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Questions, comments, anything not directly related to the content of the site - but the site itself: How to get around, who are we, why are we here - and who took all of the cheese.
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A forum on how to find - what you've found - and how you think we could make it easier to find things on AwaytoTeach.
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4 | 42 | 7 weeks 3 days ago by firecracker |
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Questions, comments, and ideas about the use of audio on AwaytoTeach.
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1 | 3 | 1 year 26 weeks ago by scotese |
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If you have a topic that you want to post about points or the community - this is the place to do it.
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3 | 21 | 6 weeks 5 days ago by Jacklyn |
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If it's in the English Classroom, and it's not about reading - then it's probably about Writing - and this is the container for all things related to Writing from a teacher's point of view.
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A forum for topics on ways, ideas, and strategies for the teaching of writing.
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6 | 83 | 1 week 3 days ago by acdc080109 |
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All topics related to the research paper should be posted in this forum. These are primarily from a teacher's perspective.
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2 | 53 | 5 weeks 8 hours ago by bwheeler |
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All forums related to discussing literature.
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Anything pertaining to British Literature that is NOT related to Shakespeare or his works (geeze he gets his own category?)
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Books and Authors that fall into British Literature. Feel free to add an author (topic) here.
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7 | 113 | 3 weeks 1 day ago by healigan |
| 7 | 119 | 4 hours 28 min ago by lsavoy |
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Anything related to the Anglo-Saxons, that is NOT related to Beowulf or Grendel (they have their own movies -- now they have their own forums too).
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1 | 5 | 5 days 1 hour ago by mlcoffman |
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Questions, comments, and queries on the Anglo-Saxon hero, Beowulf.
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2 | 42 | 1 day 3 hours ago by tiamiller |
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Comments, questions, and observations about Chaucer and his work.
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1 | 51 | 1 week 3 days ago by acdc080109 |
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A forum for teaching the works of Geoffrey Chaucer, specifically, The Canterbury Tales.
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1 | 62 | 1 week 3 days ago by Tyler.Erlandson |
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A forum to hold topics related to the Elizabethan, Jacobean, and British Renaissance eras.
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A forum dedicated to everything about John Milton
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1 | 2 | 45 weeks 6 days ago by aprogers |
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A forum on the English Metaphysical Poet.
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3 | 52 | 27 weeks 10 hours ago by bathingbeauty62 |
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From Burns to Byron and all in between.
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If there is no more specific forum available - post your topic about an author or book in this forum.
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2 | 7 | 21 weeks 3 days ago by Anonymous |
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The artist, the poet, the mystic -- the visionary.
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2 | 3 | 1 year 1 week ago by larry |
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Discuss, comment, and interpret Blake's sayings and proverbs.
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1 | 14 | 1 year 1 week ago by larry |
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A Forum on William Wordsworth: his poems, letters, and other writings.
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1 | 12 | 46 weeks 4 days ago by jamimik |
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A forum containing topics and posts on the Romantic poet, John Keats.
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2 | 19 | 16 weeks 6 days ago by scotese |
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Forums and postings on the Romantic Poet, critic, and author of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
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1 | 3 | 29 weeks 2 days ago by Shawnaf |
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A forum for topics on Lord Byron - the late Romantic poet.
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1 | 28 | 46 weeks 3 days ago by shaybell_wy2010 |
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A forum for the works of Jane Austen. Feel free to start any kind of topic related to Miss Austen at this forum.
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3 | 29 | 21 weeks 5 days ago by miles |
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A container to hold forums on British Writers of the Victorian Era.
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Any and all Victorian Authors of the British Commonwealth
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2 | 18 | 8 weeks 1 day ago by firecracker |
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If you have a topic that does not fit within any single author or idea of the Victorians -- this is the place to put it.
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1 | 3 | 1 year 28 weeks ago by scotese |
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A forum for topics and postings on the poetry, life, and work of Matthew Arnold.
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3 | 12 | 46 weeks 1 day ago by shaybell_wy2010 |
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Perhaps this will grow and be subdivided if demand requires - but at the moment this contains all of the forums for British Authors that followed the Victorians.
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A forum to hold all topics related to the Irish author, James Joyce.
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4 | 109 | 12 weeks 4 days ago by yellowcurl22 |
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A forum to discuss, comment on, and ask questions about T.H. White's novel, The Once and Future King.
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2 | 64 | 7 weeks 3 days ago by scotese |
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A forum for topics related to Tom Stoppard and his play Arcadia (and other plays as well as the need emerges)
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6 | 388 | 12 weeks 17 hours ago by dolphin19 |
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The place for all forums related to Macbeth.
