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A Discussion Forum on John Gardner's Grendel

There are more topics in this forum on John Gardner's Grendel - than any other forum on this website.  From our changed perception of Grendel to…

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A clash of symbols: A forum on teaching symbolism

Does the teaching of symbolism both in th abstract and how it is applied in a given text, contribute to a student's understanding and/or interest in…

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What are the uses of Illuminated Texts in the classroom?

What is the best way to use Illuminated Texts in the classroom?  How do you use them (if you do)?  Are they most effective as a…

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A Discussion Forum on Nicole Krauss's The History of Love

When I added this book to my curriculum two years ago - it quickly became a student favorite.  If you've read it -  you know why. …

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A Discussion Forum on Becoming a Teacher

Why did you become - or why are you studying to become a teacher?   For some it may have been a lifelong dream - for others…

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A Discussion Forum on the use of technology in the classroom

Everywhere that teachers look around us - we find technology being used in the classroom: Laptops, Smart Boards, Power Point Presentations.  Sure, it's here - but…

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A Forum on Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales

This forum has topics both on teaching Chaucer and on the works themselves.  If you need advice, or if you have some tips for teachers this…

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A Discussion Forum on Macbeth

A place to talk about - comment - and ask questions about Shakespeare's Scottish Play. The forum topics include what is happening in the play as…

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Did Shakespeare write the works attributed to Shakespeare: A Discussion Forum

Was Shakespeare the author of the works that have been attributed to him?  Could it have been the Earl of Oxford, Kit Marlowe, Francis Bacon. And…

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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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Questions, comments, and ideas about the use of audio on AwaytoTeach.
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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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All forums related to discussing literature.
Anything pertaining to British Literature that is NOT related to Shakespeare or his works (geeze he gets his own category?)
Books and Authors that fall into British Literature. Feel free to add an author (topic) here.
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Comments, questions, and observations about Chaucer and his work.
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A forum for teaching the works of Geoffrey Chaucer, specifically, The Canterbury Tales.
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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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Questions, comments, and queries on the Anglo-Saxon hero, Beowulf.
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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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A forum on the English Metaphysical Poet.
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From Burns to Byron and all in between.
The artist, the poet, the mystic -- the visionary.
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Discuss, comment, and interpret Blake's sayings and proverbs.
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A Forum on William Wordsworth: his poems, letters, and other writings.
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A forum containing topics and posts on the Romantic poet, John Keats.
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by Justin
A forum for topics on Lord Byron - the late Romantic poet.
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A container to hold forums on British Writers of the Victorian Era.
Any and all Victorian Authors of the British Commonwealth
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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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by scotese
A forum for topics and postings on the poetry, life, and work of Matthew Arnold.
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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.
A forum to discuss, comment on, and ask questions about T.H. White's novel, The Once and Future King.
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by mhosler
The place for all forums related to Macbeth.
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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What do we know about the Bard or was the Bard even the Bard?
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by Kim K.
William Shakespeare's Hamlet -- start all topics related to Hamlet in this forum.
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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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Anything specific to Act I -- start a topic here.
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Anything specific to Act II, add a topic here.
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Anything specific to Act III, add a topic here.
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Anything specific to Act IV, add a topic here.
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Anything specific to Act V, add a topic here.
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The general forum for Shakespeare's The Tempest
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by mish91wy2010
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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by meepWY2010
A container for all Sonnet Forums.
A discussion that extends beyond one single sonnet.
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by Kirbix
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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by emaestra
Ideas, questions, and comments about how to teach Shakespeare's Sonnets.
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This forum will contain topics pertaining to American Literature
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by sulenka
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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by livywy2010
The books, short stories, and poetry of Ernest Hemingway.
Questions and comments related to Hemingway's collection of inter-related short stories: In Our Time.
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by MStroud
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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by georgepants
Questions, comments, and observations about the short story "Indian Camp"
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by scotese
A forum for topic on Hemingway's story from In Our Time - Soldier's Home.
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by nenelady
Ernest Hemingway's story from In Our Time.
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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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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 place for students and educators to share ideas about John Gardner's modern updating of the Beowulf Story.
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A container to hold forums on the works of Toni Morrison
A forum on Toni Morrison's masterpiece, Song of Solomon.
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by FaithM
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by Anonymous
A forum for discussing Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street.
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A forum on Nicole Krauss's The History of Love.
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Books and Authors that fall in the World Literature realm.
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A forum for topics related to Candide and other works by the French author, Voltaire.
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A discussion of Erich Remarque's novel, its content and its impact.
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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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Forums related to the use of text-centered teaching in the classroom.
Annotated texts created using the co-ment software and website as implemented at AwaytoTeach.
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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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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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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.
What are the big ideas here -- how do we get started. Answer a topic below or start your own.
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Tips about the big and general ideas - nontechnical -- about creating a powerful Illuminated Text.
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Technical questions and discussion on using Adobe (or Macromedia) Flash to create Illuminated Texts.
If you have general questions or need help with Flash post them here.
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Questions and discussions about using Sound with Flash to create Illuminated Texts.
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Questions and discussions about the technical aspects and approaches to creating Illuminated Texts using Power Point.
This forum will contain topics on problems and help with creating a Power Point Illuminated Text
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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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If you have ideas or suggestions for using the web to annotate a text -- post them here.
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Issues related to teaching and learning.
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A container for all things that have technology and education in common.
Topics about the use (or nonuse) of Technology in the Classroom.
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Of special interest to English Teachers.
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A place for English Teachers to ask for and respond to calls for lessons.
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Anything that is about how English teachers go about their profession - questions, answers, and comments.
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A forum for topics on ways, ideas, and strategies for the teaching of writing.
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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.
Favorite books, authors, characters, guilty pleasures - whatever.
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by Justin
A set of forums dedicated to poetry in general rather than by time period or geographical origin.
Lee Byron's poetry visualizations - comments, questions, and discussion.
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by scotese
A place for posting and discussing your favorite poem.
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by mollybarnacle
Movies that are shown in my class, but may have general interest to members of this site as well.
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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What do you think about this movie? Do you have any questions - comments - anguish - anything? Post them here.
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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.
Related to the first reading -- or if you're not in my class to pre-20th century literary criticism.
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by nigams
Post a topic or question here -- or a comment -- or a disagreement -- anything really is fine.
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by Fresh-TMarie
Anything related to the literary critical idea of New Historicism.
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Questions, answers, inquiries, etc. on the idea of the possibility or impossibility of Author Intentionality.
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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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by JenniHiggs
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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by veneficus
This is only of interest to Mr. Scotese's classes at Whitney Young - other users should not even be able to see these forums.
My class of juniors and sophomores at Whitney Young. This is of no interest if you are not a student or parent here.
A forum for class assignments for English III - Mr. Scotese's class at Whitney Young High School.
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by scotese
A forum for questions about the assignment and posting your theme and translation.
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by evamexikanawy2010
These forum topics are only intended for Mr. Scotese's English Class at Whitney Young Magnet High School.
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by scotese
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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by LukeStrom
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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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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If you have a question about an assignment or if there is an announcement about assignments - find them here.
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by Sarah T WY2010
This container is for Journalism in general -- rather than my class. It is open to all registered users.
Post a topic here about the media's coverage of Sports.
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by sean1209
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.
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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by scotese
Forums, topics, and posting for Whitney Young English Teachers.
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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by scotese
A container for all alumni - Scotese, Folger, CLIPP
All things associated with students that have had Mr. Scotese as a teacher.
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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by scotese
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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by dizzyjgillespie
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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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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