This year we will be studying American literature. Specifically, we will be studying American literature through a couple of different "lenses" which will help us to better understand the literature itself, the time in which each piece was written, and the culture and society of the author and his audience. This year, perhaps for the first time in your career as students of literature, we will be studying not only the writing itself, but the way in which the stories created by authors and playwrights reflect and manifest the story of the American experience.
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Our class syllabus, which can also be found on our Classroom page.
Strategies for annotating non-fiction texts. |
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Strategies for reading literary criticism - use this in conjunction with your research papers.
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Essay rubric - will be used to grade ALL essays.
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Notes on the signposts and anchor questions
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Click through to learn about my writing process, to get some advice for modifying your own process, and to learn about setting effective goals. (Also to see pictures of my really amateur-ish attempts at macaron baking.)
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