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If you want to start a topic on a Shakespeare play not listed in the Shakespeare Forum - this is the place to do it.
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1 | 8 | 1 year 4 weeks ago by smccabe29 |
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What do we know about the Bard or was the Bard even the Bard?
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1 | 26 | 3 weeks 6 days ago by eraysc |
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William Shakespeare's Hamlet -- start all topics related to Hamlet in this forum.
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2 | 10 | 5 weeks 6 days ago by kkempsey10 |
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A forum to discuss all things Hal, Falstaff, Hotspur and the rest of the crowd.
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Questions, comments, and discussions about Shakespeare's Scottish Play.
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4 | 151 | 4 weeks 2 hours ago by senoramiss |
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Anything specific to Act I -- start a topic here.
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1 | 136 | 28 weeks 3 days ago by Anonymous |
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Anything specific to Act II, add a topic here.
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1 | 125 | 32 weeks 1 day ago by ndlz07 |
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Anything specific to Act III, add a topic here.
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2 | 220 | 24 weeks 1 day ago by hunter51 (not verified) |
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Anything specific to Act IV, add a topic here.
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2 | 248 | 31 weeks 6 days ago by student |
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Anything specific to Act V, add a topic here.
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2 | 22 | 32 weeks 2 days ago by Sarah Plain |
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The general forum for Shakespeare's The Tempest
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4 | 19 | 24 weeks 2 days ago by mbarthelmes |
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Is Caliban evil because of his nature -- or is it Prospero that has made him what he is? In any case cite specific lines in your discussion.
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1 | 5 | 1 year 25 weeks ago by meepWY2010 |
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A container for all Sonnet Forums.
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A discussion that extends beyond one single sonnet.
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2 | 4 | 21 weeks 16 hours ago by kmlewis |
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All topics on the practical (or not) aspects of teaching Shakespeare in the classroom. I suppose this could have gone in our pedagogy section rather than in the literature section - but it seems so much more cozy here.
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3 | 140 | 1 week 6 days ago by acdc080109 |
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Ideas, questions, and comments about how to teach Shakespeare's Sonnets.
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1 | 19 | 11 weeks 1 day ago by Anonymous |
| 2 | 8 | 3 weeks 3 days ago by Kate Shan |
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From the Puritans up to the mid-1800's - if you have a topic to post about those writers and their texts - this is the place to do it.
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1 | 13 | 3 weeks 5 days ago by Ms. B |
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This forum will contain topics pertaining to American Literature
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5 | 16 | 3 weeks 3 days ago by Kate Shan |
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Not to be confused with the movie that shares the name - and nothing else. This is a forum dedicated to the tale of a little boy who looks like a mouse and decides to head off to find the bird that he loves.
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1 | 33 | 1 year 13 weeks ago by livywy2010 |
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The books, short stories, and poetry of Ernest Hemingway.
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Questions and comments related to Hemingway's collection of inter-related short stories: In Our Time.
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6 | 71 | 15 weeks 1 day ago by cdcorona |
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A forum for the very short story depicting refugees in Turkey after World War I and what has been described by at least one critic as the most ironic piece of fiction ever written. There is also a discussion here about the nature of fiction vs. nonfiction.
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2 | 234 | 12 weeks 20 hours ago by yellowcurl22 |
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Questions, comments, and observations about the short story "Indian Camp"
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3 | 103 | 21 weeks 1 day ago by evamexikanawy2010 |
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A forum for topic on Hemingway's story from In Our Time - Soldier's Home.
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2 | 71 | 21 weeks 18 hours ago by sunshine |
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Ernest Hemingway's story from In Our Time.
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2 | 204 | 25 weeks 2 days ago by blameitontheboogie |
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A forum on the American author and essayist, E.B. White.
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A forum on E.B. White's novel (for children and adults), Stuart Little.
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1 | 9 | 14 weeks 3 days ago by christyt |
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A forum on E.B. White's Stuart Little
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A discussion of E.B. White's short story about a man who has bizarre thoughts.
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A forum for topics for everything related to the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird.
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1 | 19 | 3 weeks 6 days ago by eraysc |
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A place for students and educators to share ideas about John Gardner's modern updating of the Beowulf Story.
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11 | 132 | 19 weeks 1 day ago by scotese |
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A container to hold forums on the works of Toni Morrison
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A forum on Toni Morrison's masterpiece, Song of Solomon.
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2 | 11 | 1 year 15 weeks ago by Anonymous |
| 1 | 2 | 1 year 45 weeks ago by Anonymous |
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A forum for discussing Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street.
