The Great Gatsby Close Reading & Analysis Questions, Chapters 7-9
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The Great Gatsby Close Reading & Analysis Questions Chapters 5-6
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The Great Gatsby Analysis Questions, Chapters 3-4
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The Great Gatsby Analysis Questions, Chapters 1-2
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Vocabulary Unit Four Exercises
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Vocabulary Unit Four List
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Truth, Lies or Rumors Matrix Format
Use this template as a format for recording information about Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby.
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Color Imagery Journal Format
Use this template as the format for recording observations regarding colors and their connotations in The Great Gatsby. You will do a project based on your analysis after reading the novel, so be careful not to fall behind.
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"Winter Dreams" Analysis Questions
Read F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story, "Winter Dreams," and then answer these analysis questions to further your understanding.
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Vocabulary Unit Three Exercises
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Vocabulary Unit Three List
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Biographical Analysis: Modern Literature
Use this matrix to help you analyze modern authors' biographical influences in their literary works
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Modern Literary Authors
Review biographical sketches for each modern author as you analyze their short stories. Then complete the Biographical Analysis matrix.
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The "American Dream" in Modern Literature
Use this template to create your analysis chart for attitudes about the "American Dream" in modern novels, short stories and poems
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Spring Semester Vocabulary Unit 2 Exercises
Practice using vocabulary words in context
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Spring Semester Vocabulary Unit 2 List
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Spring Semester Vocabulary Unit 1 Exercises
Practice using vocabulary words correctly
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Spring Semester Vocabulary Unit 1 List
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Analysis of Literary Period Characteristics in Ethan Frome
Characteristics of Realism, Regionalism and Naturalism plus a sample table format for evaluating Ethan Frome
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Figurative Elements: Comic Devices
Definitions for some of the comic devices commonly used by authors
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Mark Twain's Autobiography
A biographical sketch of Mark Twain's life
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Civil War & Social Protest Assignment
Download, print and complete this assignment based on the following pieces:
- "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (Ambrose Bierce)
- "A Mystery of Heroism" (Stephen Crane)
- "A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim" (Walt Whitman)
- Indian Oratories (Chief Speckled Snake and Chief Joseph)
- "What the American Woman Wants" (Elizabeth Cady Stanton)
- "What the Black Man Wants" (Frederick Douglass)
Bring to class prepared for discussion!
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From Romance to Realism: Background Notes
Use these notes to provide you with a background for Realism, particularly Civil War and post-Civil War literature and its characteristics
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A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim
Text of Walt Whitman's Civil War poem
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Emerson's "Self-Reliance" Analysis Questions
Complete these analysis questions after reading Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self-Reliance"
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TP-CASTT Poetry Analysis
Use this table to help you systematically analyze any poem.
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ALIS Analysis
PPT class notes on how to write your literary analysis
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ALIS Overview
What do the final weeks of the semester look like with ALIS? Use these notes to keep yourself organized.
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Romanticism Background Notes
Use these notes as an introduction to the American Romantic literary movement.
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The Fall of the House of Usher Analytical Questions
Use these questions as a guide while you read through Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher. Your thinking will help you contribute effectively in class.
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Comparative Outline Sample
Use this example comparative outline to guide you as you compare Puritan writing and Rationalist writing
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ALIS Novel List 2007
Peruse this list and select a novel that you are really interested in reading through the rest of this semester.
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Comparing Revolutionary Writers
Compare the rhetorical devices and structures of Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson
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Franklin's 13 Virtues
After reading an excerpt from Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, analyze his 13 virtues presented in contemporary language
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Letter to Governor Bellingham Writing Prompt (The Scarlet Letter)
Instructions for writing a letter to Governor Bellingham regarding the "problem" of Hester Prynne
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SAT Vocabulary Unit One
Terms related to using few words or being quiet
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How to Write a Meaningful Sentence
Use this handout to help you design meaningful sentences for your SAT vocab assignments
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Half-Hanged Mary
Text of "Half-Hanged Mary," a poem about Mary Webster. She was accused of witchcraft in the 1680s in a Massachusetts Puritan town and subsequently hanged. Although left hanging all night, she survived and this poem describes her attitude.
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Plain Style Writing
Practice identifying characteristics of Puritan plain style writing using William Bradford's Plymouth Plantation excerpt
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Societal Outcasts & Punishment
Guidelines for a research project about the interaction between society and its outcasts
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Mary Rowlandson Critical Analysis Questions
Critical analysis related to Mary Rowlandson's "A Narrative of the Captivity"
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John Smith 's "Generall Historie of Virginia, New England and the Summer Isles"
Read a brief excerpt from John Smith's "Generall Historie of Virginia, New England and the Summer Isles". Then answer three quick analysis questions about the excerpt.
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William Bradford's "Of Plymouth Plantation" Critical Thinking Questions
After reading an excerpt from "Of Plymouth Plantation" by William Bradford, complete these critical thinking questions.
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Puritanism in America: 1600-1700
Powerpoint background notes for the Puritan literary period
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MLA Format Template
Download and save this document to use as a template for MLA papers.
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Brief History of Native American Oral Tradition
Download, print and read through this quick bit of information about early American oral literature
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Native American Oral Tradition Stories & Analysis Questions
Read this selection of traditional Native American myths, as well as the Hebrew creation story, and complete corresponding analysis questions
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Critical Analysis Questions ("Beginnings to 1800")
Read "Beginnings to 1800" in your text (1-18) and answer analysis questions. Be sure your answers are complete and thoughtful.
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Essential Understandings & Guiding Questions
Statements and questions that drive this class's design
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American Dream Collage Poster
Create a collage that reflects your undersatnding of and beliefs about America. Your collage will focus on ideals and values, societal issues, as well as strengths and weaknesses of America.
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American Lit Syllabus 2007-08
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