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Virtually each handout, assignment and presentation provided in class is stored in the first two columns listed below. I will also post audio versions of important lectures in the podcast section of this page as a means of helping you prepare for assessments. Finally, you can access additional information and / or guidance through the supplementary web sites located to the extreme right.
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The Great Wave off Kanagawa, Katsushika Hokusai
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DOCUMENTS
General
Course Outline
Syllabus
Digital Portfolio
Socratic Dialogue
Summer Assignment
Literary Analysis
Allusion Cards Assignment
Frankenstein Analysis Packet
Characteristics of Gothicism & Romanticism
Relativity of Good and Evil
Influence of Archetypes on Theme
When Reality Trumps Idealism
American Existentialism Personified
Willy's Brother Ben - Insights into
Character
& Theme
Analyzing Iago's Soliloquies
Peeling Away Layers of Meaning
The Character of Religious Belief
The Erosion of Childhood
Innocence
Hardship, Suffering & the
Human Condition
Symbolism & Theme in Crime
& Punishment
Raskolnikov's Petrovich
Huxley as a Satirical Philosopher
Writing
On Writing Essays
Essay Grading Rubric
Writing about Literature
Sentence Styles
Using Quotations Effectively
Introductions & Conclusions
Effective Body Paragraphs
What Is & Isn't Plagiarism
Effective Transitions
Grammar
Ind. & Dep. Clauses
Semi-colons
Colons
Appositive Phrases
Sentence Fragments
Comma Splices
Run-On Sentences
Sentence Combining 1
Sentence Combining 2
Sentence Combining 3
Reading
Read Literature Like a Professor
How to Mark a Book
Questions to Ask While Reading
How to Do a Close Reading
How to Read a Poem
Strategy A - Question the Author
Strategy B - Repeated Reading
Critical Thinking
Critiquing Your Thinking
Valuable Intellectual Traits
How to Study & Learn
Socratic Questioning
The Elements of Reasoning
Using Bloom's Taxonomy to
Create Questions
The AP Exam
Study Skills: Reading
Study Skills: Writing
Multiple Choice Strategies
Sample Questions & Scoring
Fine Art Appreciation
Understanding Art
Classical Music Online
Understanding Jazz
Vocabulary Development
Master Vocabulary List
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MULTI-MEDIA
Literary Analysis
Human Ambition & Law of
Unintended Consequences
Introduction to The Things
They Carried
Heroism, Courage & Duty in TTC
Spiritual Response to Crisis
& Suffering
Politics vs. Realism, Administration
vs. Execution in War
The Loss of Innocence
Introduction to The Piano Lesson
Themes, Motifs & Symbols in
The Piano Lesson
African Retensions & Ghosts in
The Piano Lesson
Introduction to Death of a
Salesman
Introduction to Othello
Issues of Race & Gender in
Othello
Introduction to Life of Pi
Human Ritual & Animal Instinct
Allegory, Motif & Symbolism in
Life of Pi
The Meaning of Life
(or Something Like That)
Rationalism in Crime &
Punishment
The Five Motives of
Raskolnikov
Freudian & Jungian Views on
Crime & Punishment
The Spiritual & Rational Worlds
Collide
Petrovich as the Modern
Socrates
Pessimism & Hope
Dsytopia, Science Fiction in
Brave New World
Social Conditioning as an Agent of
Order or Oppression?
Elements and Function of Satire
Platonic Ideals of Truth, Beauty
& Goodness
Spirituality & Consumerism
Writing
On Writing Essays
Writing about Literature
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PODCASTS
Literary Analysis
Human Ambition & Law of
Unintended Consequences
Introduction to The Things
They Carried
Heroism, Courage & Duty in TTC
Spiritual Response to Crisis
& Suffering
Politics vs. Realism, Administration
vs. Execution in War
The Loss of Innocence
Introduction to The Piano Lesson
Themes, Motifs & Symbols in
The Piano Lesson
African Retensions & Ghosts in
The Piano Lesson
Introduction to Death of a
Salesman
Introduction to Othello
Issues of Race & Gender in
Othello
Introduction to Life of Pi
Human Ritual & Animal Instinct
Allegory, Motif & Symbolism in
Life of Pi
The Meaning of Life
(or Something Like That)
Rationalism in Crime &
Punishment
The Five Motives of
Raskolnikov
Freudian & Jungian Views on
Crime & Punishment
The Spiritual & Rational Worlds
Collide
Petrovich as the Modern
Socrates
Pessimism & Hope
Dsytopia, Science Fiction in
Brave New World
Social Conditioning as an Agent of
Order or Oppression?
Elements and Function of Satire
Platonic Ideals of Truth, Beauty
& Goodness
Spirituality & Consumerism
Writing
On Writing Essays
Writing about Literature
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WEB SITES
Literary Analysis
Frankenstein Resources
The Things They Carried
Resources
The Piano Lesson Resources
Death of a Salesman
Resources
Othello Resources
Life of Pi Resources
Crime & Punishment
Resources
Brave New World Resources
Writing
On Writing Essays
Essay Grading Rubric
Writing about Literature
Sentence Styles
Using Quotations Effectively
Reading
Read Literature Like a Professor
How to Mark a Book
Questions to Ask While Reading
How to Do a Close Reading
Critical Thinking
Critiquing Your Thinking
Valuable Intellectual Traits
How to Study & Learn
Socratic Questioning
The Elements of Reasoning
Philosophy
Philosophy Database
The AP Exam
Study Skills: Reading
Study Skills: Writing
Multiple Choice Strategies
Sample Questions & Scoring
Fine Art Appreciation
Understanding Art
Classical Music Online
Understanding Jazz
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