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1 | 7 | 46 weeks 4 days ago by Anonymous |
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A forum on Nicole Krauss's The History of Love.
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3 | 17 | 1 year 33 weeks ago by scotese |
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Books and Authors that fall in the World Literature realm.
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3 | 23 | 4 weeks 5 days ago by c.love |
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A forum for topics on Elie Wiesel's Holocaust novel, Night.
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1 | 11 | 6 weeks 2 days ago by senae |
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A forum for topics related to Candide and other works by the French author, Voltaire.
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1 | 4 | 1 year 11 weeks ago by scotese |
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A discussion of Erich Remarque's novel, its content and its impact.
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5 | 179 | 31 weeks 6 days ago by flavoredchips |
| 4 | 20 | 11 weeks 14 hours ago by GGB |
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If its short enough you can post it - or you can just describe it and tell us why you love it.
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1 | 68 | 1 day 3 hours ago by tiamiller |
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Forums related to the use of text-centered teaching in the classroom.
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Annotated texts created using the co-ment software and website as implemented at AwaytoTeach.
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3 | 19 | 5 weeks 4 hours ago by Lisa_D |
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Post here to ask any questions or to comment on the role of "sticking with the text," in education.
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14 | 699 | 15 hours 19 min ago by McAuley_English |
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A forum on the ideas of Stephen Booth.
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A forum on the use and creation of Illuminated Texts -- texts with accompanying music that are created with Power Point and that illuminate and explicate a given text (story, poem, etc.)
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2 | 5 | 15 weeks 1 day ago by Dana |
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Not how to do something on your computer (using Power Point or Flash), but rather why to do it -- and how to do it better. How to make a better Illuminated Text.
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What are the big ideas here -- how do we get started. Answer a topic below or start your own.
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8 | 133 | 3 weeks 5 days ago by senae |
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Tips about the big and general ideas - nontechnical -- about creating a powerful Illuminated Text.
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3 | 152 | 15 hours 24 min ago by McAuley_English |
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Technical questions and discussion on using Adobe (or Macromedia) Flash to create Illuminated Texts.
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If you have general questions or need help with Flash post them here.
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16 | 147 | 20 weeks 3 days ago by alford215@prodi... |
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Questions and discussions about using Sound with Flash to create Illuminated Texts.
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4 | 61 | 15 weeks 1 day ago by Dana |
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If you've learned something cool about creating Illuminated Texts with Flash and want to share it with the world - post it here.
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2 | 24 | 44 weeks 2 days ago by Poohbear26 |
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Questions and discussions about the technical aspects and approaches to creating Illuminated Texts using Power Point.
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This forum will contain topics on problems and help with creating a Power Point Illuminated Text
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6 | 22 | 6 weeks 2 days ago by Lisa_D |
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Sound from Illuminated Text, uploaded audio, or any other project mentioned or alluded to on this website.
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3 | 40 | 46 weeks 3 days ago by scotese |
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If you have ideas or suggestions for using the web to annotate a text -- post them here.
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1 | 3 | 2 years 32 weeks ago by scotese |
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Issues related to teaching and learning.
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| 32 | 543 | 4 hours 41 min ago by lsavoy |
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Related to the art and mechanics of teaching.
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15 | 485 | 4 days 7 hours ago by vtristan |
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A container for all things that have technology and education in common.
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Topics about the use (or nonuse) of Technology in the Classroom.
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5 | 79 | 1 week 6 days ago by acdc080109 |
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Of special interest to English Teachers.
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15 | 147 | 18 weeks 5 days ago by Lisa_D |
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A place for English Teachers to ask for and respond to calls for lessons.
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2 | 5 | 7 weeks 5 days ago by Jacklyn |
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Anything that is about how English teachers go about their profession - questions, answers, and comments.
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4 | 85 | 14 hours 58 min ago by McAuley_English |
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For forums on the joy of reading, favorites, tips, movies, and anything that does not fit within the specifics of a genre, nation, or literary approach.
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Favorite books, authors, characters, guilty pleasures - whatever.
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2 | 18 | 3 weeks 6 days ago by eraysc |
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A set of forums dedicated to poetry in general rather than by time period or geographical origin.
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A general forum for the Poetry Container
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2 | 36 | 4 days 5 hours ago by vtristan |
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Lee Byron's poetry visualizations - comments, questions, and discussion.
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1 | 1 | 2 years 20 weeks ago by scotese |
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A place for posting and discussing your favorite poem.
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1 | 12 | 1 year 27 weeks ago by mollybarnacle |
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Movies that are shown in my class, but may have general interest to members of this site as well.
