Username: cybil
Gender: Female
Member since: November 10, 2007
I am a: Teacher
Grades:
High School - 12th Grade
Subjects:
English / Literature / Writing
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- Answered a question in A Passage to India:
Forster uses the titles of the sections to foreshadow what is to come in each... - Document posted in Teachers:
Profile project for AP English Lit & Comp - Document posted in Teachers:
Reader-response paragraph - Document posted in Teachers:
Biography/Interview assignment - Answered a question in The Odyssey:
Odysseus punishes the disloyal servants with death. Of the fifty maidservants in... - Answered a question in Macbeth:
Macbeth IS the Thane of Glamis--that's his original title. During the battle in... - Answered a question in The Scarlet Letter:
Elizabeth Payne, according to some historians, may have been the inspiration for... - Answered a question in Oedipus Rex:
Oedipus sends Creon to Delphi to consult the oracle, or priestess, there, about... - Added a post in Behavior Management:
Oh, I wouldn't recommend making the student stand for the entire period, just... - Answered a question in The Odyssey:
Circe instructs Odysseus to do the following. He must travel to the land of the... - Answered a question in Barn Burning:
Ab Snopes deliberately soils the rug. Before he enters the de Spain house, he... - Joined a group:
Barn Burning - Answered a question in Barn Burning:
In an act of provocation, Ab Snopes deliberately steps in horse manure and refuses... - Added a post in Behavior Management:
In reply to #1: I have seldom used this technique, but in observing other... - Added a post in Teachers:
In reply to #11: Always write a thank-you note. People are pleased to know that...
About Me
About Me
Bio
With a B.A. in English and a Masters in English Education, I have taught for over 30 years, most of which have been at a boys school where I served as head of the English Department for 15 years. Currently I teach freshmen and AP English Lit and Comp to seniors; however, I've taught every grade from 7-12. During school breaks, I enjoy traveling, and I've been to five continents. My favorite trips have been to New Zealand and China.
Interests
My interests include travel, computers, writing, needlework, golden retrievers, crossword and jigsaw puzzles, baseball, and cooking.
Groups
- Barn Burning,
- Health,
- Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night,
- Teachers,
- Sweat,
- The Black Cat,
- The Open Boat,
- Emily Dickinson,
- The Monkey's Paw,
- Literature,
- The Cop and the Anthem,
- The Cask of Amontillado,
- A Narrow Fellow in the Grass,
- The Great Gatsby,
- Reference,
- Odysseus,
- One Art,
- Shiloh,
- Design,
- Literature in Film and Television,
- Poetry by Marianne Moore,
- Poetry,
- The Lady, or the Tiger?,
- A Lesson before Dying,
- Grammar and Composition,
- Young Goodman Brown,
- William Shakespeare,
- The Yellow Wallpaper,
- Romeo and Juliet,
- Explicating Poetry,
- The Crucible,
- Battle Royal; or, The Invisible Man,
- eNotes Suggestions,
- Poetry Forum,
- Teacher Book Reviews,
- Dulce et Decorum Est,
- Writing Prompts for War Literature,
- Good Country People,
- The Life You Save May Be Your Own,
- Parker’s Back,
- Revelation,
- American Literature,
- The Catcher in the Rye,
- Guide to Literary Terms,
- The Lake Isle of Innisfree,
- The Oedipus Trilogy,
- Literature 101,
- English teachers,
- Dealing with Plagiarism,
- Crime and Punishment
Favorites
Favorite Books
- A Doll's House,
- A Lesson before Dying,
- A Passage to India,
- A Worn Path,
- All Quiet on the Western Front,
- All the King's Men,
- Antigone,
- As I Lay Dying,
- Barn Burning,
- Beloved,
- Catch-22,
- Death of a Salesman,
- Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night,
- Good Country People,
- Heart of Darkness,
- Macbeth,
- Shiloh,
- The Cask of Amontillado,
- The Catbird Seat,
- The Catcher in the Rye,
- The Complete Stories of Flannery O' Connor,
- The Count of Monte Cristo,
- The Crucible,
- The Most Dangerous Game,
- The Oedipus Trilogy,
- The Secret Sharer,
- The Story of an Hour
Favorite Other
Favorite Quotes
"All men by nature desire knowledge." [More]
Aristotle
"Whenever I’m asked why Southern writers particularly have a penchant for writing about freaks,..." [More]
Flannery O’Connor
"This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou..." [More]
William Shakespeare
"The difference between the almost right word and the right word is the difference between the..." [More]
Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens]
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