Collective Conscious http://ilovelit.mariner.dcboces.org A literary hypertext archive for students of literature. Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:49:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6-beta3 en Assignments :: 10 - 21 December 2007 http://ilovelit.mariner.dcboces.org/2007/12/10/schedule-of-assignments-10-21-december-2007/ http://ilovelit.mariner.dcboces.org/2007/12/10/schedule-of-assignments-10-21-december-2007/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:19:27 +0000 ilovelit http://ilovelit.mariner.dcboces.org/2007/12/10/schedule-of-assignments-10-21-december-2007/ Our school is collecting socks for neighborhood children, practicing deeds that make us “worthy” of gifts we would like to receive. Students will pay holiday visits, perform skits and read to the people visited. 

We are studying the problem of human rights in our texts and the current Darfur genocide.

Tenth-graders are peer-reviewing their research on Jim Crow, the death penalty and racism; they are also reading a text African-American or Hispanic-latino Studies text.

Ninth-graders are writing a personal narrative about a memorable experience. We will also read “The Gift of the Magi.”

Most eighth-graders are recording podcasts and writing wikis about the life and work of Edgar Allan Poe. Others are finalizing their essays’ works cited pages.

Seventh-graders are reading independent African-American or Hispanic-Latino Studies texts.

Tenth   ::    Ninth   ::   Eighth   ::    Seventh

The schedule of the assignments is available in class or may be downloaded.

]]> http://ilovelit.mariner.dcboces.org/2007/12/10/schedule-of-assignments-10-21-december-2007/feed/ Schedule of Assignments :: 3-7 December 2007 http://ilovelit.mariner.dcboces.org/2007/12/03/schedule-of-assignments-3-7-december-2007/ http://ilovelit.mariner.dcboces.org/2007/12/03/schedule-of-assignments-3-7-december-2007/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:57:43 +0000 ilovelit http://ilovelit.mariner.dcboces.org/2007/12/03/schedule-of-assignments-3-7-december-2007/ Students are working on reading and writing projects this week.  Tenth-graders are completing research on Jim Crow, the death penalty and racism; they are also reading a text African-American or Hispanic-latino Studies text .
Ninth-graders are reading and writing memoirs. 
Eighth-graders are writing about the life and work of Edgar Allan Poe:  women in his life; “The Visionary,” mystery stories, poetry and his death.
Seventh-graders are reading Greek mythology and an independent African-American or Hispanic-latino Studies text.
   English 10:1  ::  English 9:5  ::  English 8:7  ::  English 7:8

 

The schedule of the assignments is available in class or may be downloaded.

]]> http://ilovelit.mariner.dcboces.org/2007/12/03/schedule-of-assignments-3-7-december-2007/feed/ Spoken word by Dylan Thomas http://ilovelit.mariner.dcboces.org/2007/08/21/spoken-word-by-dylan-thomas/ http://ilovelit.mariner.dcboces.org/2007/08/21/spoken-word-by-dylan-thomas/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:29:49 +0000 ilovelit http://ilovelit.mariner.dcboces.org/2007/08/21/spoken-word-by-dylan-thomas/ Pod cast of “Do not go gentle into that good night”
Dylan Thomas’s famous lines about refusing to accept one’s death….

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old age should burn and rave at close of day;
rage, rage against the dying of the light.

]]> http://ilovelit.mariner.dcboces.org/2007/08/21/do-not-go-gentle-into-that-good-night/feed/ Hello world! http://ilovelit.mariner.dcboces.org/2007/08/21/hello-world/ http://ilovelit.mariner.dcboces.org/2007/08/21/hello-world/#comments Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:47:34 +0000 ilovelit apple for teacherWelcome to Dutchess Educational Blogosphere. This is my first post. This is where I can contribute my two cents to the fifteen cents of wisdom available in one’s lifetime.  Now where did that come from?  My grandmother told me that if the duck had not quacked, the hunter would not have known the duck was in the woods, and would not have shot the duck!  In other words, she wanted me to talk less and to listen more.  Maybe this blog will teach me to do that?

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