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A movie that I show after the first week of school - when we are studying the nature of Truth - and have read "The Allegory of the Cave," "Young Goodman Brown," and "The Night Face Up." It is the tale of a man who leaves his village as a young man and returns (or not) many years later.
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1 | 92 | 15 weeks 2 days ago by tswizzle |
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What do you think about this movie? Do you have any questions - comments - anguish - anything? Post them here.
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1 | 2 | 1 year 45 weeks ago by KatyDid |
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If you have a question or you feel you can help someone out who does have question -- this is the place to come.
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Related to the first reading -- or if you're not in my class to pre-20th century literary criticism.
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1 | 3 | 28 weeks 2 days ago by Talib |
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Post a topic or question here -- or a comment -- or a disagreement -- anything really is fine.
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1 | 8 | 2 years 27 weeks ago by Fresh-TMarie |
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Anything related to the literary critical idea of New Historicism.
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1 | 6 | 1 year 27 weeks ago by ed1 |
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Questions, answers, inquiries, etc. on the idea of the possibility or impossibility of Author Intentionality.
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1 | 9 | 2 years 27 weeks ago by scotese |
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Questions, aporia (don't worry you'll know), confusion, comments or love letters to the idea of deconstructionism.
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1 | 83 | 25 weeks 2 days ago by Waffles. |
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Literary Criticism related to Marxist Theory.
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A forum on the ideas, implications, of Stephen Booth and "Stephen Booth moments."
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1 | 15 | 1 year 23 weeks ago by snippets |
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This is only of interest to Mr. Scotese's classes at Whitney Young - other users should not even be able to see these forums.
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My class of juniors and sophomores at Whitney Young. This is of no interest if you are not a student or parent here.
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A forum for class assignments for English III - Mr. Scotese's class at Whitney Young High School.
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2 | 21 | 33 weeks 3 days ago by yarburo |
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A forum for questions about the assignment and posting your theme and translation.
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These forum topics are only intended for Mr. Scotese's English Class at Whitney Young Magnet High School.
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Mr. Scotese's research project for his English III students - using what they have learned this year as a practical and realistic approach to learning research methodologies.
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Forums for your required weekly posting will be found here. Don't make this busy work -- be thoughtful and specific in a way that will help others. Remember, you may print out your replies to others and based on how specific and helpful they are -- you may get extra credit for your postings (though that should not be your primary motivation in helping each other).
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| 21 | 166 | 9 weeks 4 days ago by firecracker |
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Everything related to the assignment The Graceland Tales
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A forum only for students (and alumni) of Mr. Scotese's World Lit class at Whitney Young Magnet High School in Chicago.
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A forum to hold all topics related to the World Literature 2010 final project on Song of Solomon
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| 1 | 8 | 2 years 41 weeks ago by yayz0rs |
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If you have a question about an assignment or if there is an announcement about assignments - find them here.
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This container is for Journalism in general -- rather than my class. It is open to all registered users.
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Post a topic here about the media's coverage of Sports.
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1 | 12 | 43 weeks 4 days ago by mizzoutiger07 |
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A container for all alumni - Scotese, Folger, CLIPP
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All things associated with students that have had Mr. Scotese as a teacher.
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A forum for alumni of Mr. Scotese to discuss what is going on with their lives now -- and what went on with their lives then...
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1 | 1 | 2 years 49 weeks ago by scotese |
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It doesn't matter if it's honors or regulars -- if you have something to say and you lived through the class (or part of it) - post it here.
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A forum for all those who have taken (no you don't have to have passed or even have finished the year out) Journalism/World Literature and its successor - World Literature - War & Struggle.
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Hardly anyone knows that I taught 7th and 8th grade -- but I did -- and here's your chance to share some memories of it.
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| 1 | 2 | 2 years 5 weeks ago by captainhowdy |
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The place to post, ask questions, and just have a good time talking to former members of the CLIPP program at Dartmouth.
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A kind of "meta" forum - if you need help getting sound to work, finding something, or want to participate in what the future of this site should be - this is the place to go.
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Any questions or discussions about Illuminated Texts as they appear (or not) on this website should come here. This is not a Forum on Illuminated Texts and how to create them. This is more about how to you view or listen to or find them on our website.
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1 | 3 | 1 year 34 weeks ago by scotese |
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Forums, topics, and posting for Whitney Young English Teachers.
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A place for topics and postings about teaching English at Whitney Young Magnet High School in Chicago.
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Topics and postings about the Research Paper at Whitney Young.
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A place to discuss books, stories, ideas from the classroom, and upcoming events. Remember, if you have a question about an individual student or about classroom policy, please send Mr. Scotese an email or give me a call any time. Thanks!
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