyssey, Romeo and Juliet, To Kill a Mockingbird, “The Necklace”, “The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Gift of the Magi.” The entire “canon” is … Continue reading
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