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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Lounge? Coke machine? Couch? We call ours the "Teachers' Workroom." ... - Answered a question in The Most Dangerous Game Group:
Based on these suggestions, you can draw a plot graph:The exposition includes the... - Added a post in the English teachers Group:
Grammar continues to be an integral component of our curriculum in grades 7-12... - Answered a question in the Macbeth Group:
Lady Macbeth may actually faint in astonishment that her husband has killed the... - Joined a group:
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In addition, the helmsman lacks restraint, a quality Marlow very much admires. The... - Answered a question in The Odyssey Group:
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Here are some titles of poems:"The Wreck of the Hesperus" by... - Answered a question in the Hamlet Group:
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Marlow parallels the Intended with Kurtz's African mistress. While the Intended...
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
- Literature 101,
- American Literature,
- Writing Prompts for War Literature,
- Poetry Forum,
- eNotes Suggestions,
- Grammar and Composition,
- Staley's AP English Class,
- Sweat,
- The Black Cat,
- The Open Boat,
- The Monkey's Paw,
- The Cop and the Anthem,
- The Cask of Amontillado,
- A Narrow Fellow in the Grass,
- The Great Gatsby,
- One Art,
- Shiloh,
- Design,
- Literature in Film and Television,
- Poetry by Marianne Moore,
- The Lady, or the Tiger?,
- A Lesson before Dying,
- Young Goodman Brown,
- The Yellow Wallpaper,
- Reactionary Essay on Applied Science,
- Romeo and Juliet,
- Explicating Poetry,
- The Crucible,
- Battle Royal; or, The Invisible Man,
- Dulce et Decorum Est,
- Good Country People,
- The Life You Save May Be Your Own,
- Parker’s Back,
- Revelation,
- The Catcher in the Rye,
- Guide to Literary Terms,
- The Lake Isle of Innisfree
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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