Oedipus Rex

Iid and Denzel perform a scene from Oedipus Rex.

Research

Owl at Purdue: MLA Style

Lost on a Mountain in Maine

Workshop English 12
Lost on a Mountain in Maine by Donn Fendler

Articles for Background Knowledge
Information about Mount Katahdin
Preview for Lost on a Mountain in Maine movie

Into the Wild

Honors English 12
For our first class text of the year, we will be reading Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer. A full-text version of the novel is available here: Into the Wild.

See Ms. Genre for a copy of the study guide, which we will use for quizzes and discussions.

Slam Poetry

What is Poetry Slam?
"Knock Knock" by Daniel Beaty
"The The Impotence of Proofreading" by Taylor Mali
"Rigged Game" by Dylan Garity
"Somewhere in America"
"America's On Sale" by Alix Olson
"Love You Some Indians" by Rowie Shebala
"Rape Joke"
"Cuz He's Black" by Javon Johnson
"Kumulipo" by Jamaica Osorio
"Touchscreen" by Marshall Davis Jones
"The Definition of Privilege" by Adam Falkner
"Shrinking Women" by Lily Myers
"Speak With Conviction" by Taylor Mali
"What Teachers Make" by Taylor Mali
"Ten Responses to the Phrase 'Man Up' "
Poetic Bloodlines
"What I Will" by Suheir Hammad
"No Child Left Behind" by Dominique Christina and Denice Frohman

Othello

Online Copy of Othello
Study Questions
Shakespeare: Brief and Naughty
Stereotypes: Negative Racial Stereotypes and Their Effect on Attitudes Toward African-Americans
The Danger of a Single Story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Emilia: Submissive Wife or Enlightened Feminist
Post-Colonial Criticism
The Role of Women in Othello: A Feminist Reading
Feminist Criticism