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Thursday, April 3, 2014

Cafe Project Assignment Sheet

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Hi all! Here's the completed assignment sheet for the 2014 MGC Cafe Project! It's long and complicated, so give it a good read to ...
Monday, March 24, 2014

BoI and Vocab Documents

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Hi everyone, I'm attaching two documents to this post: 1. Vocab List #5 2. The Bastard of Istanbul  Writing Assignment Let me kno...
Wednesday, March 12, 2014

BoI Thought Provoker #2

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To all those who are hungry... In preparation for your assignment due on Monday (see the syllabus), your thought provoker for tonight asks...
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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

BoI Thought Provoker #1

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Hi all! It's time to start thinking about the CULTURAL ALLUSIONS that Shafak uses all throughout her novel. Your job is to do a little...
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Monday, February 24, 2014

The Bastard of Istanbul Syllabus

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To all Steintraubian sophomores! The links below include the syllabus for both D-Block and E-Block readings of The Bastard of Istanbul . ...
Monday, January 13, 2014

Things Fall Apart Thought Provoker #2

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Hello! Now that you've finished reading Part Two of Things Fall Apart , it's time to start grappling with one of the central them...
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Sunday, January 5, 2014

Things Fall Apart Thought Provoker #1

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Hello! Time to start moving past the obvious in our studies of Things Fall Apart . Tonight, in addition to reading the assigned text, pl...
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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Merchant Thought-Provoker #2

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Time to get provocative! In Act Two, Shakespeare gives us two soliloquies: one LONG (by Lancelet, at the start of 2.2) and one very SHORT ...
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Monday, November 18, 2013

Merchant Thought-Provoker #1

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Hello! The entire plot of The Merchant of Venice  kicks off because Antonio decides to say "yes" to Bassanio's request for a...
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Thursday, November 14, 2013

Dystopian Movie Projects

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Filmmakers and Families... Here are the AMAZING works of dystopian cinema that you all produced these past weeks. Share them with everyone...
Sunday, October 27, 2013

Vocab List 2a

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Hi Everyone, In case you did not receive it in class, below is a link to the Vocab List 2a. The quiz will be on Wednesday, 30 October. For...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Some 1984-Related Thoughts on Privacy

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Here are two links that EVERYONE in class should read, even if you're not writing about the privacy issue. The first  is to a New York...
Thursday, October 10, 2013

Thought Provoker #3

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The final "Thought Provoker" for 1984  asks you to do some supplementary reading first, and then respond. KEY QUESTION: When peo...
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

1984 Part Two Response

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If you've finished reading Goldstein's Book, this one's for you.... BACKGROUND: After reading "The Book", Winston ga...
Monday, September 30, 2013

Thought Provoker #2

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What follows is a THOUGHT PROVOKING QUESTION that I would like you to address and debate online tonight. We will be talking in depth about t...
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Friday, September 20, 2013

Thought Provoker #1

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TO those about to engage in thought-provoking online discussion, I salute you. What follows is a THOUGHT-PROVOKING QUESTION about the fir...
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Monday, September 16, 2013

Your Personal Utopia and Dystopia

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HW for Tuesday, 9/17: In the COMMENT space below, please write a short response of no more than 500 words to the following questions: ...
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1984 Essential Questions

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On the UNIT SYLLABUS documents copied below, the "Essential Questions" box got formatted incorrectly. Here are the Essential Que...

1984 Unit Syllabus

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Students and Parents: Attached to this post, you can find the UNIT SYLLABUS for our unit on George Orwell's 1984 . This syllabus conta...
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Sunday, September 15, 2013

Dystopian Film Trailers

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In preparation for our unit on George Orwell's 1984 , I've posted a number of movie trailers of films that classify in the Dystopia...
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