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AP English 2011-2012: October 2011
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011. Variations on Greasy Lake: Music and Image. It's about a mile down on the darkside of route 88.". In the notes for T. Correghessan Boyle's short story, "Greasy Lake," he references the allusion of his title to the Bruce Springsteen song ". Spirit in the Night.". Click on the song and read the lyrics. Then, answer the the questions below in your comment. Also, listen to the song. How does Springsteen create the setting of "Greasy Lake"? On youtube (with James Spader). Please r...
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AP English 2011-2012: WE REMEMBER: September 11th, 2001
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Thursday, September 8, 2011. WE REMEMBER: September 11th, 2001. Unlike our wiki, which we will use for notes and class organization, we will use our blog as a way to have informal and creative discussion at any hour of the day. For our first topic, I would like to address the upcoming 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001. First, view the PBS video Memory Quilt in which young people share their memories of September 11th. Then, please answer the following questions in paragraph form. 3 If I have kids, I...
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AP English 2011-2012: Variations on Greasy Lake: Music and Image
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011. Variations on Greasy Lake: Music and Image. It's about a mile down on the darkside of route 88.". In the notes for T. Correghessan Boyle's short story, "Greasy Lake," he references the allusion of his title to the Bruce Springsteen song ". Spirit in the Night.". Click on the song and read the lyrics. Then, answer the the questions below in your comment. Also, listen to the song. How does Springsteen create the setting of "Greasy Lake"? On youtube (with James Spader).
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AP English 2011-2012: September 2011
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Thursday, September 8, 2011. WE REMEMBER: September 11th, 2001. Unlike our wiki, which we will use for notes and class organization, we will use our blog as a way to have informal and creative discussion at any hour of the day. For our first topic, I would like to address the upcoming 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001. First, view the PBS video Memory Quilt in which young people share their memories of September 11th. Then, please answer the following questions in paragraph form.
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AP English 2011-2012: Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
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Friday, October 7, 2011. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. Steve Jobs, the brilliant mind behind Apple, the personal computer, the ipod, ipad, iphone and Pixar died earlier this week. I thought it fitting, as you write your college essays and consider the beginning of your own professional and personal journey, to stop for a minute and reflect upon Jobs and his message for college graduates. From CBS News about Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs gave the graduating students at Standford University. Watch the video too.