Monthly Archives: March 2015

American Born Chinese for Monday: Reading Questions to Consider

Please remember for Monday, you should have finished the entirety of American Born Chinese. Some questions to consider: 1) How is this story like The Bluest Eye and Frankenstein and even The Outsiders? 2) In Frankenstein the two and three times removed narrator often … Continue reading

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The Duff

(A while ago Angelica shared this link to info about the CBS movie, The Duff.  It seems like a light mainstream teen movie that might be a good pop cultural of some of the ideas and themes we’ve been talking … Continue reading

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Your Bluest Eye

(Glendy shared this article with me.  “This Laser Will Change Your Eye Color” by Alexandra Perron  in Yahoo Beauty)  

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Group B – Close Reading Post – The Canterbury Tales – The Pardoner’s Tale

The Pardoner’s Tale is one of the collection of stories in The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. “And every one of the rakes ran until he came to that tree; and there they found almost eight bushels, it seemed, of … Continue reading

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Group B – Close Reading Post on “Aura” by Carlos Fuentes

“Aura” by Carlos Fuentes is an old Gothic novel. The story is focused around a young man named Felipe Montero. Tired of every day life, he searches for a new job and comes across one that fits him perfectly, from … Continue reading

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Outsiders quote

“I don’t see why he gave me this. I couldn’t shoot anybody.” Then for the first time, really, I realized what we were in for. Johnny had killed someone. Quiet, soft-spoken little Johnny, who wouldn’t hurt a living thing on … Continue reading

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Pride & Prejudice Close reading

In Pride and Prejudice, there is a moment when Elizabeth is asking Darcy why someone of his breeding/ status in life, is so rude to strangers. The quote below is Darcy’s response to that question. It goes: “I certainly have … Continue reading

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Group B – Close Reading Post on Take Me To Church by Hozier

When I saw this video the first thing that caught my attention was the box that is seen through the video. The contents of the box is never displayed but is a very significant part of the story that is … Continue reading

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1930s Film History

For a nice timeline, check out this site: http://www.filmsite.org/30sintro.html (pic below from http://www.filmsite.org/tarz.html)

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Women in the Depression Era

Check Out this Site:  http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/great-depression/essays/women-and-great-depression   (Image by Dorthea Lange [1930s Female Documentary Photographer] from her Migrant Farm Worker series.  Check out the Site: http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/lange/dor12-113.htm) Migrant workers particularly their children seen as “problems” in the nation. Women take on new … Continue reading

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