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• Answered a Question in Edgar Allan Poe

  Hawthorne's tales, whether we are looking at Young Goodman Brown (a short story) or The Scarlet Letter (a novel), almost always...

• Answered a Question in Frankenstein

  Just as Said throws the Orient and the Occident into stark contrast with one another, so is Frankenstein's creature thrown into stark...

• Answered a Question in T. S. Eliot

  Put simply, only by "pushing the envelope" can you find out what you are capable of. Eliot here is saying that only when humans test...

• Answered a Question in Teaching Community

  Not to be redundant, but I too enjoy TKAM, along with Hamlet, The Crucible, and almost anything by Edgar Allan Poe. I prefer American Lit...

• Answered a Question in Teaching Community

  The read-aloud idea was especially good, and I have developed a slight modification to it: Using an audio recording of the literature...

• Answered a Question in Social Sciences

  I agree with Mshurn, to a great extent, but would add one more strategy that is currently proving beneficial: Project-Based Learning....

• Answered a Question in The Old Man and the Sea

  Even if you can't take them on a fishing trip per se, you may be able to simulate or replicate the experience in some other, more...

• Answered a Question in Literature

  I enjoy kiddy lit in the summer as a break from the heavier stuff of the school year. I plan to finish a series of books called the...

• Answered a Question in Teaching Community

  I'd love to give the trite, cliche, and sadly overused answer, "To make a difference," but the real truth is, I like to teach because...

• Answered a Question in English teachers

  Small groups are great, as other posters have said, but really, there are days when I actually miss the clusters of 24-30 students in...