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The Problem of a Dickens
A Christmas Carol and Great Expectations by Charles Dickens are in the 9th grade honors curriculum at Wamogo High School. Selections (chapters 1 -3) of Oliver Twist are in the 10th grade college prep...
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Close Reading Constable’s “The Hay Wain” and Turner’s “The Fighting Temeraire”
Our English II World Literature course complements the World History course, so when the students are learning about the Industrial Revolution, our English course has students read the opening chapters...
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Abridged Texts Are “Like Kissing Your Sister”: Brown vs. Dickens
Dan Brown has announced plans to release a young adult version of The Da Vinci Code. The announcement was met with some critical commentary on Twitter: How can people expect teenagers to read and write...
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But, THEY Started a Sentence with “But”
You need to know the rules before you can break the rules. But do you? The teachers in my district have been using an approach to grammar around suggested by Jeff Anderson in his Patterns of Power book...
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