Lincoln’s Oration
As we continue to examine primary source documents from the Realist period of American Literary history, we turn to one of the country's most amazing... Read More
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Women’s Rights – Sojourner Truth and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
One of the major issues that we are examining during the Realist period is the fight for women's rights. In class we will be examining... Read More -
Realism – A Reaction to American Romanticism
This week we are beginning our unit on Realism, the literary response to Romanticism. The style of Realism includes representing REAL life lived by REAL people... Read More -
Walt Whitman – The Father of Free Verse, The Father of American Poetry – The Poet of Democracy
I usually attempt to remain unbais in my presentation of the authors, texts, events and ideas that we discuss in class - however, I cannot... Read More -
Diagramming Sentences: Relative Pronouns (Adjective Clauses)
Before you can effectively write using the English language, or even analyze how others use writing effectively, you need to be familiar with the basic... Read More -
Synthesizing Sources On The Environment: Hungry Plant
As we work through mastering the Q1 synthesis essay this unit, we are going to hold Socratic seminar over a series of sources that focus... Read More -
Preparing for the AP Exam – Q1, Synthesis Essay
This week we will be moving on from the Rhetorical Analysis Q2 essay and will begin working on the skills needed for the Q1 Synthesis... Read More -
Emerson – The Father of Transcendenalism
In class today we began our study of the Transcendentalist - a group of close knit free-thinkers and non-conformist, largely from Massachusetts, that changed the... Read More -
Preparing for the AP Exam – Free Response Question 2: Rhetorical Analysis
Section II of the AP Language and Composition Exam contains three free response questions, which students will have 2 hours and 15 minutes (or 135 minutes)... Read More -
The Early Romantics – The Fireside Poets
Until the third decade of the 19th century, America had little literature to call its own. Fireside poets represented a “coming of age” for the young... Read More
