The Tell-Tale Heart

An unnamed narrator opens the story by addressing the reader and claiming that he is nervous but not mad. He says that he is going to tell a story in which he will defend his sanity yet confess to having killed an old man (SparkNotes).

Research the illnesses of schizophrenia and paranoia.  Do you think the protagonist suffers from either of these conditions? Why or why not?

Use only the Databases for your research.  Do not use any outside sources. Cite your sources using MLA format by copying and pasting from the Database or Easybib.

Edgar Allan Poe - The Mystery (Biography) A & E

O. Henry

William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910), known by his pen name  O. Henry, was an American writer. O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings. To read more about O. Henry, check out this Wikipedia Page.



Please share your thoughts...

Summer Reading

Besides your MANDATORY Summer Reading Selections...why not expand your mind and challenge yourself?

How many books are you going to read this summer?  And how will you share your reading experiences with the WORLD?

One way would be to start a blog...just like this one.  It's FREE and you could create a new post for every book you read...

You could join GoodReads and create reviews for the books you read.  Also FREE.

You could join a book club...or start one with your friends.  Each week you and a few friends could choose a book and get together to discuss it.  Again...this is FREE!!!  There are also FREE online book clubs like bookclubit.com.

Finally, if you are looking for inspiration about what to read this summer you could find any number of lists, some of which are on this blog already, online.  GoodReads offers lists by subject and genre.  You can also check out this list of 200 books you should read.

Whatever you decide to do this summer, I hope you incorporate reading into it because I'm an English teacher and all we really want is for people to read...

Ninja Squirrel

Happy June!

I posted this almost 8 days ago and no one has commented yet.  Am I the only person who appreciates this?!?!

Join the Discussion

The newly created group on Goodreads just for us to discuss BOOKS!

Of course, and to make it easy, the group's name is CMS309....

Can't wait to get the discussion going!

Follow the Link!-----------> :)

Earth day

"An Inconvenient Truth"  for Earth Day....

Independent Reading Projects



As part of the Honors Independent Reading Project, each student created a WIKI page in which they analyzed various aspects of their respective novels.

 

You can view the WIKI Projects here. Hope you enjoy reading them as much as the students had creating them!

Literature Circle Setting Murals 2013

My students went above and beyond this year.  I asked them to create their interpretation of the setting from the novel read in their Literature Circles.  This is the result...

A Wrinkle in Time

The Giver

The Five People You Meet in Heavan

The Man Who was Poe

The View from Saturday

Never Cry Wolf

It is needless to say that I am blown away with the results and very proud of what these students have created...

Check This Out!

100 Books Every High School Student Should Read

 This is a challenge some of my honors students should take on...(hint hint)