Welcome Back Sophmores!
Over the course of this semester we will explore a variety of fiction, poetry, speeches, legal documents and other primary source manuscripts from various periods,... Read More
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The Dark Romantics and Young Goodman Brown
A part of the Romantic period, the Dark Romantics were a group of writers that, instead of focusing on the beauty of nature and the... Read More -
Informational Essay – Proofreading and Self Assessing
Now that you've written your informational compare and contrast essay, I would like you to look back over your work. Proofreading is an important part... Read More -
Informational Essay Outlining and Writing
Now that we've reviewed what an informational essay is and you've brainstormed your ideas for the following prompt: Select two poems that you have... Read More -
Informational Essays – Structure and Brainstorming
For this unit's writing assessment, you will write an informational essays over a series of selected passages that you are provided. According to Owl Purdue:... 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... Read More -
American Romanticism
The "Romantic Period" refers to literary and cultural movements in England, Europe, and America roughly from 1770 to 1860. Romantic writers (and artists) saw themselves... Read More -
Savvy Student Skills – How To Take Effective Notes
Throughout this first nine weeks we have covered a lot of content - in our last progress survey a lot of you said you felt... Read More -
Putting it All Together – Analyzing Primary Sources from the Expansionist Period
In class this week we have been looking at documents from the Expansionist period - each examining a major event or key concept from the... Read More -
Analyzing Expansionist Documents
As we transition out of the Revolutionary Period it is incredibly important that you understand that literary periods are fluid…that means that there isn’t a... Read More
