Girl, Interrupted
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This week we are developing tattoo analyses in English 008. In my sample writing, I shared my admiration for Angelina Jolie. Below is my sample introductory paragraph I will post in my blog. Below that, I provide my sample conclusion paragraph. I like Angelina's tattoos, but I'm an English teacher – I think if you…
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This week we are developing tattoo analyses in English 008. In my sample writing, I shared my admiration for Angelina Jolie. Below is my sample introductory paragraph I will post in my blog. Below that, I provide my sample conclusion paragraph. I like Angelina's tattoos, but I'm an English teacher – I think if you…
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In reading Girl, Interrupted, the character Polly shocked us all. She planned her own suicide with the same care and detail most of us plan a dinner party. People come and go to our parties, but Polly would live with her decision forever. Miguelangel writes of what it must be like to live, trapped deep…
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I asked my students to select a musical background for one of the characters in Susan Kaysen's memoir Girl, Interrupted. Kayla's choice of heavy metal blues band AC/DC hit the nail on the head for Lisa: "I'm Back. Well, I'm Back." No matter the drug. No matter the treatment. No matter where she goes or…
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Baseball is a metaphor for life. Today my students vote for their Girl, Interrupted MVP. They are to review the memoir they read this semester and select the most valuable part: scene, character, idea, conversation, quotation. Just like in baseball, there are no clear-cut, agreed-upon guidelines for defining “valuable.” It’s up to each student to…
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Baseball is a metaphor for life. Today my students vote for their Girl, Interrupted MVP. They are to review the memoir they read this semester and select the most valuable part: scene, character, idea, conversation, quotation. Just like in baseball, there are no clear-cut, agreed-upon guidelines for defining “valuable.” It’s up to each student to…
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Wait! I just asked to my students to scour Girl, Interrupted for scenes, characters, events, conversations that would make the basis of a their soundtrack selection. They are going to match their music with meaningful ideas from the book. I’ve already seen students make use of the Red Hot Chile Peppers song “Porcelin” to represent…
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Wait! I just asked to my students to scour Girl, Interrupted for scenes, characters, events, conversations that would make the basis of a their soundtrack selection. They are going to match their music with meaningful ideas from the book. I’ve already seen students make use of the Red Hot Chile Peppers song “Porcelin” to represent…
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When you read, do you ever tap your foot? Does music ever spark an idea in your head? Can you come up with a song or an artist that blends music and literature? Joyce Carol Oates wrote one of her most enduring works of short fiction after hearing Bob Dylan on the radio. In a few…
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When you read, do you ever tap your foot? Does music ever spark an idea in your head? Can you come up with a song or an artist that blends music and literature? Joyce Carol Oates wrote one of her most enduring works of short fiction after hearing Bob Dylan on the radio. In a few…